YouTube puts third-party clients on notice: Show ads or get blocked ( arstechnica.com )
Microsoft is trying to convince Windows 10 users to upgrade with full-screen prompts ( www.theverge.com )
Microsoft stoops to new low with ads in Windows 11, as PC Manager tool suggests your system needs ‘repairing’ if you don’t use Bing ( www.techradar.com )
Microsoft starts testing ads in the Windows 11 Start menu ( www.theverge.com )
Reddit Advised to Target at Least $5 Billion Valuation in IPO ( www.bloomberg.com )
Modern web bloat means some pages load 21MB of data - entry-level phones can't run some simple web pages, and some sites are harder to render than PUBG ( www.tomshardware.com )
Americans Are Open To Cheap Chinese Cars. That’s 'Scary' For The Rest Of The Auto Industry ( insideevs.com )
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New Windows driver blocks software from changing default web browser ( www.bleepingcomputer.com )
Windows 11 will reportedly display a watermark if your PC does not support AI requirements ( www.tomshardware.com )
SD cards finally expected to hit 4TB in 2025 ( arstechnica.com )
Microsoft will now urge you to ditch local accounts on Windows 10 ( www.xda-developers.com )
The World’s E-Waste Has Reached a Crisis Point ( www.wired.com )
GitHub Is Not Open Source, A Rant ( listed.to )
Paris Marx: The TikTok ban is all about preserving US power ( disconnect.blog )
Firefox to collect your (anonymized) search data ( blog.mozilla.org )
Microsoft wipes out evidence of real ads in Windows 11 Start menu ( www.xda-developers.com )
Are We Transitioning From Capitalism to Silicon Serfdom? ( jacobin.com )
The idea that we are entering an era of techno-feudalism that will be worse than capitalism is chilling and controversial. We asked former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis to elucidate this idea, explain how we got here, and map out some alternatives.
A Staggering 19x Energy Jump in Capacitors May Be the Beginning of the End for Batteries ( www.popularmechanics.com )
Kobo announces its first color e-readers ( www.theverge.com )
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