Woman buys Amazon package, finds #democracy instead. πŸŽπŸ—³οΈ In other news, nginx: the bouncer of the internet, is still refusing entry to anything remotely interesting. 🚫
https://www.themainewire.com/2025/10/maine-woman-discovers-hundreds-of-election-ballots-in-amazon-package-as-state-considers-voter-id/ #WomanBuysAmazonPackage #Nginx #InternetNews #InterestingFinds #HackerNews #ngated
Maine Woman Discovers Hundreds of Election Ballots in Amazon Package as State Considers Voter ID

Hundreds of ballots found in Amazon shipment as Maine considers "Yes on One" Voter ID law to secure elections. Shenna Bellows on the hot seat.

The Maine Wire
🚨 Breaking news: turns out teenagers don't need to show ID to access the internet. 😱 Apparently, the age verification process is as effective as trying to catch water with a sieve. πŸ” But don't worry, we've got all the countries and languages covered in case you need more global disappointment! 🌍πŸ’₯
https://pornbiz.com/post/17/the_scam_of_age_verification #TeenageAccess #InternetSafety #AgeVerification #GlobalDisappointment #InternetNews #HackerNews #ngated
The Scam of Age Verification - PORNBIZ.COM

The Scam of Age Verification - PORNBIZ.COM

https://www.theverge.com/news/709209/news-media-alliance-12ft-io-takedown-paywall

Still, in an ironic twist, Millar began asking users to pay for a subscription to 12ft.io to help cover the cost of the tool in 2022. β€œI’m making it my mission to clean the web,” Millar said at the time.

What a catchy news entry. πŸ˜„β˜€οΈ

#12ftio #paywall #news #irony #tech #subscription #internet #media #journalism #business #digitalmedia #technology #website #internetnews #digital #online #web #techindustry #newsarticle #innovation

News publishers take paywall-blocker 12ft.io offline

The News/Media Alliance has announced that it has β€œsuccessfully secured” the takedown of the paywall bypassing tool, 12ft.io.

The Verge
🚨BREAKING🚨: The internet's favorite doom-mongering AI is apparently driving humanity to the brink of insanity... or maybe just to a 405 error page. Who knew existential dread came in the form of "Not Allowed"? πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈπŸ”
https://www.the-independent.com/tech/chatgpt-psychosis-ai-therapy-chatbot-b2781202.html #doomscrolling #existentialdread #AIhumor #internetnews #405error #HackerNews #ngated
ChatGPT is pushing people towards mania, psychosis and death - and OpenAI doesn’t know how to stop it

Record numbers of people are turning to AI chatbots for therapy, reports Anthony Cuthbertson. But recent incidents have uncovered some deeply worrying blindspots of a technology out of control

The Independent
πŸš€ #Brave unleashes yet another dazzling cornucopia of jargon by introducing a .brave #TLD on the #blockchain β€” because clearly, what the internet needs is more obscure digital real estate! 🀯 Meanwhile, the 85 million users are left wondering if this means their browsers will finally stop crashing. πŸ˜‚
https://brave.com/blog/brave-tld/ #digitalrealestate #browserupdate #internetnews #HackerNews #ngated
Brave Becomes First Browser to Launch On-Chain Naming Service, Unlocking .brave for Over 85M Users | Brave

In a major step forward for digital identity and internet decentralization, Brave has become the first browser to launch its own on-chain top-level domain.

Brave
πŸŽ‰ Oh wow, yet another groundbreaking revelation in the thrilling world of prostate news! πŸš€ Who knew that the key to solving mankind's greatest conundrum was just a few clicks away amidst a web page looping through its own navel-gazing categories. πŸŒ€ Bravo, internet, bravo. πŸ‘
https://yarchive.net/blog/prostate/ #prostatehealth #internetnews #groundbreakingrevelation #healthtech #innovation #HackerNews #ngated
An end to all this prostate trouble?

Ah, the New York Times, where enabling JavaScript and disabling ad blockers is the real monopoly πŸ•΅οΈβ€β™‚οΈπŸ’». In a shocking twist, Google *might* have a slight edge in online ads, according to a judge who finally discovered the internet πŸŒπŸ”. Meanwhile, the world yawns in unison. 😴
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/technology/google-ad-tech-antitrust-ruling.html #NewYorkTimes #GoogleAds #OnlineMonopoly #InternetNews #AdBlockers #HackerNews #ngated
Google Is Illegally Monopolizing Online Advertising Tech, Judge Rules

It was the second time in a year that a U.S. court found that the company had acted illegally to remain dominant.

The New York Times
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🀑 In a stunning #partnership that nobody asked for, #Porkbun and Proton Mail unite like peanut butter and... pork? πŸ–πŸ”’ Because nothing screams "state-of-the-art security" quite like a domain registrar named after a sandwich. πŸ₯ͺβœ‰οΈ Meanwhile, the internet collectively yawns and continues to not read their email. πŸ“§πŸ˜΄
https://porkbun.com/products/proton_mail #ProtonMail #cybersecurity #internetnews #emailhumor #HackerNews #ngated
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Proton Mail lets you create email addresses for your domain.

porkbun.com
πŸŒ²πŸ€πŸ“š "Two search engines that nobody uses team up to build a search index that nobody will use. It's like watching two kids with plastic shovels trying to dig a tunnel to China. But hey, at least they're 'democratic' about it. πŸ˜‚πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί"
https://blog.ecosia.org/eusp/ #searchengines #teamwork #funnytech #internetnews #democraticinnovation #HackerNews #ngated
We’re teaming up with Qwant to build a European search index

We are proud to share the next step in our journey towards tech independence: building our very own search index!

The Ecosia Blog