Mastodawn

It's so funny to me that iPods are coming back in style because no one has made anything better in the last 20 years. As in, people are buying 20 year old Apple devices rather than the modern equivalents because the modern equivalents are all shitty knock-offs of the 20 year old Apple devices instead of actual good devices in their own right.

Zak

8h ago

▽ some dragns Jan 11, 2021

the thought "coffee is tea" entered my head unbidden and i had to make the whole alignment chart in order to banish it

Dolby is why we can't have anything nice

BAN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW FOREVER IT SUCKS

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/03/av1s-open-royalty-free-promise-in-question-as-dolby-sues-snapchat-over-codec/

AV1’s open, royalty-free promise in question as Dolby sues Snapchat over codec

Big Tech declaring AV1 royalty-free “doesn't mean that it is."

Ars Technica

Zak

13h ago

RE: https://infosec.exchange/@lorenzofb/116302243799996889

In normal times, this would not be funny. However,

Zak

16h ago

Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai 16h ago

SCOOP: Apple says it's not aware of anyone using Lockdown Mode getting hacked with spyware, on all kinds of devices.

There have already been a couple of documented cases of Lockdown Mode stopping spyware attacks. And there's been one case where an advanced hacking toolkit was designed to bail out if it detected Lockdown Mode on the target device.

If you're worried about spyware, you should use turn this security feature on.

https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/27/apple-says-no-one-using-lockdown-mode-has-been-hacked-with-spyware/

Apple says no one using Lockdown Mode has been hacked with spyware | TechCrunch

The tech giant's claim that it has not seen any successful spyware attacks targeting Apple devices with Lockdown Mode enabled comes amid a leak of hacking tools targeting users running devices with older software.

TechCrunch

Zak

1d ago

Sean Boots 1d ago

“To opt out, GitHub users should visit /settings/copilot/features and disable "Allow GitHub to use my data for AI model training" under the Privacy heading.” https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/26/github_ai_training_policy_changes/

GitHub hits CTRL-Z, decides it will train its AI with user data after all

: As of April 24 you'll be feeding the Octocat unless you opt out

The Register

Jake Archibald 2d ago

MacOS: When I restart, would you like me to re-open all these apps?

me: no

MacOS: hmm well that's a shame because I am going to do that.

me: ok

MacOS: Should I open them all maximised on the same desktop?

me: no

MacOS: hmm well…

Zak

3d ago

I can't believe Sora is dead. Kingdom Hearts 4 is gonna be crazy.

Zak

3d ago

Crowdfunding some advice: I have a "tech bag" within which I'll sometimes carry around a few single purpose devices, mostly to the theme parks while I'm there. Things like my Tangara (for music), my TrimUI Brick (for games), my Kobo Clara BW (for books), and so on. They're all small, low-power devices that'll last a while on a charge and are typically ready to go whenever I am.

The one exception is my "portable TV" device, which is a Pixel Tablet. It's the largest and heaviest device in my bag, it runs GrapheneOS, and while it does last quite a while on a charge when in use, the standby time is awful compared to everything else in the bag because it's a full computer.

All I really need is a screen that can connect to my Jellyfin server over Tailscale and play videos. If the Pixel Tablet is the best solution for that, I guess I'll stick with it. I'm just hoping for something a bit more single purpose and with slightly better standby time if I can get it. And a headphone jack wouldn't hurt.