And Firefox is already selling shirts with Kit over the pocket (as well as stickers)...
Those shirts do not appear to have any breast pockets. The decoration is just on the base shirt front panel.
Mozilla said they were removing Pocket and they have kept their word.
...grabbed their cell phones to request a security token for the company's VPN, waited for that token to arrive...
Sounds like they are waiting for a SMS to arrive with a security code for the login session, which is both slower and not secure (venerable to SIM-jacking) compared to a TOTP/HOTP code they would be able to get instantly from a authentication app.
If you knew the terms for which you're being paid why did you stick to the job longer than say 4 to 8 weeks (the time it takes to find a new gig).
The average job search hasn't been that short in years.
the Zuckerbergs have reached that age where extremely rich people start desperately looking for ways to extend their own lifespans.
And whilst they're not as accurate as a human being even the free "consumer grade" ones like Google Translate are generally good enough to get the point across.
The whole "good enough" excuse is a balancing of quality vs. cost dynamic for companies. What is the angle here? The summary seems to suggest SUMO's translators are volunteers. Mozilla isn't saving money by lowering staffing as so many tech firms are fond of doing atm. They may be rolling out documentation translations faster, but was there some big issue with work being behind to begin with?
Apple definitely kept a lot of average people from shooting themselves in the foot
Google has allowed Android phone owners to install any app that they want for years now, without even having to install some special "app store" to get them. I haven't heard of any large-scale problem with Android phone owners being ruined by side-loaded apps. The most common vectors have been malicious apps they got from the Google Play Store, and phishing of the user themselves for financial info, not pilfered with some spy app. The same as people on the Apple iPhone side.
Just reads to me like an indication that Isaacman has sold out for the chance to lead NASA, and will be doing whatever his master wants.
Remember that J.D. Vance once referred to Trump as a Nazi, and look what tune he's singing now.
...using an AI agent it means they can't monetize with advertisements because the AI is never going to click such
The third-party AI might also do a better job (from the customer's perspective) depending on the data it has vs. Alexa, because the third-party AI can make buying decisions based solely on the information it has on the user. As someone else mentioned, the third-party AI wont favor brands/items/sellers Amazon is promoting.
Making the new machine's screen a slightly different size than their existing MacBook Air 13. Gotta start production on a one-off chassis now when they have stacks of the MBA ones already done.
This is literally the same strat Amazon has. They want Alexa to buy products unprompted for Prime users as well, based on the customer's previous buying habits. They're just annoyed someone else is doing it.
I asked Gemini and it went the "Ancient Astronaut Theorists" route instead:
The concept of artificial intelligence (AI) has been part of human culture for thousands of years, appearing in ancient myths and legends. However, the term "artificial intelligence" was officially coined in 1955, marking its beginning as a formal academic and technological field.
The Fire Stick Select is Amazon's first Vega OS device, and a product lower in market segment than the (normal) 4K Stick. The limitations are straight from Plex.
Direct playback of personal media content is limited to H.264 with AAC audio and a bitrate of 7Mbps. Playing other types of content will require transcoding.
7 mbps? That's worthless for anything higher than basic streaming-service 1080p resolution. It must be some artificial limitation too, because the device can supposedly play back 4K/HDR - which would require it to handle 25 Mbps HEVC from a streaming provider. So it sounds like Amazon is gatekeeping the hardware abilities to "approved" partners (your video player will not be part of the club). Keep in mind Plex is not a side-loaded "illicit" app. It's an actual app available on Amazon's App Store currently and they can't even get access to hardware decoding of HEVC.
We need automatic AI fact checking and context providing of every post. Why? Because humans are dumb, therefore lies can be used to mislead them.
Fact-checking from a technology that's only slightly more accurate than a coin toss. That's a good one! I guess you forgot most AI "smarts" are based on the media is consumes indiscriminately from the Internet. So if it reads lies often enough, like a human it will believe them, too.
Wait, were you talking about paying for all those services?
Not all of them, no. But being subscribed to a commercial service like Netflix or having access to Amazon Prime Video (because you subscribed for free shipping) while still using other apps that have to be sideloaded isn't that odd. Having to change your device just because you changed the app you're using isn't very high in WAF (Wife Approval Factor).
Yep. I do all this every day on my Pi.
Well, then I might look into that route myself if the time comes.
As it is I only put up with Amazon's Ad-tacular OS because the Fire Sticks are the only streaming devices I can find that have hardware-acceleration support 10-bit H264.
"An idealist is one who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes that it will also make better soup." - H.L. Mencken
