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Comment Anyone remember Computer Associates? (Score 1) 65

This is exactly how CA used to operate:
- acquire a company
- screw the customers by cranking up the price
- stop development and let the product die

It looks like when Broadcom acquired CA, as part of the deal they got CA's business strategy and the assholes who implemented it as part of the deal.

Comment Re:"Stop buying games" (Score 1) 103

Well, if that's the case then I suggest a new initiative: "Stop buying games." If the governing bodies won't help then vote with your wallet.

Stop buying games yhat require remote services in order to play.
While you're at it, stop buying cars that depend on remote services in order to work.
And thermostats.
Etc.

Submission + - Usenet is back! (sort of] (newsgrouper.org) 1

An anonymous reader writes: Newsgrouper is a free web-based interface for reading and posting to Usenet discussion groups (text only, no binaries). Hosted at newsgrouper.org, it allows users to access Usenet newsgroups through a simple browser interface — no dedicated newsreader software or Usenet provider subscription needed

Key features:

Read and post to Usenet newsgroups via the web
Text-only — no binary (file) groups supported
Guest access available for browsing; account required for posting

It was built as a personal project and shared on Reddit and Hacker News in late 2024/early 2025, with the goal of making Usenet's remaining worthwhile discussion corners (like comp.lang.* groups) more accessible

Submission + - Fully autonomous drones have killed human soldiers for the first time (newscientist.com)

MattSparkes writes: For years we've had unconfirmed reports, rumours, hints... now we know. Fully autonomous drones with no human oversight have killed soldiers on the battlefield for the first time. This is according to a senior figure in the Ukrainian defence industry, marking a watershed moment in warfare. The one-off test involved 10 AI-controlled âoeTerminatorâ drones on the front line of the Ukraine war. Russian soldiers were killed.

Submission + - Big Tech could make nearly $1 million from your data and you get nothing (nerds.xyz)

BrianFagioli writes: A new report from the Web3 Foundation claims Big Tech and AI companies could generate as much as $831,497 in inflation-linked lifetime value from a single American internet user. The report argues that modern internet platforms are monetizing far more than targeted ads, with everything from search queries and shopping habits to chatbot prompts, uploaded images, location history, and behavioral data feeding AI systems and recommendation engines. Companies including Google, Meta, Microsoft, Amazon, and Anthropic are specifically mentioned as examples of firms benefiting from large-scale personal data collection.

While the report comes from a Web3 advocacy organization and should be viewed with some skepticism, its core argument may resonate with privacy critics and anti-AI users alike: the internet stopped being âoefreeâ a long time ago. The paper argues that AI has made user data even more valuable because human-generated content is now being used not only for advertising, but also to train increasingly capable machine learning systems. Meanwhile, ordinary users see little transparency, control, or financial participation in the value created from their digital lives.

Submission + - The world has 6 months to avert major food crisis, says UN (politico.eu)

fjo3 writes: The closure of the Strait of Hormuz could trigger a severe global food price crisis within six to 12 months unless governments act quickly, the Food and Agriculture Organization warned Wednesday.

Decisions now by farmers and governments on fertilizer use, imports, financing and crop choices will determine whether food prices spike later this year or in early 2027, the agency said.

"Start seriously thinking about how to increase the absorption capacity of countries, how to increase their resilience to this choke, so that we start to minimize the potential impacts," FAO Chief Economist Maximo Torero said in a podcast published Wednesday.

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