Comment End of CoD (Score 0) 48
The government will love this dataset.
Comment Re:There's little point in even countering this (Score 0) 39
In Canada, the government has the right to end your existence in spite of your health or your life. What's the difference?
Comment Re:From the manifesto (Score 0, Troll) 126
That's the difference between Democrats and Republicans. Democrats think it's "getting your rights back" from authority and Republicans know they were born with their Rights which shall not be infringed.
Comment Wokeipedia (Score 1) 66
Wikipedia is about as reliable as CNN or MSNBC
Comment Sticks and Stones? (Score 1) 154
If Elon owning Twitter could persuade you to leave a social network, you're probably not emotionally stable enough to be there anyway.
Meta's Revenue Shrank For the First Time In Its History (engadget.com) 48
Facebook parent company Meta has just reported its earnings for the second quarter of 2022, and it was another quarter of shrinking profits. Engadget reports: Total revenue of $28.8 billion was only down one percent compared to Q2 one year ago, but net income dropped 36 percent to $6.7 billion. Making almost $7 billion in profit is not a bad quarter for anyone, but the size of the decline compared to a year ago is pretty significant. And, according to the Wall Street Journal, this is the first-ever drop in revenue for Meta / Facebook -- so even though we're only talking one percent, it's still noteworthy.
Revenue from advertising and Meta's "family of apps" was essentially flat year-over-year, and Reality Labs (home to hardware like the Meta Quest and other metaverse-related initiatives) actually grew 48 percent year-over-year to $452 million. But Reality Labs accounted for a $2.8 billion loss this quarter, a 15 percent larger loss than Q2 one year ago. At this rate, it seems likely that Reality Labs will lose Meta more than the $10 billion it cost the company in 2021. Indeed, the company said it expects Reality Labs revenue to be lower in the third quarter. [...] In June, Meta said that it had 2.88 billion daily active users in its family of apps (which includes Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger) and 3.65 billion monthly active users, both of which are up four percent compared to a year ago. Facebook-specific growth was smaller, though -- average daily and monthly users only increased three percent and one percent, respectively. Further reading: FTC Files To Block Meta's Virtual Reality Deal
Revenue from advertising and Meta's "family of apps" was essentially flat year-over-year, and Reality Labs (home to hardware like the Meta Quest and other metaverse-related initiatives) actually grew 48 percent year-over-year to $452 million. But Reality Labs accounted for a $2.8 billion loss this quarter, a 15 percent larger loss than Q2 one year ago. At this rate, it seems likely that Reality Labs will lose Meta more than the $10 billion it cost the company in 2021. Indeed, the company said it expects Reality Labs revenue to be lower in the third quarter. [...] In June, Meta said that it had 2.88 billion daily active users in its family of apps (which includes Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger) and 3.65 billion monthly active users, both of which are up four percent compared to a year ago. Facebook-specific growth was smaller, though -- average daily and monthly users only increased three percent and one percent, respectively. Further reading: FTC Files To Block Meta's Virtual Reality Deal
Comment Re:The bad guys lost, with details (Score 2) 60
This is not a success story. Getting lucky that the attacker didn't (maybe?) extract data before ransoming, is not success. You pay way more financially from personal data being leaked than you do from your systems being unavailable. This is pure luck, and an inexperienced attacker - that it wasn't much worse for them.
"We were able to restore everything and paid nothing" - is not a defense
