US Accuses American of Allegedly Wiping His Phone Using a ‘Duress’ Password During Border Search
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: The U.S. Justice Department is prosecuting an American for allegedly providing U.S. border authorities with a passcode that wiped the contents of his phone, according to an indictment and media reports. This is thought to be the first … ⌘ Read more

Deleted some old no longer used pixelart from my galley and added this as an alternative version, of the sprite one.

@david@daiwei.me you had to poke me, eh?

had to clean a lot of gunk off the top of the van I have to wake up back from our holiday! 😱

Say hello to the Twtxt Social Graph 😅 #Twtxt #social #Graph

@prologic@twtxt.net @bender@twtxt.net is it normal that twtxtapp’s <tab> (white space) between the timestamps and posts look a bit shorter than the ones from jenny? just noticed that and thought maybe it’s someting you’d want to know.

The Rectangle highlights the whitespaces from Jenny and the Ellipse is over the ones from twtxtapp.

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Hmm…

This is how it shows in jenny:

@movq@www.uninformativ.de this is what I see on twtxt.app (all looks good there, though, but not here, on Yarnd):

This one isn’t showing right on Yarnd (here):

And I don’t know why.

@movq@www.uninformativ.de hmm, I see the same on twtxt.app, and Yarnd. On twtxt.app:

On yarnd:

What’s up with this reply of mine? it was posted 2027-07-07T18:05:37+00:00 but is always showing up as having been just posted now on twtd 🤔

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@lyse@lyse.isobeef.org before:

And after:

@movq@www.uninformativ.de see anything you like here? 🤭

@aelaraji@aelaraji.com I cannot view your raw feed 🧐

Just a couple of shots of where were staying 👇

@movq@www.uninformativ.de I figure there is a bug somewhere, but where?

@lyse@lyse.isobeef.org I can’t take credit for that word, that was a @bender@twtxt.net original. However, I did hashtag it on Masto in hopes of possibly inspiring someone to learn about what truly decentralized social media looks like (and maybe even come join us). 😊

County With 37 Data Centers Asks Schools To ‘Conserve Electricity’
An anonymous reader quotes a report from 404 Media: On June 26, the County Manager of Henrico County, Virginia, John Vithoulkas, sent an email to thousands of county employees asking them to help the local government conserve electricity. “Beginning July 1st, the rate we pay for electricity used in all Henrico County government and school fa … ⌘ Read more

Finally finished another meme one, I always wanted. It took forever, to get it right, so I really hope people get the reference.

Wikipedia Cofounder Larry Sanger Banned From Site for ‘Canvassing’
Wikipedia cofounder Larry Sanger has been indefinitely banned from editing the site after editors concluded that he violated its canvassing rules, “or in other words, calling on his followers off platform in order to influence Wikipedia’s content,” reports 404 Media. Sanger says the ban proves Wikipedia suppresses ideological diversity, while e … ⌘ Read more

UK Considers Forcing Social Media Firms To Prioritize Trusted News
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Britain is considering forcing social media companies to prioritize what the government called trusted news sources as part of its broader push to tighten regulation of the sector. The culture department said on Monday it was considering requiring platforms such as Meta’s Facebook, Alphabet-ow … ⌘ Read more

Following User Outcry, AMD Reinstates Memory Encryption In Consumer CPUs
Last week, AMD was found to have stripped memory encryption from its consumer CPUs without any warning or notice. Now, following a wave of backlash on social media, the chipmaker has now reinstated the protection, though it still hasn’t explained why the safeguard was disabled in the first place. Ars Technica reports: Following the r … ⌘ Read more

Ubisoft Co-Founder Claude Guillemot Dies In Plane Crash
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Claude Guillemot, co-founder of French video game company Ubisoft, died Friday at the age of 69. According to French media (via Bloomberg), Guillemot died in a plane crash in the French resort town of La Baule. He was one of two people aboard the plane, both of whom died.

Guillemot founded Ubisoft with his fou … ⌘ Read more

UK Official Promises Statements ‘Around VPNs’ and Further Teen Restrictions on Chatbots and Social Media
PC Gamer reports:

The UK government is considering an Australia-style ban on social media for under-16s, with Prime Minister Keir Starmer saying that the ban could take effect as soon as spring next year. As for the much nearer future, Science and Technology Secretary … ⌘ Read more

Cops Keep Getting Arrested for Using Flock’s Cameras to Stalk People
404 Media remembers how a Florida police office looked up his ex-girlfriend’s license plate in the Flock automated license plate reader system at least 69 times in 2024 — even searching for her mom’s license plate at least 24 times. The police office was charged with stalking and hacking-related offenses, serving one day in prison with five … ⌘ Read more

QEMU Screenshot:

SMPTE Opens Entire Standards Catalog for Free, Removing Century-Old Paywall
The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers has published over 800 technical standards over the years (as a professional association for the media and entertainment industry).

But this week SMPTE “announced that its complete Standards catalog, the technical backbone behind everything from SDI and timecode to IP-ba … ⌘ Read more

Meta Lobbies Congress For Protection From Child-Harm Lawsuits
Longtime Slashdot reader schwit1 shares a report from Reuters: Meta has lobbied the U.S. Congress for legal immunity from child-harm claims tied to social media products such as Instagram, as it faces thousands of lawsuits from young users and their families, according to a source familiar with the matter and proposed legislative language reviewed by R … ⌘ Read more

AMD ISP4 Driver Merged To Linux 7.2 Kernel
The media subsystem changes were merged tonight for the Linux 7.2 merge window and it includes the long-awaited AMD ISP4 driver now in the mainline kernel.. This ISP4 driver is what completes the loop for enabling the web camera on the HP ZBook Ultra G1a and other future high-end AMD Ryzen laptops… ⌘ Read more

Commodore’s Callback 8020 Is a $499 Flip Phone That Blocks Social Media and Browsers
Commodore has unveiled the Callback 8020, a $499 Sailfish OS flip phone that runs most Android apps but deliberately blocks social media, browsers, email, and workplace apps to discourage doomscrolling. The “not dumb dumbphone” still supports messaging, music, maps, ridesharing, hotspots, a removable battery … ⌘ Read more

Firefox 152 Adds JPEG XL Support, Redesigned Settings
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Linuxiac: Mozilla has released Firefox 152, the latest update to its popular open-source web browser, with updated settings, improved media controls, experimental JPEG XL support, and various platform-specific fixes for desktop and Android. A key update is the redesigned Firefox Settings page, which now features clearer groupings … ⌘ Read more

Britain Unveils Sweeping Ban On Social Media For Under-16s
Longtime Slashdot reader schwit1 shares a report from NBC News: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced a sweeping ban on social media use for those under 16, joining other countries around the world seeking to protect children online. “It’s a big step for our country,” Starmer said in a recorded video message released Monday. “Social media is maki … ⌘ Read more

Microsoft Updates Six Windows’ Apps. ‘Photos’ Gets Watermarks for Copilot Images (Off by Default)
Microsoft dropped “massive” updates for six stock Windows apps, reports the “Microsoft enthusiast” site Neowin.

Here’s some of their more interesting highlights for Clock, Media Player, Calculator, Voice Recorder, Photos, and Paint:

The Photos app (version 2026.11060.2004.0):

AI wat … ⌘ Read more

UK Scientists See Little Evidence for Claims Smartphones Are Rewiring Kids’ Brains
UK’s Members of Parliament (MP) were “looking for proof that smartphones and social media are rotting children’s brains,” writes The Register — but they got “a less satisfying answer from neuroscientists on Wednesday: nobody can really prove it.”

Appearing before the Science, Innovation and Technology Commit … ⌘ Read more

Parteifinanzen: Social-Media-Regeln auch für Staatssekretäre ⌘ Read more

Tom Cruise’s Steven Spielberg Popcorn Bucket Is Better Than Disclosure Day’s Official Vessel
Tom Cruise recently checked out the latest Steven Spielberg movie, Disclosure Day. While at a screening, Cruise showed off his special Spielberg-themed popcorn bucket, an item that unironically was better than the official one from the movie. Cruise recently took to social media to share some photos of himself at a screening for the mov … ⌘ Read more

I’ve had coaches I’d run through walls for. These are the five questions Essendon, Carlton and Tassie should ask
Fans want hope. Boards want credibility. The media wants a headline. But the most important question any club looking for a new coach should ask is, what are their players looking for? ⌘ Read more

Even lower resolution sitting canine, made trying to find out, if one under 20x20 is possible, came to be 18x15.

Brad Pitt’s Dog Movie Was Just Spoiled & Fans Aren’t Mad About It
A major spoiler of Brad Pitt’s upcoming dog movie has surfaced online, but no one seems to be complaining about it. In fact, Richard Raymond, who serves as one of the producers on Heart of the Beast, himself shared the major plot point on his social media profile, confirming that the movie would differ vastly […]

The post [Brad Pitt’s Dog Movie Was Just Spoiled & Fans Aren’t Mad About It](https://ww … ⌘ Read more

И Канада забранява социалните мрежи за деца до 16 години

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Affaire Lyhanna: la loi du talion en prime time
Après le meurtre de la collégienne, plusieurs élus d’extrême droite se sont prononcés pour un rétablissement de la peine de mort ou la tenue d’un référendum à ce sujet. Dans certains médias, la question du retour de la peine capitale est désormais posée comme si de rien n’était. ⌘ Read more

Senior Liberal warns party to stop talking about One Nation as Hanson hits back at PM
The One Nation leader posted a report about its fundraising campaign on social media after Albanese questioned its veracity, Hanson saying it proved the money was “ridgy-didge”. ⌘ Read more

Hanson scoffs at Albanese’s scepticism of One Nation fundraising, releases audit
The One Nation leader posted the report on social media and said it proved the millions raised in her Fire the Liar campaign were “ridgy didge”. ⌘ Read more

The shock-jock whisperer managing One Nation’s talent
Rookie One Nation senator Sean Bell, who was embarrassed on 2GB last week, has a talk radio veteran running his media. ⌘ Read more

Young teens risk mental health harm after one year of social media use
A study that tracked teenagers for a decade found a decline in their wellbeing from time online – but it also provides a critical window for intervention. ⌘ Read more

Auch Kanada will Social-Media-Verbot für Unter-16-Jährige ⌘ Read more