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chris

@cmager.dev

Posting about web development, Ruby On Rails, Microsoft Azure, Linux, Mobile and other IT news. CTO at @helloguest.com - posts are my personal opinion

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Tuta

@tuta.com

You thought Windows Recall was bad?

Meet the Chrome VPN extension that takes screenshots of every site you visit. 😱 cyberinsider.com/chrome-vpn-e...

PSA: If you don't use Chrome, you're better off anyway 😎 tuta.com/blog/best-pr...

& Disable Recall on Windows: tuta.com/blog/how-to-...

Chrome VPN extension screenshots every site you visit. Screenshot of FreeVPN.One

August 21, 2025 at 1:41 PM

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Tuta

@tuta.com

🚨 Stop Chat Control! 🚨

The EU Council wants all your messages to be read by ominous AI. But government and military accounts will be exempt. Why? For security. 😤

Vote: October 14.
Key meeting: September 12.

📢 Act now! We've got two months to stop Chat Control: tuta.com/blog/chat-co...

Image with an EU flag on a camera watching you while sitting in front of your computer.

Title: Stop Chat Control

August 14, 2025 at 10:15 AM

chris

@cmager.dev

Best update will be #iPadOS with menu bar and floating windows. Makes the experience a lot more desktop like #WWDC2025 👍

June 9, 2025 at 6:22 PM

chris

@cmager.dev

Would have liked it a lot more if they’d have called it #macOS Lake Tahoe and not just #Tahoe #WWDC2025

June 9, 2025 at 5:58 PM

chris

@cmager.dev

Thank gosh they didn’t mess up the icons in #LiquidGlass design as it was predicted #WWDC2025

June 9, 2025 at 5:15 PM

chris

@cmager.dev

Will #Apple finally fix the #lockscreen so the display won’t turn off while scrolling through messages? That’s super annoying.

April 8, 2025 at 10:53 AM

chris

@cmager.dev

Anymore else feels #Siri is faster with #iOS18.4, too?

March 31, 2025 at 9:04 PM

chris

@cmager.dev

Google drops pledge not to use AI for weapons or surveillance

www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Google drops pledge not to use AI for weapons or surveillance

Google changed its public AI policies to remove assertions it would not develop AI applied to surveillance or weapons.

www.washingtonpost.com

February 4, 2025 at 8:53 PM

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The Guardian

@theguardian.com

Bill Gates calls Elon Musk’s embrace of far-right politicians abroad ‘insane shit’

Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist calls fellow tech titan ‘super-smart’ but guilty of ‘overreach’ Bill Gates has labelled Elon Musk’s embrace of far-right politicians and attempt to interfere in the politics of other countries – including the UK –…

www.theguardian.com

January 27, 2025 at 5:38 PM

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European Commission

@ec.europa.eu

Today, we remember all the victims murdered during the Holocaust.

We mark the 80 years since the liberation of the Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz-Birkenau.

This memory must be passed to future generations.

#HolocaustRemembranceDay