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KOSA is a wolf in sheep’s clothing. It claims to protect kids but pushes surveillance, forced ID, and vague censorship. Parents—not the government—should guide kids online. Don’t let the U.S. follow the UK’s path to a censored web. Contact your reps. Say NO to KOSA. Defend privacy & a free net.
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October 30, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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October 27, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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Also new in v1.109: custom feed operators now receive more interaction events.

If you run a custom feed, now you'll know when people like, quote, repost, reply, and see posts in your feed. All valuable signals that can help you drive higher-quality recommendations in your feeds.
October 27, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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Some fantastic news here: 97% of SKG signatures are valid and it looks like the initiative will go to commission

www.notebookcheck.net/97-of-early-...
97% of early Stop Killing Games petition signatures validated as per new report
The Stop Killing Games campaign has garnered 1.45M verified signatures pushing EU laws to keep purchased games playable after support ends. The aim here is to protect gamers from losing access to thei...
www.notebookcheck.net
September 18, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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You can’t talk about cleaning up crime in D.C. while a 34-count convicted felon is running the country.
September 18, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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Near Earth space combat as envisaged in the 1980s. Art by John Berkey (first slide) and Wilf Hardy
August 31, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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Step 1: Pick five Space Marine chapters and one Leagues of Votann league.
Step 2: Put those colour schemes on Orks.
Step 3: Waaagh
#WarhammerCommunity
August 24, 2025 at 7:44 AM
KOSA is a wolf in sheep’s clothing. It claims to protect kids but pushes surveillance, forced ID, and vague censorship. Parents—not the government—should guide kids online. Don’t let the U.S. follow the UK’s path to a censored web. Contact your reps. Say NO to KOSA. Defend privacy & a free net.
July 28, 2025 at 5:36 AM
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love this. The engineer who beat Apple by creating the first USB-C iPhone has now created a phone case that switches the Lightning port on older iPhones to USB-C www.theverge.com/news/712133/...
This iPhone case switches Lightning ports to USB-C
A solution that ditches USB-C adapters.
www.theverge.com
July 23, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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I cannot overemphasize to you how often law firms are targeted by hackers, sometimes employed by opposing parties in cases they are working on, and how profoundly unprepared most law firms are to defend themselves.

www.cnn.com/2025/07/11/p...
Chinese hackers suspected in breach of powerful DC law firm | CNN Politics
Suspected Chinese hackers have broken into the email accounts of attorneys and advisers at a powerful Washington, DC, law firm in an apparent intelligence-gathering operation, the firm, Wiley Rein, to...
www.cnn.com
July 11, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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AMD’s new 96-core Threadripper CPU will set you back $11,699. The Threadripper Pro 9000 WX-Series, designed for professional workstations, starts at $1,649 and ships on July 23rd. Details 👇 www.theverge.com/news/709005/...
AMD’s new 96-core Threadripper CPU will set you back $11,699
The Threadripper Pro 9000 WX-series debuts on July 23rd
www.theverge.com
July 17, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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We've published a response with corrections to iFixit article presenting a highly insecure and non-private option as being the best choice for people who care about privacy:

discuss.grapheneos.org/d/24134-devi...

Not bundling Google Mobile Services doesn't mean a device/OS has good privacy.
Devices lacking standard privacy/security patches and protections aren't private - GrapheneOS Discussion Forum
GrapheneOS discussion forum
discuss.grapheneos.org
July 17, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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It's 1997 and you turn on Mario Kart 64 for the first time...

It's gonna be a perfect day.
July 18, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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GrapheneOS version 2025070700 released:

grapheneos.org/releases#202...

See the linked release notes for a summary of the improvements over the previous release.

Forum discussion thread:

discuss.grapheneos.org/d/23779-grap...

#GrapheneOS #privacy #security
GrapheneOS releases
Official releases of GrapheneOS, a security and privacy focused mobile OS with Android app compatibility.
grapheneos.org
July 8, 2025 at 4:28 AM
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📢 1.104 is rolling out with new ways to personalize your notifications!

• Activity Notifications: Get push alerts from your favorite accounts
• Repost Notifications: See when someone likes or reposts something you’ve reposted
• New Notification Settings: Fine-tune which notifications you receive
July 7, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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July 7, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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Instagram collects scary amounts of your data 🫣 Mastodon on the other hand - None! ✅

What do we learn? There are great services available that do not abuse your data.

Join us on Mastodon at @ Tutanota ❤️
June 26, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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today is a big Xbox PC day. Microsoft is adding Steam games to its Xbox PC app on Windows for Insider testing. It's part of the new aggregated gaming library that will also appear on the new Xbox Ally handhelds. Full details 👇 www.theverge.com/news/690967/...
Microsoft adds Steam games to its Xbox PC app on Windows
Xbox Insiders get access today.
www.theverge.com
June 23, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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I'll be honest, watching Star Trek TNG on VHS sounds legitimately perfect.
soooo… who’s coming over to watch star trek next gen on vhs? 📼
June 22, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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My partner had been hinting at a surprise and today he gifted me a custom Game Boy with a translated Pokémon Green! He even suggested we play side by side. Are you kidding me?! The gamer love language of it all. 🥹💚
June 19, 2025 at 3:07 AM
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Let's keep the SEGA love going here...

Which SEGA DREAMCAST game deserves to get a full modern remake if you could choose ANY game from its entire library?
June 19, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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To this day, this is still one of the best video game controllers ever made.
June 19, 2025 at 5:49 AM
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GameCube Switch 2 Controller includes a gyroscope

Source: x.com/sashibu2/sta...
June 5, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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So you thought they were going to reveal Resident Evil 9
a man dressed as captain america is standing in a hallway next to a red chair .
ALT: a man dressed as captain america is standing in a hallway next to a red chair .
media.tenor.com
June 4, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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State of Play returns tomorrow, June 4!

Watch live at 2pm PT / 11pm CEST on YouTube and Twitch for news and updates on great games coming to PS5: play.st/45CtiNy
June 3, 2025 at 1:01 PM