An eye-opening article by Constance Grady, writing for Vox. AI and unscrupulous ghostwriters are combining to flood the world with poor quality ebooks, sometimes called garbage ebooks, and giant online booksellers seem to be doing little about it: Here is almost certainly what wa … | Continue reading
Early web nostalgia and memorable online experiences, the most disappointing tech product we’ve owned or reviewed, our persistence in troubleshooting tech, and the oldest piece of technology we still use.… | Continue reading
There are a lot of updates in the fight for our freedoms online, from a last-minute reauthorization bill to expand Section 702 (tell your senators to vote NO on the bill here!), a new federal consumer data privacy law (we deserve better!), and a recent draft from the FCC to reins … | Continue reading
The Sandworm hacking group associated with Russian military intelligence has been hiding attacks and operations behind multiple online personas posing as hacktivist groups. [...] | Continue reading
What do you do when you need to convert plain text into formatted HTML? Perhaps you reach for Markdown or manually write in the element tags yourself. Or maybe you have one or two of the dozens of online tools that will do it for you. In this tutorial, Alexis Kypridemos picks tho … | Continue reading
The online video-sharing platform YouTube is cracking down on ad-blocking apps and suggests people should purchase a premium subscription if… Continue reading YouTube prevents ad-blocking mobile apps from accessing its videos The post YouTube prevents ad-blocking mobile apps from … | Continue reading
The Netherlands House of Representatives has voted to ban online gambling advertising and ‘high risk’ online gambling like slots. The… Continue reading Netherlands MPs vote on banning online slots The post Netherlands MPs vote on banning online slots appeared first on ReadWrite. | Continue reading
Diventare editori nel 2024: torna a maggio il corso online dell’Associazione Italiana Editori – sei moduli da due ore ciascuno – Dalla passione all’impresa: avviare un’attività editoriale, rivolto a tutti coloro che desiderano aprire una casa editrice, rendere più efficiente la p … | Continue reading
Scammers are targeting teenage boys on social media—and driving some to suicide. Horrifying in depth report describing sextortion scams: a scammer tricks a teenage boy into sending them reciprocal nude photos, then instantly starts blackmailing them by threatening to forward thos … | Continue reading
Omer Benjakob and Eliza Triantafillou, Haaretz: According to the documents, in 2022 Intellexa presented a proof of concept for a system called Aladdin that enables the remote infection of a specific mobile telephone device through online advertisements. This is the first time it … | Continue reading
Knowing how to spot greenwashing can help you decide whether you want to support a particular brand. Shopper sparks conversation online after sharing photo of frustrating drink label: 'Seems to just maintain status quo' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
When it comes to what’s published online, I consider myself a moderately well-read person. Obviously, I’m not across every last thing posted on the web, but I probably spend a good couple of hours a day following news sites, what’s on the RSS feeds I subscribe to, social media, a … | Continue reading
When choosing a product like an electric toothbrush, it's a good idea to consider the whole life cycle of the item. Customer shares frustration online with photo of absurd toothbrush packaging: 'Never seen anything more unnecessary in my life' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Microsoft has announced plans to fight spam by imposing a daily Exchange Online bulk email limit of 2,000 external recipients starting January 2025. [...] | Continue reading
Kev Quirk triggered an interesting thought sharing experiment asking the question: Have you ever thought about blogging anonymously? I blog under my real name, but wonder if that could have held me back… https://kevquirk.com/what-about-anonymous-blogging Some thoughtful responses … | Continue reading
UT, the graphic T-shirt brand of Uniqlo, will have its first collaboration with The Legend Of Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom. This UT Collection will be available in Uniqlo stores across Malaysia as well as from the Uniqlo online store starting April 26. The Legend Of Zelda: Tears O … | Continue reading
One thing I keep seeing in the online EV FUD machine lately is how terrible EVs are on tires. Because they’re heavy and they produce so much torque, they say, EVs go through tires way faster than ICE vehicles. The estimated tire life keeps shrinking as the story spreads, with ... … | Continue reading
Amelia Nierenberg in The New York Times: Walnuts can improve cognitive function. Blueberries can boost memory. Fish oil supplements can lower your risk of Alzheimer’s disease. You may have noticed these buzzy “brain food” claims scattered across online health articles and social … | Continue reading
It's trite, but it's true and maybe, just maybe, the phrase has been burned into my brain from my kids watching Daniel Tiger on repeat. I've found it to be the best way to approach interactions in life and online — you can and should be kind to yourself too. I struggle with the b … | Continue reading
One of the happy perils of posting your work online is the very real possibility of criticism. I suppose posting it anywhere exposes you, but the internet gives people both a microphone and anonymity. Things get said online that would never be said in person to another soul. The … | Continue reading
If you take the time to create content online, you probably want people to read it. It doesn't have to go viral, but it'd be nice if some folks read it, right? But for people to read your stuff, they must know about it. And for this, Google (or other search engines) must index yo … | Continue reading
Warm off the press, and with copious thanks and admiration to Junhong Xiao for the invitation to submit and the translation, here is my paper “The problematic metaphor of the environment in online learning” in Chinese, in the Journal of Open Learning. It is based on my OTESSA Jou … | Continue reading
Elizabeth texted me at 7:30 on a Saturday morning that the 2024-2025 FAFSA was finally allowing online corrections. So apparently she has been keeping an eye on things. I went right downstairs and “fixed” my application (it claimed I had not signed it when I the hell HAD signed i … | Continue reading
Canadian retail chain Giant Tiger disclosed a data breach in March 2024. A threat actor has now publicly claimed responsibility for the data breach and leaked 2.8 million records on a hacker forum that they claim are of Giant Tiger customers. [...] | Continue reading
All casino beginners need to learn how to play slots correctly. Considering how straightforward and easily accessible slot machines are,… Continue reading 2024 Guide on How to Play Online Slots for Beginners The post 2024 Guide on How to Play Online Slots for Beginners appeared f … | Continue reading
boAt Investigating Suspected Customer Data BreachJagmeet Singh, reporting for TechCrunch: India’s largest audio and wearables brand boAt is investigating a possible data breach after hackers advertised a cache of alleged customer data online. A sample of alleged customer data was … | Continue reading
So many writers have been gardeners and have written about gardens that it might be easier to make a list of those who didn’t. But even in this crowded company, Emily Dickinson stands out. She not only attended the fragile beauty of flowers with an artist’s eye—before she’d writt … | Continue reading
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) said today it is investigating a breach at business intelligence company Sisense, whose products are designed to allow companies to view the status of multiple third-party online services in a single dashboard. CISA … | Continue reading
This is one of those jazz theory ideas that gets explained endlessly online and in texts and is relatively rare in a typical American’s listening experience. But when you do hear it, it does sound cool. I made an interactive explainer on Noteflight, because as with so many jazz t … | Continue reading
"If every single lakefront owner wanted to do what is happening [here], it's certainly not going to be one of our most valuable resources in our community anymore." Photos taken after billionaire destroys fragile natural area for mansion construction draw ire online: 'A hotel-siz … | Continue reading
If you’re a cinephile, you’re probably deeply grateful for the existence of the Criterion Channel. There are few other places you can go online to see such a diverse set of classic, arthouse, independent, and hard-to-find films. Platforms like Netflix, Amazon Prime, and Max have … | Continue reading
There is a tendency for me to not publish many of the photos I take. A high proportion of them end up in the bin, and many others just sit doing nothing in my Lightroom catalogue. I constantly compare the results of my photos to other people that I see online and the conclusion m … | Continue reading
Sono online da oggi le classifiche del Giornale della Libreria dei libri più venduti nei canali trade, relative al periodo 26 febbraio - 24 marzo 2024. | Continue reading
I’ve been a little less online lately, but not to worry, I have just been living my life :) Several weeks ago, I gave notice at work and left. Some people in my life were surprised, because it was a good job at a good company, I generally enjoyed it, I got to work with wonderful … | Continue reading
The Brooks Range offers arguably the greatest wilderness trekking in North America. But it has no trails or bridges; it’s the subject of no guidebooks and few online trip reports; it’s crossed by only one road; and it’s home to a gazillion tussocks and mosquitoes — So how do you … | Continue reading
If there’s one thing that the extremely online love, it’s lore. Therefore, it’s no surprise that many people on the Internet are head over heels for Peepy toys, a set of criminal plushies out on bail and ready to misbehave at your house. Read more... | Continue reading
"Awful." Parent raises concerns about company's rental 'sleepover kits' posted online: 'This is just such an upsetting concept' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
In time for Steuererklärung season 2024, the online portal for tax declaration submissions in Germany, ELSTER, is now available in English. ELSTER tax submission site now... | Continue reading
"When are we going to learn?" Footage of elephant snacking on litter left by tourists sparks concern online: 'I don't think animals should be eating any amount of plastic' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
If you're offering a service online, you should only collect data from users that is strictly required to operate service. I don't care what you're building. If you need my email to log me in, fine — don't send me anything I didn't ask for[1]. And do not use it to try and sell me … | Continue reading
A strong online presence has numerous benefits regardless of the size and type of your business. A solid online presence… Continue reading 6 Strategies to Improve Your Online Presence The post 6 Strategies to Improve Your Online Presence appeared first on ReadWrite. | Continue reading
Recently I was engaged in an odd conversation online, one that spanned from Australia to Germany, almost exactly the opposite sides of the world. Australia is in the throes of a deeply odd energy conversation about whether nuclear generation is necessary or not (it isn’t). The le … | Continue reading
From 2006 to 2016, Sarah Walker offered excellent and specific instructions for essential activities of everyday life, like bullfighting and performing tracheotomies. Thanks to her, our standards of living were improved by 100 percent. Today, to help celebrate our twenty-five (an … | Continue reading
From 2006 to 2016, Sarah Walker offered excellent and specific instructions for essential activities of everyday life, like bullfighting and performing tracheotomies. Thanks to her, our standards of living were improved by 100 percent. Today, to help celebrate our twenty-five (an … | Continue reading
"Any given week, we're rescuing about 500,000 pounds of food from going to waste." How one online grocer is saving customers 20% on food costs: 'All the ... resources that go into growing food and manufacturing food, it's just inefficient' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
"It's the result of intentional manipulation by powerful companies." Image of influencer's lipstick collection sparks backlash online: 'I will never understand people who ... hoard makeup like this' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
This story was first published by Grist . When you live far from the sprawling fields befitting utility-scale solar and wind farms, it’s easy to feel like clean energy isn’t coming online fast enough. But renewables have grown at a staggering rate since 2014 and now account for 2 … | Continue reading
Imagine an internet in which economic power is more broadly distributed, so that more people can build and maintain small businesses online to make good livings. In this world, the behavioral advertising that has made the internet into a giant surveillance tool would be banned, s … | Continue reading