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- Strengthening Community Bonds: business@lemmy.world
L3s @lemmy.world FeaturedGreetings everyone,
We wanted to take a moment and let everyone know about the !business@lemmy.world community on Lemmy.World which hasn't gained much traction. Additionally, we've noticed occasional complaints about Business-related news being posted in the Technology community. To address this, we want to encourage our community members to engage with the Business community.
While we'll still permit Technology-related business news here, unless it becomes overly repetitive, we kindly ask that you consider cross-posting such content to the Business community. This will help foster a more focused discussion environment in both communities.
We've interacted with the mod team of the Business community, and they seem like a dedicated and welcoming group, much like the rest of us here on Lemmy. If you're interested, we encourage you to check out their community and show them some support!
Let's continue to build a thriving and inclusive ecosystem across all our communities on Lemmy.World!
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As always, be excellent to each other.
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- Scammers resort to physical Swiss post to spread malware • The Registerwww.theregister.com Scammers resort to physical Swiss post to spread malware
QR codes arrive via an age-old delivery system
- FTC to launch investigation into Microsoft’s cloud businessarstechnica.com FTC to launch investigation into Microsoft’s cloud business
Microsoft is accused of using punitive licensing terms for Azure.
- San Francisco tech company Forward, once worth $1B, abruptly shuts down
> The homepage of the company’s websitecurrently reads a shutdown notice. It says Forward is closing clinics, canceling patients’ scheduled visits and turning off its mobile app. The company wrote, “We know this news is abrupt,” and promised that its medical staff would be reachable by email until Dec. 13. Per Business Insider, Forward also shared the message with customers in a late-night email Tuesday.
- Threads is testing custom feeds for your favorite topicswww.theverge.com Threads is testing custom feeds for your favorite topics
You’ll be able to create feeds to keep tabs specific topics and communities.
- Comcast, Disney, and IBM Are Among Advertisers Returning to X After Ad Freezewww.adweek.com Comcast, Disney, and IBM Are Among Advertisers Returning to X After Ad Freeze
IBM, Disney, Warner Bros. Discovery, and Lions Gate Entertainment have collectively spent less than $3.3 million on X.
- Bluesky says it won’t train AI on your postswww.theverge.com Bluesky says it won’t train AI on your posts
It does use AI to power other parts of the platform, though.
- Open source fights back: 'We won't get patent-trolled again'www.zdnet.com Open source fights back: 'We won't get patent-trolled again'
Businesses using open-source projects like Kubernetes are being targeted more often by patent trolls. Now the open source community is launching a counter-offensive and looking for volunteers.
- How Top X Rivals Fared Since Elon Musk Sparked Twitter Exoduswww.newsweek.com Is Elon Musk's X user exodus real?
Threads, Bluesky and Mastodon have experienced growth in the past few months as Musk's social media platform appears to be losing users.
- Electrochemical reactor grabs 97.5% of lithium from geothermal sourcesnewatlas.com Electrochemical reactor grabs 97.5% of lithium from geothermal sources
Lithium-ion batteries power everything from our vape pens to electric cars, but they have one glaring issue: they rely on lots of hard-to-harvest lithium. A new reactor from Rice University is set to make the whole process easier and safer.
- FTC reportedly begins investigating Microsoft's cloud business practicestechcrunch.com FTC reportedly begins investigating Microsoft's cloud business practices | TechCrunch
The FTC is reportedly readying an investigation into whether Microsoft used anti-competitive tactics to maintain a dominant position in the cloud market.
- Twitter sees largest user exodus since Musk takeoverwww.nbcnews.com X sees largest user exodus since Musk takeover
X users are weighing the decision to keep their followings or build them back up on alternative platforms after the election.
- What browser is better: DuckDuckGo or Vivaldi?
My current browser is DuckDuckGo because I like to use it to protect my privacy on the Web.
I heard word about Vivaldi being a popular browser for Fediverse users but I never tried it.
I’m not sure which one is necessarily better.
- Bluesky feels more like old Twitter than X doeswww.vox.com Bluesky feels more like old Twitter than X does
As more users flee X, a clearer, sunnier social media age is dawning.
- Mayor Adams’ office directs NYC agencies to launch BlueSky accounts amid growth on new platformwww.nydailynews.com Mayor Adams’ office directs NYC agencies to launch BlueSky accounts amid growth on new platform
Mayor Adams’ office ordered city government agencies Thursday to set up accounts on BlueSky, a social media platform that has seen a marked uptick in new users since President-elect Donald Tr…
- Hyundai Is Bringing Back Buttons Because Touchscreens Are ‘Annoying’
>- Hyundai is slowly backing away from the all-screen approach to interior design. >- Hyundai Design North America Vice President Ha Hak-soo said that people "get stressed, annoyed and steamed when they want to control something in a pinch but are unable to do so."
- Bluesky adds 700,000 new users in a week / A ‘majority' of the new users are from the US, indicating that people are searching for a new platform as an alternative to X.www.theverge.com Bluesky adds 700,000 new users in a week
There are now more than 14.5 million users total on the platform.
- Why the Guardian is no longer posting on Xwww.theguardian.com Why the Guardian is no longer posting on X
We will stop posting from our official editorial accounts on the platform, but X users can still share our articles
no paywall
- Tesla recalls Cybertrucks for faulty inverter, the 6th recall this yeararstechnica.com Tesla is recalling 2,431 Cybertrucks, and this time there’s no software fix
Owners of the affected trucks will require replacement hardware.
Owners of the affected trucks will require replacement hardware.
- Period tracking app refuses to disclose data to American authoritieswww.newsweek.com Period tracking app refuses to disclose data to American authorities
Clue vows to safeguard users following the 2024 election amid concerns anti-abortion state laws could allow phone searches for menstrual data.
>The team behind menstrual health and period tracking app Clue has said it will not disclose users' data to American authorities, following Donald Trump's reelection. > >The message comes in response to concerns that during Trump's second presidency, abortion bans that followed the overturn of Roe v. Wade in 2022 will worsen and states will attempt to increase menstrual surveillance in order to further restrict access to terminations.
- The 'morphing' wheel from South Korea that may transform lives and robots
Scientists are literally trying to reinvent the wheel
> South Korean researchers have developed a "morphing" wheel that can navigate stairs and obstacles up to 1.3 times its radius, potentially revolutionizing mobility devices and robotics.
> The wheel, created by the Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials (KIMM), features a chain-based outer hoop and sensor-controlled spoke wires that adjust stiffness based on terrain. Inspired by water droplet mechanics, it transitions between solid and fluid states when encountering impediments.
- World's largest EV never has to be rechargedwww.greencarreports.com World's largest EV never has to be recharged
The eDumper makes a good case for going fully electric with heavy-duty construction, mining, and industrial equipment.
- Biden Asked Microsoft to “Raise the Bar on Cybersecurity.” He May Have Helped Create an Illegal Monopoly.www.propublica.org Biden Asked Microsoft to “Raise the Bar on Cybersecurity.” He May Have Helped Create an Illegal Monopoly.
When the White House welcomed Microsoft’s offer of $150 million in tech services, it helped the world’s largest software provider tighten its grip on federal business and freeze out competitors.
- Chinese immigrants in the U.S. are running Temu shipping centers out of their homesrestofworld.org Chinese immigrants in the U.S. are running Temu shipping centers out of their homes
To speed up delivery and dodge a crackdown on shipments from China, e-commerce companies are turning to so-called “family warehouses.”
- Nintendo v. Pomelo: Yuzu-Based iOS Switch Emu in Circumvention Dead Endtorrentfreak.com Nintendo v. Pomelo: Yuzu-Based iOS Switch Emu in Circumvention Dead End * TorrentFreak
Nintendo is targeting Pomelo, a popular Switch emulator for iOS devices. Like similar emulators before it, Pomelo has nowhere left to go.
- Apple Reportedly Removes Podcasts By Independent Russian Media Outletswww.rferl.org Apple Removes Several RFE/RL Apps At Request Of Russian Regulator
U.S. technology giant Apple has notified RFE/RL that it has removed several of its apps following a request from Russia's media regulator, Roskomnadzor.
- O2 deploys AI granny against scammers • The Registerwww.theregister.com O2 deploys AI granny against scammers
Brit mobile network's Daisy has time, patience, and plenty of yarns to spin
- Microsoft stealthily installs Windows 10 update to nag you to upgrade to Windows 11 – and not for the first timewww.techradar.com Microsoft stealthily installs Windows 10 update to nag you to upgrade to Windows 11 – and not for the first time
It’s for your own good, mind (and some Windows 11 users will get this too)
>- A new patch is being quietly pushed to Windows 10 (and 11) PCs >- It’ll force upgrades in certain circumstances to keep the PC in support >- This update will mean more nag prompts coming to your PC
- Absurd AI Slop About How Elon Musk Will Fix America Is Megaviral on Facebookwww.404media.co Absurd AI Slop About How Elon Musk Will Fix America Is Megaviral on Facebook
Some of the most popular content on Facebook leading up to the election was AI-generated Elon Musk inspiration porn made by people in other countries that went viral in the US.
