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I told them: #Technology matters, considering the role of #Google in #Gaza
We will discuss #war, #GazaGenocide, #technology, #Peace, #Change with
#CambiareRotta and #OSA students and students from U.S. university campuses will join us via videolink
According to a new report by the BBC, self-checkouts have been a failure. It's not just because they take jobs from humans; customers frequently need help to use them, and retailers say they lead to increased theft. Some stores are moving away from the technology, but a 2021 survey of 1,000 American shoppers say they prefer it. Here's the full story. What's your opinion?
#Lifestyle #Shopping #Technology #SelfCheckOut
'It hasn't delivered': The spectacular failure of self-checkout technology
Unstaffed tills were supposed to revolutionise shopping. Now, both retailers and customers are bagging many self-checkout kiosks.Sam Becker (BBC)
- Never use it (16%, 49 votes)
- Use it if I have only a few items (47%, 141 votes)
- Prefer it in all circumstances (31%, 94 votes)
- Something else — explain in the comments (4%, 14 votes)
People can be as upset about this as they want, but so long as they continue to watch #YouTube they continue tacitly supporting their user-hostile actions. If you really want to make a difference, stop watching, and tell content creators why. When you can convince them to move to platforms that don't shove ads down your throat every 3 minutes, THAT is when you'll see #Google change their tune.
#tech #technology #enshitification #PeerTube #tilvids
YouTube appears to be reducing video and site performance for ad-block users
Latest consensus is that YouTube performance issues seem to be Adblock Plus' fault.Ars Technica
The Best Apps for Improving Memory – Because Practice Makes Better
Content warning: Woman sitting at a desk holding a pen in her right hand which is hovering over a paper notebook on the desk, and her left hand is holding a red phone I’ve certainly seen from playing Wordle every day that your game improves over time. The brain is like a
Previously secret Israeli spyware that infects targets via ads on Microsoft Windows, Google Android, and Apple iOS devices
Content warning: Grey and white image with square tiles having letters AD in them, being torn open at the top left, showing a woman's face peering through the torn hole. The Electronic Frontier Foundation’s Director of Activism Jason Kelley said Insanet’s use of advertisi
Fairphone 5 sets a new standard with 8-10 years of Android support and a 5-year warranty
Content warning: Light blue rear of a smart phone with 3 camera lenses shown, and a front facing view with the word Fairphone on the screen Fairphone is not trying to compete on bleeding edge specifications. It can be more likened to a mid-range phone, with long support,
Which should we use in 2023: HEIC Photo Format vs JPEG and PNG and WEBP formats
Content warning: Close up view of the back of a phone with its 3 camera lenses on top, resting on part of a laptop keyboard We all have long known the JPEG file format because it is quite old already, and just works everywhere. Back in the day it offered a reasonable comp
Red Hat Enterprise Linux source code no longer available to the public: This effects various downstream distros based on it
Content warning: https://gadgeteer.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/RedHat-400x300.jpg Red Hat has decided to stop making the source code of RHEL available to the public. From now on it will only be available to customers — who can’t legally share it. This is very […] ht