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    Musk tells Twitter staff: Agree to work “long hours at high intensity” or quit now

    I'd take the 3 months' severance, serious no-brainer there.
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    DIY Apple Studio Display uses 2014 iMac to save $730

    oh, this is tempting me, wonder if it'd work on the 2013 iMac i have that's currently collecting dust...
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    So nice they killed it twice: Google+’s business pivot is dead

    I must be getting old, because my eyes are glazing over and I no longer care to read all the details of the newest contorted pivot google is trying to pull. Oh wait, that's just apathy because I can't be assed to care anymore when Google shuffles its products around yet again. 90s me hates me...
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    Facebook loses users for first time ever, market cap drops by $200B

    came here to say this. was not surprised to be ninja'ed on the first page :D
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    Google denies rumors the Pixel 5a is dead, announces US and Japanese launch

    Hooray for headphone jack and rear fingerprint reader! Will probably upgrade from my 4a when this comes out!
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    Today’s best tech deals: Hitman 3, 400GB microSD cards, and more

    that case does look pretty damn slick! what case is it, if you don't mind me asking? EDIT: aaaa, ninja'd, my bad :P
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    Facebook makes the case for activity tracking to iOS 14 users in new pop-ups

    i don't WANT better targeted ads lol. i prefer none, but badly-targeted ones are easier to ignore (and fun to mock on the internet)
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    SpaceX gets FCC approval to bid in $16 billion rural-broadband auction

    I hope SpaceX can get at least some of the pork being passed around! They're the most likely ones to actually do anything with the money.
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    White-hat hackers who had control of internal Apple network get $288,000 reward

    Sad state of affairs that my initial thought was "whoa, security flaws were disclosed to a big company and they DIDN'T shoot the messenger!!" Kudos to apple for having a bug bounty program, and for actually paying out.
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    Space Force considers merging Cape Canaveral with Kennedy Space Center

    As a US citizen, who loves space stuff... I didn't either. Today I learned!
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    SpaceX has launched enough satellites for Starlink’s upcoming public beta

    It's a beta test. It's not ready for production yet.
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    Climate change may wreck economy unless we act soon, federal report warns

    the bottom line is the only thing corporate america might react to. I hope so too, but the pessimist/realist in me says that we'll lose a few coastal cities before we really actually start taking it seriously.
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    Ajit Pai touted false broadband data despite clear signs it wasn’t accurate

    Ajit Pai is a lying liarface. Who lies.
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    “Protest app” Bridgefy is full of flaws that threaten users everywhere

    blog post says "A third person will no longer be able to impersonate any other user". Why was this possible in the first place??? did you assume there wouldn't be any bad actors near your app or users?
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    ProtonMail founder: Apple uses monopoly to “hold all of us hostage”

    I was under the impression Apple required the prices to be the same across platforms... Just looked at the developer guidelines to support my point, and nope, I can't find support for it. Guess I was mistaken, or, maybe policies have changed over time (I recall being on a project where we wanted...
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    ProtonMail founder: Apple uses monopoly to “hold all of us hostage”

    Because Apple specifically forbids you from doing this, and will pull your app from the store for it. You are also not allowed to mention in the app that there is any other way of paying for it (i.e. mentioning that you also can take payments on your website).
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    Anti-vaccine group sues Facebook, claims fact-checking is “censorship”

    What....??? It's not censorship/a first amendment issue if it's not a government doing it...