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vortexton Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel

You can choose to only install updates that require a restart once a month on Debian, then it's the same.

vortexton watchOS 27 Drops Support for Apple Watch Series 9, Ultra 1, SE 2, and Older

"Apple is effectively dropping four years' worth of device support in a single software update."

vortexton I now assume that all ads on Apple news are scams

There is uBlock Origin Lite for Safari: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ublock-origin-lite/id674534269...

vortexton BYD's cheapest electric cars to have Lidar self-driving tech

The Ford Lightning has been discontinued.

vortexton Are we stuck with the same Desktop UX forever? [video]

KDE? It has great performance, it's highly configurable, and it's been improving. Many people don't seem to like GNOME 3, but it has also been getting better, in my view. I agree Windows and macOS have been getting worse.

vortexton Ottawa pulls advertising, escalating showdown with Facebook and Instagram

I don't agree with the bill, but yes, I don't want the government to spend money on Meta ads either.

vortexton Tesla Fleet Telemetry

They can still control them remotely, so there's that.

vortexton Sam Altman goes before US Congress to propose licenses for building AI

*Hear, hear.

vortexton GitHub staff are required to use Teams by Sep 1, 2023

The Teams desktop client on Linux has been retired.

https://www.omglinux.com/the-official-microsoft-teams-app-fo...

https://office365itpros.com/2022/09/19/teams-pwa-linux-clien...

vortexton Microsoft is ending support for Authenticator on WatchOS

"In the upcoming Authenticator release in January 2023 for iOS, there will be no companion app for watchOS due to it being incompatible with Authenticator security features. This means you won't be able to install or use Authenticator on Apple Watch. We therefore recommend that you delete Authenticator from your Apple Watch."

vortexton Mullvad VPN now accepts Monero payments

Username checks out.

vortexton I changed my mind about advertising

"It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends on his not understanding it."

vortexton Upgrading the soldered-on RAM of a Dell XPS13 7390 laptop

Car manufacturers usually set the warranty as 36 months/36,000 miles, for example. I'm not claiming that this is the case, but it'd be far easier to plan for X miles than years.