280 million e-bikes are slashing oil demand far more than electric cars. E-bikes and scooters displace 4x as much demand for oil as all of the EVs in the world. (arstechnica.com)
Physics reveals secret of how nature helped sculpt the Great Sphinx of Giza (arstechnica.com)
Data broker’s “staggering” sale of sensitive info exposed in unsealed FTC filing (arstechnica.com)
Below is a disturbing amount of information data brokers have ammased from buying your data from trackers in ads and apps....
I spy with my Cold War satellite eye... nearly 400 Roman forts in the Middle East (arstechnica.com)
Anthropologists suggest forts were built to secure key trade routes through the region.
Google-hosted malvertising leads to fake Keepass site that looks genuine (arstechnica.com)
After COVID killed off a flu strain, annual flu shots are in for a redesign (arstechnica.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.crimedad.work/post/22390...
Reddit forces personalized ads, starts X-like user payment program (arstechnica.com)
Reddit rolled out some changes this week as its continues its push for revenue and profitability jumpstarted by its API rule changes in July. Among the most controversial, the company will no longer allow users to opt out of ad personalization based on their Reddit activity and started a program that lets users exchange virtual...
Calif. passes strongest right-to-repair bill yet, requiring 7 years of parts (arstechnica.com)
AI-powered hate speech detection will moderate voice chat in Call of Duty (arstechnica.com)
Too many users abused unlimited Dropbox plans, so they’re getting limits (arstechnica.com)
Purchasers of worthless digital monkeys sue worthless digital monkey auction house after realizing that digital monkeys are worthless (arstechnica.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/3351001...
Sam Bankman-Fried is going to jail (arstechnica.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/3201243...
The TV streaming apps broke their promises, and now they’re jacking up prices (arstechnica.com)
cross-posted from: yiffit.net/post/1072752...
Linux surpasses the Mac among Steam gamers (arstechnica.com)
The IBM mainframe: How it runs and why it survives (arstechnica.com)
In this deep-dive explainer, we look at a big-business mainstay.
Reddit beats film industry, won’t have to identify users who admitted torrenting (arstechnica.com)
Film companies demand names of Reddit users who discussed piracy in 2011 (arstechnica.com)
Feds tell automakers not to comply with Mass. “right to repair” law (arstechnica.com)
