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Ubisoft lays off 100 at Redstorm Ent, restructuring and 'accelerating its investment in "player-facing generative AI."'

https://gameinformer.com/2026/03/19/ubisoft-ending-game-development-at-ghost-recon-studio-red-storm-entertainment-over-100

#Ubisoft #Ubislop #gaming #layoffs #AI #technology #enshittification

Reddit is weighing identity verification methods to combat its bot problem

The platform's CEO mentioned Face ID and Touch ID as ways to verify if a human is using Reddit.

https://www.engadget.com/social-media/reddit-is-weighing-identity-verification-methods-to-combat-its-bot-problem-195814671.html

#Reddit #IdentityVerification #AgeVerificarion #privacy #surveillance #dystopia #technology #socialmedia

RE: @echo_pbreyer@digitalcourage.social

#ChatControl #privacy #surveillance #technology #democracy #EU #government #politics #activism #law

Exclusive: Pentagon to adopt Palantir AI as core US military system, memo says

Palantir's Maven uses AI to help identify targets for strikes.

https://www.reuters.com/technology/pentagon-adopt-palantir-ai-as-core-us-military-system-memo-says-2026-03-20/

#Palantir #Maven #AI #technology #dystopia #military #USA

Google Search is now using AI to replace headlines

According to Scroogle, 《The goal is “better matching titles to users’ queries and facilitating engagement with web content”》.

https://www.theverge.com/tech/896490/google-replace-news-headlines-in-search-canary-coal-mine-experiment

#Google #Scroogle #AI #enshittification #technology #search

The Engineer Who Put Age Verification Into Linux

Dylan M. Taylor, useful idiot with commit access, pushed age verification PRs to systemd, Ubuntu & Arch, got 2 Microslop employees to merge it, called it 'hilariously pointless' in the PR itself, then watched Lennart Poettering personally block the revert.

https://www.sambent.com/the-engineer-who-tried-to-put-age-verification-into-linux-5/

#Linux #AgeVerification #software #FOSS #Microsoft #Microslop #technology

Microslop: KB5079473 breaks internet access to Windows 11 Teams, Edge, OneDrive, Copilot

One could argue it's an actual upgrade 🙂

https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-kb5079473-breaks-internet-access-to-windows-11-teams-edge-onedrive-copilot/

#Microsoft #Microslop #Windows11 #Copilot #AI #vibecoding #software #technology

Windows 11’s free video editor Clipchamp now requires OneDrive

This change significantly impacts users who prefer local storage, as locally saved projects become uneditable archives that cannot be modified.

https://www.pcworld.com/article/3093519/windows-11-free-video-editor-clipchamp-now-requires-onedrive.html

#Microsoft #Windows11 #enshittification #OneDrive #Clipchamp #video #videoediting #technology #privacy #surveillance

The Trump administration is on its way to creating every authoritarian’s dream: a centralized database containing intimate details about every resident of this country, fully searchable by artificial intelligence. This powerful tool would empower the government to conduct previously unimagined levels of surveillance and harassment against its own people.

https://theintercept.com/2026/03/17/government-surveillance-centralized-database-privacy/

#US #privacy #surveillance #AI #technology #dystopia #fascism #AgeVerification

‘Another internet is possible’: Norway rails against ‘enshittification’

Absurdist video urges policymakers and users to resist deliberate deterioration of platforms and devices

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/16/norway-rails-against-enshittifcation-deliberate-tech-deterioration

#Norway #enshittification #dystopia #technology

#Firefly #TV #streaming

Tennessee grandmother spent six months in jail after AI facial recognition error

In July, US marshals arrested Angela Lipps at her Tennessee home while she was babysitting four children. Solely based on the AI "evidence" she was taken away at gunpoint and booked into a county jail as a fugitive from justice from North Dakota. She's never even been there.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/12/tennessee-grandmother-ai-fraud

#AI #dystopia #technology #IDVerification #AgeVerification #US

Sony Accused of 'Monopolizing' Sale of Games Through the PlayStation Store in New UK Class-Action Lawsuit

If successful, the court case could see an estimated 12.2 million British players compensated around $215 each

https://www.ign.com/articles/sony-accused-of-monopolizing-sale-of-games-through-the-playstation-store-in-new-uk-class-action-lawsuit

#Sony #PlayStation #gaming #antitrust #UK

Microslop confirms Windows 11 bug crippling PCs and making drive C inaccessible

Installing the February 2026 Patch Tuesday update (KB5077181) could lead to the error "C:\is not accessible - Access denied."

https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-confirms-windows-11-bug-crippling-pcs-and-making-drive-c-inaccessible/

#Microsoft #Microslop #Windows11 #software

Exclusive: Meta planning sweeping layoffs as AI costs mount

If Meta settles on the 20% figure, the layoffs will be the company's most ​significant since a restructuring in late 2022 and early 2023 that it dubbed the "year of efficiency." It employed nearly 79,000 people as ​of December 31.

https://www.reuters.com/business/world-at-work/meta-planning-sweeping-layoffs-ai-costs-mount-2026-03-14/

#Meta #Facebook #AI #layoffs #socialmedia #dystopia #technology #WhatsApp #Instagram

Xbox series consoles are getting Gaming Copilot later this year

"We will continue to bring it to more services that players are playing"

https://www.gamesradar.com/games/xbox-just-revealed-gaming-copilot-is-coming-to-current-generation-consoles-later-this-year/

#Microsoft #Microslop #Xbox #gaming #AI #enshittification #technology

A redditor (Ok_Lingonberry3296) traced $2 billion in nonprofit grants and lobbying records across 45 states to figure out who's behind the age verification bills.

The answer is Meta - a company that profits from your data writing laws that collect more of it.

Page: https://github.com/upper-up/meta-lobbying-and-other-findings?tab=readme-ov-file

Page backup: https://archive.ph/2026.03.13-193015/https://github.com/upper-up/meta-lobbying-and-other-findings?tab=readme-ov-file

Reddit discussion: https://web.archive.org/web/20260313143853/https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1rshc1f/i_traced_2_billion_in_nonprofit_grants_and_45/

#Meta #Facebook #AgeVerification #privacy #surveillance #dystopia #socialmedia #technology

Enshittification is ruining everything online

https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/podcast/2026/01/enshittification-is-ruining-everything-online-lock-and-code-s07e01

#enshittification #Google #Amazon #Facebook #technology

Crimson Desert on PlayStation 5 Pro - The Digital Foundry Deep Dive

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uUIBUoJhk8

#CrimsonDesert #PlayStation #PS5Pro #PS5 #gaming #rpg

YouTube expands unskippable 30-second ads to TVs after $40 billion revenue year

https://www.techspot.com/news/111655-youtube-expands-unskippable-30-second-ads-tvs-after.html

#Google #YouTube #enshittification #socialmedia #technology

Iran appears to have conducted a significant cyberattack against a U.S. company, a first since the war started

The company, Stryker, said a cyberattack disrupted its “Microsoft environment.”

https://www.nbcnews.com/world/iran/iran-appears-conducted-significant-cyberattack-us-company-first-war-st-rcna263084

#Stryker #Microsoft #Iran #war #cyberattack #technology

About the New York Attorney General lawsuit against Valve

Valve’s strong response.

https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/6300-A6C4-519D-A3F5

#Valve #Steam #gaming

'Legitimate targets': Iran issues warning to US tech firms including Google, Microsoft, Palantir, IBM, Nvidia and Oracle Corporation

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/middle-east/legitimate-targets-iran-issues-warning-to-us-tech-firms-including-google-amazon-microsoft-nvidia/articleshow/129450749.cms

#Iran #war #technology #BigTech

Hisense TVs force owners to watch intrusive ads when switching inputs, visiting the home screen, or even changing channels — practice infuriates consumers, brand denies wrongdoing

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/big-tech/hisense-tvs-force-owners-to-watch-intrusive-ads-when-switching-inputs-visiting-the-home-screen-or-even-changing-channels-practice-infuriates-consumers-brand-denies-wrongdoing

#Hisense #TV #enshittification #dystopia #technology

📖 Read: https://keepandroidopen.org/

💘 Follow: @keepandroidopen@techhub.social

#Google #Android #enshittification #dystopia #software #monopoly #technology #idverification #privacy

New York bill to require all manufacturers of internet-enabled devices to verify their user's age

Imagine uploading your government ID to washers, dryers, TVs, speakers, security cameras, smartwatches, bulbs, cars... 🤦🏻‍♂️

🗳 There's a vote here whether you support this bill

https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S8102/amendment/A

#AgeVerification #privacy #surveillance #dystopia #technology #NewYork #USA

RE: @brucelawson@social.vivaldi.net

#enshittification #technology #funny

Highguard is shutting down this month

Another victim of publishers chasing the success of games like Fortnite.

https://www.theverge.com/games/880206/highguard-shut-down

#gaming #Highguard #liveservice #gamedev

1.5 Million Users Leave ChatGPT. If You Cancel, Make Sure You Do This First 👇

Instructions on how to export and migrate your data.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/barrycollins/2026/03/02/leaving-chatgpt-make-sure-to-do-this-before-you-cancel/

#OpenAI #ChatGPT #AI #enshittification #privacy #surveillance #DeleteChatGPT #Pentagon

A new report says Meta Ray-Ban smart glasses send ‘sensitive’ videos to human data annotators in Kenya, and that the footage includes sensitive content that is supposed to be excluded

Whistleblowers says that the video seen by third-party contractors used by Meta includes everything from people having sex to bank cards.

https://9to5mac.com/2026/03/03/meta-ray-ban-smart-glasses-send-sensitive-videos-to-human-data-annotators/

#Meta #Facebook #Instagram #WhatsApp #Rayban #privacy #surveillance #dystopia #technology #socialmedia

Resist ‘dangerous and socially unacceptable’ age checks for social media, scientists warn

Computer scientists are campaigning against the global march toward age checks online.

https://www.politico.eu/article/age-check-social-media-scientist-warning/

#AgeVerification #IDVerification #privacy #surveillance #dystopia #enshittification #socialmedia #technology

A new California law says all operating systems, including Linux, need to have some form of age verification at account setup

"I wonder how the government of California plans to enforce it?"

https://www.pcgamer.com/software/operating-systems/a-new-california-law-says-all-operating-systems-including-linux-need-to-have-some-form-of-age-verification-at-account-setup/

#AgeVerification #dystopia #privacy #surveillance #software #technology #Linux

To distribute an Android app outside Google Play, starting September 2026, developers will need to register with Google, submit government ID, and pay a $25 fee. Even if they're using F-Droid or the Amazon Appstore, stores Google doesn't own or operate. Privacy groups are pushing back.

https://reclaimthenet.org/open-letter-google-android-developer-verification-policy-criticism-2026

#Google #Android #enshittification #dystopia #software #monopoly #technology #idverification #privacy

Age verification vendor Persona left frontend exposed, researchers say

Runs facial recognition against watchlists and politically exposed persons, screens “adverse media” across 14 categories (including terrorism and espionage), and assigns risk and similarity scores.

"pRoTeCt tHe KiDs"

https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2026/02/age-verification-vendor-persona-left-frontend-exposed

#Persona #AgeVerification #privacy #surveillance #dystopia #AI #technology #Discord #Roblox #OpenAI #ChatGPT #Lime

Discord's age verification rollout has ties to Palantir co-founder and panopticon architect Peter Thiel

You "may be part of an experiment where your information will be processed by an age-assurance vendor, Persona."

https://www.pcgamer.com/software/platforms/oh-good-discords-age-verification-rollout-has-ties-to-palantir-co-founder-and-panopticon-architect-peter-thiel/

#Discord #privacy #surveillance #AgeVerification #enshittification #Persona #Palantir #dystopia #socialmedia #gaming #technology

People finally realizing that #Discord is shit.