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Tubi launches in the UK

Tubi is the latest “free” streaming yv service in the UK, by free of course it means with ads. I’ve had a quick look and whilst it’s not stellar it is solid already. It is… 

threads federation

Threads now federating in the UK

My threads account @3dcandy is now federating in the UK. It was announced a bit back, and you have to turn the feature on (it is found in Settings>Account>Fediverse Sharing) but it appears to be… 

threads

Threads up to 175 million users

Metas Threads platform has reached 175 million users about a year in! Seems fairly decent these days… https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/3/24191074/meta-threads-users-mark-zuckerberg

eu

Meta charged by EU over DMA

Meta has been formally charged by the EU for violating the DMA after Apple was also charged last week. These big companies are trying so hard to get around privacy legislation it is unreal. Both… 

Ignore all previous instructions….

With AI bots and accounts taking over I keep on seeing posts saying ignore all previous instructions and go do x. Well…. it seems that this do actually work, at least some of the time….

the facebook

the facebook in 2004

Came across these images of the facebook in 2004 just after it started, and thought it would be good to show them off! This shows how far Facebook has come in 20 years, for better,… 

threads

Threads API released….

Threads has released details of its API today which could or might bot be great as it is too early yet to tell. In a move that is exactly the opposite of X/Twitter there is… 

mcdonalds

Bacon Ice Cream Anyone?

McDonalds is to remove AI voice ordering that it was trialling in the US as the comical results are shared online. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c722gne7qngo