*EDITED* For various reasons I have really scaled back my Facebook useage – the main one being the privacy issues that continue to dog the platform and the next biggest the simple fact that it…
The Crowdstrike debacle that brought the world to its knees for a while has finally seen the highly anticipated legal action begin. If anything it has taken longer than expected. The BBC reports about it…
Meta really is going to start running out of cash at this rate, with an estimated 5k lawsuits currently going on even 100 will bankrupt the company if they are as big as this….With everything…
The Activitypub plugin for WordPress that allows interaction with the fediverse is now up to V3.0.0. Changelog is below, I use this as it helps a lot with WP and Fediverse interaction…. https://github.com/Automattic/wordpress-activitypub
X has turned on AI sharing to its Grok, its AI search assistant, by default. This is a pretty poor move IMHO but only to be expected as X tries to get back into the…
I do hate to say this, but I can honestly say it appears that Mastodon had its chance and blew it. Daily users numbers are declining rapidly and even my small friends list is getting…
Yep, I know it’s a slightly misleading title but there we go….There are lots of reasons why tech seems to be struggling in 2024, from websites and services, to hardware manufacturers and here is just…
Google has decided to retire its url or links shortener service. It goes to show as people change their internet habits that both search and links are slowly dying out…. https://developers.googleblog.com/en/google-url-shortener-links-will-no-longer-be-available
It never rains but it pours for Meta right now, Nigeria has fined the behemoth $220 million for various infringements! The fines are mounting up – eventually something has to give https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/19/24202310/meta-has-been-fined-220-million-by-nigerias-competition-watchdog
I have seen lots of news around the world about the IT chaos that has been going on blaming Microsoft and Windows for the crash and problems. This is yet another example of people who…
