Do you like watching videos on YouTube but want an intuitive, feature-rich and privacy friendly app for that?NewPipe has been created with the purpose of getting the original YouTube experience on your smartphone without annoying ads and questionable permissions. Source: NewPipe – a free YouTube client
FreeTube is a YouTube client for Windows (10 and later), Mac (macOS 11 and later), and Linux built around using YouTube more privately. You can enjoy your favorite content and creators without your habits being tracked. All of your user data is stored locally and never sent or published to the internet. FreeTube grabs data Read more about FreeTube – The Private YouTube Client[…]
[…]Why you shouldn’t trust Gemini with your data Gemini promises to simplify how you interact with your Android — fetching emails, summarizing meetings, pulling up files. But behind that helpful facade is an unprecedented level of centralized data collection, powered by a company known for privacy washing, (new window)misleadin(new window)g users(new window) about how their Read more about Google AI is watching — how to turn off Gemini on Android[…]
Instead of a battery, the new concept is a kind of fuel cell — which is similar to a battery but can be quickly refueled rather than recharged. In this case, the fuel is liquid sodium metal, an inexpensive and widely available commodity. The other side of the cell is just ordinary air, which serves Read more about Sodium fuel cell could enable electric aviation, 3x more energy density than battery, sucks up CO2[…]
Orthokeratology, also referred to as ortho-k, is a noninvasive and nonsurgical process, during which specially designed contacts are fitted to a patient. This process temporarily reshapes the cornea to improve vision. It is often compared to dental braces, which are used to reshape teeth much as ortho-k is used to reshape the cornea. While these Read more about Orthokeratology – contacts you wear at night that reshape your cornea so you don’t have to wear glasses or contacts by day[…]
“The current draft,” Meta wrote in a confidential lobby paper, is a case of “regulatory overreach” that “poses a significant threat to AI innovation in the EU.” It was early 2025, and the text Meta railed against was the second draft of the EU’s Code of Practice. The Code will put the EU’s AI Act Read more about How the EU allowed Big Tech to sideline everyone else to weaken the EU AI act for US profit and citizens detriment[…]
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a vagus nerve stimulator for rheumatoid arthritis – the first such device to be cleared for an autoimmune condition, potentially paving the way for broader uses. The pill-sized device is surgically implanted along the vagus nerve – a bundle of nerve fibres connecting the brain to Read more about computer chip Vagus nerve stimulation receives US approval to treat arthritis[…]
Google’s attempt to appeal the decision in Epic v. Google has failed. In a newly released opinion, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has decided to uphold the original Epic v. Google lawsuit that found that Google’s Play Store and payment systems are monopolies. The decision means that Google will have to abide by the Read more about Google lost its antitrust appeal with Epic[…]
A new international study confirmed a significant post-pandemic rise in disorders of gut-brain interaction, including irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and functional dyspepsia, according to the paper published in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. Building on prior research, investigators used Rome Foundation diagnostic tools to analyze nationally representative samples from both 2017 and 2023 — offering the Read more about The pandemic’s secret aftershock: Inside the gut-brain breakdown[…]
[…] The findings could have broad implications in fields ranging from computer and virtual reality displays to 3D holographic imagery, optical communications, and even new ultrafast, light-based neural networks. […] The new device is deceptively simple. A thin gold mirror is coated with an ultrathin layer of a rubbery silicone‑based polymer only a few nanometers Read more about Nanodevice uses sound to sculpt light, paving the way for better displays and imaging[…]
A week or so ago, Karl Bode wrote about Vice Media’s idiotic decision to disappear several articles that had been written by its Waypoint property concerning Collective Shout. Collective Shout is an Australian group that pretends to be a feminist organization, when, in reality, it operates much more like any number of largely evangelical groups Read more about Visa and Mastercard Fielding A Ton Of Complaints Over “NSFW” Games Disappearing On Platforms, acting as censors[…]
Yesterday, I wrote about how YouTube is now using AI to guess your age. The idea is this: Rather than rely on the age attached to your account, YouTube analyzes your activity on its platform, and makes a determination based on how your activity corresponds to others users. If the AI thinks you’re an adult, Read more about Google Is Rolling Out Its AI Age Verification to More Services, and I’m Skeptical[…]
In late May, Apple announced what seemed on its face to be a big, positive development for iPad owners: It was going to begin selling repair parts for iPads to the general public, which is a requirement of a series of new right-to-repair laws. “With today’s announcement, we’re excited to expand our repair services to Read more about Apple throws usual tissy fit at law and now sells iPad Repair Parts for Astronomical Prices[…]