Technology
- english.elpais.com Deactivating Facebook for just a few weeks reduces belief in fake news
The largest study ever carried out on social media deactivation has found that disconnecting lowers users political participation and also their propensity to believe misinformation
- arstechnica.com Apple, SpaceX, Microsoft return-to-office mandates drove senior talent away
"It’s easier to manage a team that’s happy.”
>The study (PDF), published this month by University of Chicago and University of Michigan researchers and reported by The Washington Post on Sunday, says: > >In this paper, we provide causal evidence that RTO mandates at three large tech companies—Microsoft, SpaceX, and Apple—had a negative effect on the tenure and seniority of their respective workforce. In particular, we find the strongest negative effects at the top of the respective distributions, implying a more pronounced exodus of relatively senior personnel.
>Dell, Amazon, Google, Meta, and JPMorgan Chase have tracked employee badge swipes to ensure employees are coming into the office as often as expected. Dell also started tracking VPN usage this week and has told workers who work remotely full time that they can't get a promotion.
>Some company leaders are adamant that remote work can disrupt a company's ability to innovate. However, there's research suggesting that RTO mandates aren't beneficial to companies. A survey of 18,000 Americans released in March pointed to flexible work schedules helping mental health. And an analysis of 457 S&P 500 companies in February found RTO policies hurt employee morale and don't increase company value.
- www.apple.com Apple and Google deliver support for unwanted tracking alerts in iOS and Android
Apple and Google have teamed up to deliver support for unwanted Bluetooth tracking alerts in iOS and Android.
> Apple and Google have teamed up to deliver support for unwanted Bluetooth tracking alerts in iOS and Android.
- Firefox 126: New Search Data Telemetry, Improved Copy Without Site Tracking, Security Fixes, and More
>Telemetry was added to create an aggregate count of searches by category to broadly inform search feature development. These categories are based on 20 high-level content types, such as "sports,” "business," and "travel". This data will not be associated with specific users and will be collected using OHTTP to remove IP addresses as potentially identifying metadata. No profiling will be performed, and no data will be shared with third parties. (read more)
>The Copy Without Site Tracking option can now remove parameters from nested URLs. It also includes expanded support for blocking over 300 tracking parameters from copied links, including those from major shopping websites. Keep those trackers away when sharing links!
- www.hollywoodreporter.com Comcast Unveils Peacock, Netflix, Apple TV+ Streaming Bundle
The upcoming StreamSaver bundle continues a bid by the NBCUniveral parent and rivals to wring profits from their direct-to-home consumer platforms.
Cable is dead. Long live the cable bundle. Curious to see the pricing and if the bundle only includes ad tiered options.
- asia.nikkei.com Sharp to cease LCD plant operation, end Japan's large panel production
Electronics maker mulls sending smartphone panel workers to Sony affiliate
cross-posted from: https://kbin.social/m/Japan/t/1027777
> Sharp to cease LCD plant operation, end Japan's large panel production > > The SDP factory produces LCD panels for televisions, and its suspension will mean Japan no longer has the capacity to produce large panels.
- www.tomshardware.com OLED monitor momentum expected to continue — analysts expect 1.34 million units shipped by year end
If the trend plays out it will represent a 161% annual growth rate.
cross-posted from: https://sopuli.xyz/post/12631640
> OLED monitor momentum expected to continue — analysts expect 1.34 million units shipped by year end
- techcrunch.com Read the memo: Meta is shutting down Workplace, cutting back enterprise ambitions
Facebook once had big ambitions to be a major player in enterprise communication and productivity, but today the social network's parent company Meta will
- techcrunch.com Google will use Gemini to detect scams during calls | TechCrunch
At I/O on Tuesday, Google previewed a feature it believes will alert users to potential scams during the call.
- BBC World Service - litemastodon.social Neil Craig (@[email protected])
Attached: 2 images My pals in BBC World Service have been doing some awesome work on "lite" versions of their news articles (other page types to follow). They essentially skip the Server-Side React hydration which means you end up with a simpler HTML+CSS page, no JS. Page sizes drop significantly: ...
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/15637085
> > My pals in BBC World Service have been doing some awesome work on "lite" versions of their news articles (other page types to follow). > They essentially skip the Server-Side React hydration which means you end up with a simpler HTML+CSS page, no JS. > Page sizes drop significantly: > * Transferred: ~600KB -> 30KB > * Total: 1.65MB -> 135KB > Just append
.liteon a URL e.g. https://www.bbc.com/mundo/articles/crgyyvdz1dro.lite > There's no on/off UX at the moment but they're working on that too. > #WebDev #WebPerf #WebPerformance #BBC
