It’s been several years since the Indian government has caught my attention by peddling a suspicious phone app, but they […]
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Standing headline: a recent Windows update sucks
The headline from Bleeping Computer says enough: Microsoft: Windows updates make password login option invisible The official Microsoft workaround is […]
ICE now has a (maybe) 99% reliable immigrant-detecting phone app
Via Joseph Cox at 404 Media: Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is using a new mobile phone app that can […]
Introducing Assclown Mobile, a phone service for Assclown fanboys and other fools
The first I heard about Trump Mobile was a MSNBC guy snarking on Bluesky about its coverage map not misnaming […]
Do elder-care robots seem like a failtastic idea to anyone else?
Via The Register: China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has ordered extensive trials of intelligent aged care robots. The […]
In which my mistrust of Microsoft resurfaces (not that it ever really went away)
I eventually set my home wifi to “metered connection” in Windows because that was the most effective way I had […]
Keeping a wary eye on some potential phone-locking fuckery from Verizon
I got the following text message yesterday: Hi, it’s Verizon Prepaid. We’re updating our Unlocking Policy effective 07/07/2025. 60 days […]
Today in “autocorrect sucks” news: Apple & Ampersands
Here’s a fun bug that I hadn’t heard of before, maybe because I’ve never owned an iGadget: if you send […]
…and Backstitch Reader is probably spyware
So I had installed an insipid chatroom app on my phone, because it was the only reliable way to get […]
The Crew app is insipid and shameful
One of the first things I noticed after being hired at the new job was that the schedule was missing. […]
Ray of Infamy 