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The Browser Company debuts Arc on Windows, after testing began in December 2023, and says the Windows app has 150K users; the macOS app shipped in July 2023 (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/30/the-browser-company-releases-arc-…

The Browser Company releases Arc for Windows | TechCrunch
The Browser Company, makers of the Arc web browser, released its Windows version today. The company started testing the Windows client in December, and it

I've been participating in a long-term test whether my browsers are trackable via fingerprinting:
https://browser-fingerprint.cs.fau.de/
and oooof, they are ;(

Study on Browser Fingerprinting

Kaum etwas bereitete mir in letzter Zeit dermaßen Sorge wie die Tatsache, dass ein Artikel, der darüber aufklärt, dass Pommes schon immer pflanzlich waren, überhaupt notwendig ist.
https://www.mimikama.org/pommes-burger-king-satire/

Pommes Panik: Burger Kings Satire-Schock!
Eine Meldung über die Umstellung von Burger King auf "pflanzliche Pommes" sorgt in sozialen Netzwerken für Aufregung.

Kohldampf-KI: Burgerkette in den USA lässt Computer Menüs steuern​
Die US-amerikanische Burgerkette Wendy's will die KI in ihrem Geschäft mit Fritten und Fettgebratenem einsetzen. Werden auch die Preise künftig dynamisch?

🧵 To anyone interested in large low-latency distributed systems: From @…, see https://brooker.co.za/blog/2024/04/25/memorydb.html - o…

Dette er kanskje vel så mye en fortelling om at grensesnittet for endel «hyllevare» som brukerene selv ikke tar beslutning om å ansakffe ofte har en grensesnitt som ikke fungerer effektivt når når brukeren sjelden er innom.
En kan lŸse det ved å legge litt innsats i brukertesting ved anskaffelse, men det koster og en må har ressurser som kan gjŸre testene i samarbeid med brukerene.

Posthylla som vart tom
«Digital omstilling» gjev ikke automatisk ein meir effektiv arbeidsdag. Det veit professor Lars Magne Lundheim alt om når han tuslar bort til Kirsti på Instituttkontoret for å få hjelp til å laste ned dei årlege masterrapportane i Inspera. 

PostgreSQL in #WASM allows you to run a #PostgreQL instance in the browser, Node.js, or Bun. Finally a proper, dependency-less database server for your browser :) #linktuesday

GitHub - electric-sql/pglite: Lightweight Postgres packaged as WASM into a TypeScript library for the browser, Node.js, Bun and Deno
Lightweight Postgres packaged as WASM into a TypeScript library for the browser, Node.js, Bun and Deno - electric-sql/pglite

Enterprise browser startup Island raised $175M led by Sequoia and Coatue at a $3B valuation, up from $1.5B in October 2023, taking its total funding to $487M (Katie Roof/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Enterprise Browser Island Receives Capital at $3 Billion Value
Island, a startup that makes secure internet browsers for businesses, has raised fresh capital at $3 billion valuation.

Investigation: data broker Near Intelligence left the coordinates of nearly 200 mobile devices of people who visited Jeffrey Epstein's island exposed online (Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/jeffrey-epstein-island-visitors-data-broker-leak/

Jeffrey Epstein's Island Visitors Exposed by Data Broker
A WIRED investigation uncovered coordinates collected by a controversial data broker that reveal sensitive information about visitors to an island once owned by Epstein, the notorious sex offender.

Source: Apple is testing new Safari features including more advanced content blocking and an AI-powered Intelligent Search tool, expected to debut in 2024 (Marko Zivkovic/AppleInsider)
https://appleinsider.com/articles/24/0

Safari getting AI upgrade in iOS 18 with article summaries, built-in ad block
Apple is testing a version of its Safari web browser that includes UI tweaks, advanced content blocking features, and a new AI-powered tool dubbed Intelligent Search, AppleInsider has learned.