Samsung’s “pilot program” is likely just the beginning.
Source: Software update shoves ads onto Samsung’s pricey fridges – Ars Technica
Another obnoxious intrusion into people’s private spaces, vying yet further for attention for “recurring revenue”.
Source: Dark patterns killed my wife’s Windows 11 installation – OSnews
Interesting commentary and fault-finding. The Samsung-Android and Windows connection is enough of a deterrent from Samsung phones.
Bravo Apple! Calculator app has a memory leak.
Source: Dmitriy Kovalenko (@neogoose_btw): “Bravo Apple! Calculator app has a memory leak.” | XCancel
As with all its services, Apple offers no real troubleshooting when iCloud Drive synchronization stalls in macOS. Glenn Fleishman encountered a problem that took months to diagnose and fix. In the process, he went through the wringer of trying nearly everything suggested online, via Apple support, and from colleagues. In the end, the magic that fixed it was undisclosed engineers.
Source: Cloudy with a Chance of Insanity: Unsticking iCloud Drive – TidBITS
Reddit threadsters are suggesting that certain 5400rpm 8TB Western Digital drives are actually rotating faster, at 7200rpm, and using startup sound profiles to back up their claims. There are a group of reddit threads, like this one by u/sbjf, saying WD 8TB EMAZ and EZAZ drives, used in WD’s Elements and My Book external storage…
via What madness is this? WD 5400 rpm 8TB drives sound like faster 7200 rpm spinners — Blocks and Files
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Weigela on its way
The buds are, er, budding… the branches are .. branching… and the leaves are not leaving. (Could anyone guess I’m not very green-fingered?!)
