Bad argument. None of those things are easily accessible by, or even targeted at, teenagers. Generative AI is a technology that big tech is specifically building into the social media platforms and devices that young people use every day and there is no regulation or education to protect against the dangers it poses.

Since when has Adobe specifically marketed Photoshop as a tool for creating sexually explicit images?

Since when could someone do this in Photoshop with a couple of clicks and zero training, for free and on any device? Since when has Adobe specifically marketed Photoshop as a tool for creating sexually explicit images?

Presumably they have determined that the cost is not worth it, given the demographics of their customers. The Z-Flip seems to be pretty clearly targeted at young women - would they actually use a desktop mode in their smartphone?

I'm not sure I understand your problem here. Mailing lists can always be unsubscribed from and they wouldn't have your real email on file. Just use the alias to sign into the website and read there. Unless you're saying you want everything for free without giving anything in return?

Just because it has been happening for a long time doesn’t make it less a concern now.

That's not the argument here though. The argument is that it's getting out of control, implying that it's getting worse. I'm not convinced it is.

I don’t think the riders should have to put up with smoke flares, people waving their fists right in their faces, patting them on the back, etc…

That stuff is part of the culture of the sport and most riders actually indicate they enjoy it when they talk about their experiences on famous climbs or start/finish lines. Occasionally some idiots will take it too far but incidents are still very rare considering how many people attend races and how much road is left completely unprotected. I actually think most of the panic about fan behaviour is just coming from other fans, notably those who don't attend themselves and/or only tune in once a year for the Tour and think every race is like that.

@[email protected] I recommend using an email masking/alias service. The free newsletter is worth signing up to, they send out quite a few free articles.

I feel like most of Vivaldi’s target audience is knowledgeable enough to enable an extension that’s disabled by default.

You could make the same argument in reverse. It's irrelevant if we're talking about knowledgeable people. The target market for significant growth is less knowledgeable people, so it makes more sense to cater defaults to that type of user.

I would never spend over A$1000 (~US$675) on a phone unless Fairphone started selling here in Australia. I would pay more for their phones for ethical reasons and because their support period is so long. I always buy second-hand these days so that tends to lower the price significantly.

I'm not sure I agree. If it's so out of control, why is half the video unrelated to spectators and why are all the examples old? These types of incidents have always occurred in cycling but I don't think the frequency or severity has been getting any worse recently. Also the Tony Martin retirement bit was misleading - his safety concerns were more about the increasing speed of the peloton and the risks other riders were taking, not the behaviour of spectators.

Motorola's software is a lot less intrusive. Off the top of my head there is not a single important feature I can think of which is locked behind a Motorola account (though I am yet to get the Android 14 and Hello UI update, so I'm not sure if that changed things), whereas Samsung forces you to create and login to a Samsung account to access many of the features which make One UI so customisable. You can disable/uninstall/not create an account to minimise data leakage but then you're missing out on some of the stuff which makes Samsung phones particularly good (like Good Lock).

I'm surprised by some of the comments here. So much hatred for the teenagers but very little reflection on the responsibility of us as adults to create a world which is safe and understandable for young people. The real story here is not about the actions of the boys, it is about the actions of the people operating the websites they used, the big tech companies who created the tools and the governments (which we adults vote for) failing to properly regulate any of this. Generative AI is a disaster for young people and it was adults who created and unleashed it on them.