When Big Tech companies turn against their customers’ best interests, you can always count on dedicated hackers to step in and keep abandoned devices alive. Case in point: Google’s recently discontinued Nest products now have a new home that should keep them working for years to come.
Cody Kociemba, the developer behind the Hack/House collaborative project, is waging war against Google. The tech giant recently decided to discontinue the first two generations of its Nest Thermostat, stripping the devices of much of their original functionality. Thanks to Kociemba’s hacking efforts, Nest customers now have an alternative path to restoring the features Google removed.
WhatsApp får samma regler som Facebook och Instagram – tuffare EU-regler
EU-kommissionen planerar att ge WhatsApp samma klassificering som Facebook och Instagram, båda ägda av Meta. Enligt Bloomberg kommer meddelandetjänstens öppna kanaler att få beteckningen Very Large Online Platform (VLOP) inom ramen för EU:s Digital Services Act (DSA). Kommissionen har ännu…
