YouTube is testing a new feature that will blur the thumbnails of videos that appear in search results that ”frequently include sexual themes,” the platform announced in the Community section of the YouTube Help Center. The experimental feature is currently being tested on a small percentage of users, Youtube says.
The hope is that by blurring thumbnails, YouTube can provide search results that include videos that technically abide by its Community Guidelines, but protect users from seeing content that’s possibly ”sensitive in nature.” YouTube’s post doesn’t get into specifics of what will trigger a blurred thumbnail, but does note that ”the video title, channel name, and description will remain visible” even if a thumbnail is obscured. Users who have the feature will also be able to disable thumbnail blurring if they want.
Källa: YouTube will blur the thumbnails of ’mature’ videos as part of a new test
QOwnNotes är gratis och programmet är ett utmärkt alternativ till andra enklare texteredigeringsprogram. Det finns förvisso ett Notes/Anteckningar inbyggt i macOS, iPadOS och iOS men söker du ett annat program så kika på QOwnNotes.
QOwnNotes is the open source (GPL) plain-text file markdown note taking application for GNU/Linux, Mac OS X and Windows by Patrizio Bekerle (pbek on GitHub and IRC), that (optionally) works together with the notes application of ownCloud or Nextcloud.
- You own your own notes! All notes are stored as plain-text files on your desktop computer.
- Sync them over devices (desktop & mobile) with your ownCloud or Nextcloud sync client.
- Use ownCloud Notes to edit your notes in the web.
You are able to write down your thoughts with QOwnNotes and edit or search for them later from your mobile device (like with CloudNotes) or the ownCloud / Nextcloud web-services.
The notes are stored as plain text files and you can sync them with your ownCloud or Nextcloud sync client. Of course other software, like Dropbox, Syncthing, Seafile or BitTorrent Sync can be used too.
What’s new in version 25.5.0
- If you middle-click on a note tab, it will now close (for #2569)
- If you double-click on the empty area next to the note tabs, a new note in a new tab it will be opened (for #2569)
- Added more Spanish translation (thank you, alejandromoc)
Pinterest is having some weird moderation issues. Reports of sweeping pin removals and account suspensions have appeared across social media platforms like Instagram, TikTok, and X, with many users saying they received no warning or explanation about the ban before being locked out of their accounts.
The r/Pinterest subreddit is also currently dominated by posts from confused users who claim their accounts have been suspended without evidence explaining how they violated the platform’s guidelines. Users are also reporting they’re experiencing an unusually high quantity of pins being deleted by Pinterest with absurd explanations, such as quilting magazines, cross-stitch art, and Minecraft bunk bed builds all being flagged for “adult content.”
Källa: Pinterest users left confused by mass account suspensions
Meta warned on Wednesday that European users could face a ”materially worse” experience following a key regulatory decision by the European Commission.
Meta recently introduced a ”consent or pay” model which leaves users to choose between paying for a monthly subscription or letting Meta combine data it has collected on Facebook and Instagram.
Last week, the European Commision – the EU’s executive – announced it had decided that the model does not comply with the Digital Markets Act (DMA) and fined Meta €200m (£171m).
”Based on feedback from the EC in connection with the DMA, we expect we will need to make some modifications to our model,” Meta said in its quarterly earnings statement.
German police seized the dark web shop Pygmalion, gaining access to customer data linked to over 7,000 drug orders in a major investigation.
A major dark web drug operation and marketplace operating under the name “Pygmalion” has been disrupted by German law enforcement, with its infrastructure dismantled and several individuals arrested following a months-long investigation.
The Bavarian State Criminal Police Office (BLKA), working with the Central Office for the Prosecution of Cybercrime (ZCB) and backed by the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA), seized multiple servers and onion domains used by the vendor.
Källa: Police Seize Dark Web Shop Pygmalion, Access User Data from 7K Orders