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TWEAKS AND UPDATES
The Verge: WhatsApp for Android will again use Google Drive space for backups. “Android users on WhatsApp won’t have a free ride anymore when it comes to backups. The change comes after five years of Android users’ backups not counting toward Google Drive storage limits at all — something that was never true for iOS users.”
USEFUL STUFF
Josh W Comeau: An Interactive Guide to CSS Grid. “CSS Grid is one of the most amazing parts of the CSS language. It gives us a ton of new tools we can use to create sophisticated and fluid layouts. It’s also surprisingly complex. It took me quite a while to truly become comfortable with CSS Grid! In this tutorial, I’m going to share the biggest 
lightbulb moments I’ve had in my own journey with CSS Grid. You’ll learn the fundamentals of this layout mode, and see how to do some pretty cool stuff with it. 
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Hongkiat: How to Check Broken Links Using Google Sheets. “By the end of this tutorial, you’ll have a Google Sheet that lets you list as many URLs as you want in one column. The column next to it will show you the HTTP status of each URL. This will help you understand if the page is accessible, redirected, broken, and so on.”
AROUND THE INTERNET WORLD
Vice: People on TikTok Are Quitting Vaping to Protest Child Labor in Congo. “Dozens of people have been convinced to quit vaping. Not because of the health concerns or the cost, but in solidarity with the people of the Democratic Republic of Congo. ‘I know these are the last words you thought you’d ever hear me say in my f––ing life, but I’m quitting vaping,’ creator Kristina (@itskristinamf) said in a TikTok that reached 1.5 million views. ‘I’m officially f––ing done.'”
SF Gate: ‘Straight through the bushes’: Google Maps misleads Californians into the desert during dust storm. “Shelby Easler, her brother Austin and their significant others were headed back to Los Angeles on Nov. 19 when they used Google Maps. Instead of taking the Interstate 15 — the major highway connecting Southern California to Sin City — the app suggested they take an alternate route to avoid the dust storm that caused major Sunday traffic delays…. Google Maps took the car far off the major highway and into Nevada’s fierce deserts on an off-roading trail. Easler’s car were not the only bushwackers. In Shelby’s viral TikTok, a trail of cars closely follows behind them. ”
SECURITY & LEGAL
Politico: Europe’s grid is under a cyberattack deluge, industry warns. “Thousands of cyberattacks have inundated Europe’s energy grid since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and a top industry leader is calling for help as officials and researchers fret that not nearly enough is being done.”
The Conversation: The vast majority of us have no idea what the padlock icon on our internet browser is – and it’s putting us at risk. “Do you know what the padlock symbol in your internet browser’s address bar means? If not, you’re not alone. New research by my colleagues and I shows that only 5% of UK adults understand the padlock’s significance. This is a threat to our online safety.”
Kotaku: YouTuber Accuses Casetify Of Copyright Theft, Has Receipts. “There’s a brilliant trick map makers use to prevent plagiarism, called ‘trap streets.’ They deliberately put an entirely fictional road, or even entire imaginary towns (‘paper towns’), so that if someone lifts their work without permission it’s immediately identifiable to them. Something very similar is at the center of claims that a billion dollar phone case company has ripped off YouTuber JerryRigEverything.”
RESEARCH & OPINION
WIRED: It’s Time to Log Off. “Scrolling through social media can feel like a nightmare these days. You’re reading about the horrors of the Israel-Hamas war, and then you’re reading about the horrors of the war between Ukraine and Russia. You’re learning about the latest devastating climate news. Democracy is under threat in America. It can feel like everything is falling apart. This, of course, can have a significant effect on your mental health.”
The Atlantic: AI’s Spicy-Mayo Problem. “In recent months, the members of the AI underground have blown up the assumption that access to the technology would remain limited to a select few companies, carefully vetted for potential dangers. They are, for better or worse, democratizing AI—loosening its constraints and pieties with the aim of freeing its creative possibilities.” Good afternoon, Internet…
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November 27, 2023 at 01:34AM
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