Summary of the week of May 23, 2022

[cobito]

AM4 will remain alive for a few more years

After 5 years and with AM5 just around the corner, it seems that AMD will continue to release processors for the AM4 socket for a few more years. Since its release, it has supported 5 architectures and 125 processor models.

Linux 5.18 available

The version 5.18 of the kernel was published last night and comes with a large number of changes related to Intel and AMD graphics. For example, the AMDGPU module comes with freesync enabled by default.

A music player for the console

Someone has created a music player that runs on the console and is capable of playing content from different platforms. It also has a graphical interface.

The screen supplier for iPhones could lose its contract

It seems that BOE, the screen supplier for the iPhone 14, has been changing the specifications without informing Apple because it was not able to pass the quality controls.

Firefox's techniques to avoid tracking

Firefox's protection against tracking is a feature that is still in development. Despite everything, quite a lot has been done and it is capable of manipulating data such as the time zone, the installed typographic fonts, the browser version and the operating system among others.

Automating cookie consent

The pop-up messages that appear to accept cookies are usually designed to confuse the visitor and make them accept being tracked. With this plug-in for Firefox, you can automate cookie consent with a specific configuration.

Bioshock The Collection for free

And this time we have Bioshock The Collection (BioShock Remastered + Bioshock 2 Remastered + BioShock Inifnite: Complete Edition).

[kynes]

@cobito said in Summary of the week of May 23, 2022:

Automating cookie consent

The pop-up messages that appear to accept cookies are usually designed to confuse the visitor and accept being tracked. With this plug-in for Firefox, you can automate cookie consent with a specific setting.

Thanks for everything you do, as always, but especially for this particular post, the thing about cookies is the typical nonsense of the official of the day who doesn't have a clue about how the internet works, but has to make it seem like he's doing important things. In the end, no one reads anything, and clicks yes to everything. Very interesting plugin.