Daily Tech News 26 April 2025

• What this country needs is a really good $20,000 electric truck. Apparently. (The Verge) (archive site)
  
  I mean, given what vehicles cost these days, it's worth a shot.
  
  There are a few corners cut, to be sure. The Slate Truck is available in one colour - slate grey, has no sound system, and only does 150 miles on a charge. And the body panels are plastic, not metal, though that's not a first even on much more expensive models.
  
  And it's designed to be repairable by the owner, though how far that goes is something that we'll have to see when it comes out next year.

• Netflix now has dialogue-only subtitles because of the current trend for actors to mumble incoherently through their lines. (Ars Technica)
  
  No, it's not your hearing going. I mean, that might also be true, but the younger generations also watch TV with subtitles on because they can't tell what the hell the actors are saying.
  
  
  
• Microsoft's Recall spyware is here. (Tom's Hardware)
  
  Also Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC is cheap (if a little fiddly to install) and receives security updates through January 2027 - and no new features at all.
  
  Just saying.
  
  If you can find the IoT edition that's supported through 2032 but I don't know where to get that.
  
  
  
• If you mention the /etc/hosts file - found on all modern operating systems - Substack sends etheric ninjas down the wire to terminate you. (Substack)
  
  Or more specifically it raises a 403 error when the editor attempts to automatically save your post.
  
  Potato, potahto.
  
  
  
• This mini-ITX NAS motherboard has 10Gb Ethernet. (Liliputing)
  
  And costs $139 if you can find someone who will ship it to you, given current tariff uncertainties.
  
  There are many such boards on sites like Aliexpress, but most of the cheap ones don't have 10GbE.
  
  
  
• Why are companies lining up to buy Chrome? (The Verge)
  
  Perplexity, OpenAI, and Yahoo are all among the bidders should the government force Google to divest its browser.
  
  But you can already get Chrome-based browsers like Brave and Vivaldi for free.
  
  These companies aren't looking to buy Chrome. They're looking to buy you.
  
  
  

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