GNOME Infrastructure Now Battling Bots & AI Scrapers Using Fastly

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GNOME’s GitLab infrastructure has already been using Anubis for a while to help fend off bots and AI scraper traffic from wreacking havoc on their server resources and also their hosting budget. GNOME recently began redirecting some GitLab traffic to their GitHub repositories as another step in dealing with bots/scrapers. Now they have taken an added step of using the commercial, closed-source Fastly in their battle with bots…

BeagleBadge wearable platform boasts TI AM62L SoC, ePaper display, and Linux support

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The BeagleBoard.org Foundation has introduced BeagleBadge, an open-source wearable development platform for IoT and embedded applications. The badge integrates a 4.2-inch ePaper display, onboard sensors, wireless connectivity, and expansion interfaces in a compact board for prototyping wearable and interactive systems. The platform is built around the Texas Instruments AM62L Sitara SoC. The AM62L32 integrates a […]

TrueNAS Connect Announced For Offering Enterprise Features Without The Hardware

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Last year TrueNAS unified their SCALE and CORE offerings as part of solidifying their enterprise storage efforts around Linux from their prior FreeBSD base. This year the developers at iXsystems have another change in store with announcing TrueNAS Connect as a new bridge for accessing TrueNAS enterprise storage features without having to invest in their hardware…

MacBook Neo Tested With Cyberpunk 2077, Elden Ring And 8 More Games

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MacBook Neo Tested With Cyberpunk 2077, Elden Ring And 8 More Games
The newly released $599 MacBook Neo might be an iPhone chip slapped into a low-cost Mac chassis with passive cooling, but it’s shockingly competent as long as you accept its limitations. YouTuber and PCGamingWiki founder Andrew Tsai rejects those limitations and put Apple’s new entry-level laptop through its paces to see exactly what this

Google Play Levels Up On PC With Game Trials And Android Cross-Platform Purchases

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Google Play Levels Up On PC With Game Trials And Android Cross-Platform Purchases
In an unexpected move, Google announced it will be bringing some of its mobile catalog to PC. There’s now a PC section in the Play Store Games tab, which will serve as “your dedicated home for (Android) games optimized to play on Windows PCs.” This doesn’t apply to every cross-platform game on the platform, but for at least “Select paid games”

BeatBanker Malware Spoofs Starlink App To Take Over Android Devices

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BeatBanker Malware Spoofs Starlink App To Take Over Android Devices
The security researchers at Kaspersky have detailed a new malware campaign targeting Android users, which aims to take over a victim’s device to abscond with user data while simultaneously putting it work mining cryptocurrencies. This new malware, dubbed BeatBanker, deploys several interesting techniques for its distribution while flying under

Meta is testing clickable links in Instagram captions for verified subscribers

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Instagram has long limited users’ ability to share links, restricting link-sharing to Stories, Reels and user profiles. But that might now be changing. The company has started to test clickable links inside of post captions for subscribers to Meta Verified. 

The new feature, which has been a long-requested update from creators, was spotted by blogger Andrea Valeria, who posted screenshots of a clickable Substack link she was able to add to an Instagram post. According to Valeria, an in-app message indicated she could share up to 10 links a month.

Meta confirmed to Engadget that it’s testing links in captions for subscribers to Meta Verified, but didn’t provide details on how many people have access to the feature or if it will be widely available. It does seem to be somewhat limited, however, as the link on Valeria’s post appears on Instagram’s mobile app, but now when viewing the same post on Instagram’s website. 

Instagram’s restrictions on link-sharing have been a notable part of the platform since its early days. The limitation helped kickstart an entire industry of “link in bio” platforms like Linktree, which help creators direct followers to off-platform websites based on what they share on Instagram. If Meta begins implementing the feature widely, it could drastically change how creators are able to interact with their followers (although a 10-link per month limit would likely still require “link in bio” solutions). 

The test is also the latest way that Meta has experimented with making link-sharing a paid feature. The company has also recently tested restricting creators’ ability to share links on Facebook by requiring a Meta Verified subscription. Meta Verified for creators starts at $14.99 a month, with the most expensive plans costing $499.99 a month. 

This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/social-media/meta-is-testing-clickable-links-in-instagram-captions-for-verified-subscribers-184555406.html?src=rss