However, the main cost would be colocation - it's risen quite a bit.

This could be to try and expand the capabilities of the model but in it can be used to store personal preference/workflow/organisational knowledge/improved efficiency etc. The harness could work through and build some of this on its own - but it's much more efficient if it has a document it can just look up. I use them for the database structure and it's quirks, how to use branded document templates, external document tone, system workflows, compliance requirements etc.

I wouldn't want these to load every time but being able to call them is really useful.

Unfortunately they completely botched it by having the proof-of-concept app rely on Apple & Googles integrity APIs - which a bunch of countries copied.

That being said it can be done and it's pretty normal for mobile apps, desktop apps etc. You just have to make sure the migrations are run when the tenant connects/unlocks/runs the app - and make sure that you minimise the risk of it going wrong!

It then spins up the ClickFix attack - limited to one time per day. I haven't dug into the payload given by the ClickFix attack yet.

For people that have visited while it exists:

1. On Chrome go to chrome://serviceworker-internals search for crookedtimber and unregister the ServiceWorker

2. On Firefox go to about:debugging#/runtime/this-firefox, search for crookedtimber and unregister the ServiceWorker.

If you want to be even safer - just clear all local data for CrookedTimber.

I've seen similar before where it wasn't the page itself that injected it - rather it was injected by a compromised/sold extension that has permissions on all pages.

30% improvement makes much more sense.

It also allowed AMD to completely blindside them with Zen - so we're in a situation where AMD now dominates consumer desktop and arguably a lot of enterprise/DC instead of it balancing towards a more competitive centre.

More importantly for Google though it's under extra scrutiny under the DSA at the EU wide level - so it doesn't have a clear right to not do business, it has to do terminations correctly with clear reasons set out in terms, there are mandatory notice periods etc.

I'd be surprised if squircles reduced user fatigue though - I think a good adjacent example is Googles new icons with the colours that all look similar. Users were complaining immediately that they had to look harder to find the correct app.

Another thing we use everyday - fonts - have differentiated visual spacing and shapes make them easier/quicker to read. So it would make sense for this to apply to icons that serve a similar purpose on a smaller scale.

China actually has some pretty radical left economics policies - like pushing money/resources etc towards state owned entities.