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    Tesla sales and production slumped heavily in Q1 2025

    The conservatives have spent years talking down and trying to disrupt ev adoption. Including killing grants to build charging stations. The people most likely to buy evs are going to be more liberal and environmentally conscious. Musk destroying so many programs important to his most likely...
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    Apple appeals UK’s secret demand for backdoor access to encrypted user data

    "that the notice issued in January " So they admit there was a notice, but refuses to admit it exists?
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    Netflix, hungry for more growth, signals more price hikes

    I might be willing to pay more, but they need to get the foreign produced shows, which are great as far as I'm concerned, to match up the closed caption with the actual words they say. Drives me batty.
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    Did an NYU professor get fired because students hate organic chem?

    As a chemistry graduate, MS, I disagree that society is using it as a gatekeeper, it's just the way of the class that it happens to weed out students. As an undergrad engineering student, it was Physics that all of the engineering majors at my university struggled with. I struggled through...
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    Deadly swatting increasing on Twitch; alarmed streamers press for change

    Check out the netflix series “Web of Make Believe: Death, Lies and the Internet" for a good documentary of Swatting.
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    Review: Loki’s cliffhanger finale sets up more MCU timeline hijinks to come

    Honestly, I could live with a spinoff of all the odd Lokis we met. Tell their adventure staying alive in the void, explore their lives before the being pruned. Explore their adventures after helping our Loki. Remember, Lokis survive.
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    Consumer Reports shows Tesla Autopilot works with no one in the driver’s seat

    While you can never outthink stupid, I've no problem with regulations which require you to do as much as is practical to prevent bypassing safety systems on self driving cars. For example, if you already have a sensor in a car that could assist with that simply by changing some code, it should...
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    UK clothing company: Oops, our trademark doesn’t cover collusion.so

    My paranoid mind can't help but think this was on purpose: send the C&D, wait for press coverage, apologize, get free advertising.
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    50 million Facebook accounts breached by an access-token-harvesting attack

    Well, I wondered why I got logged out on all of my browsers. Now I get to sit here and worry. Joy Joy.
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    Net neutrality foe Marsha Blackburn gets 85% of the vote in GOP Senate primary

    I think Bredesen has a real shot, so hopefully he will get in. The problem I saw was that I can't say I ever saw an ad from Blackburn's opponent. To me it really felt like a token effort. But Bredesen was fairly popular at the time. At least I hope he get's in, I'm tired of feeling...
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    Visitor from another solar system may have been a comet

    Remember, they always do things in threes. The first pass is just to get our attention.
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    Verizon and AT&T will stop selling your phone’s location to data brokers

    Don't worry guys, there will be an additional fee on our bills soon enough. We can't let these companies go hungry, now can we?
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    Liquid-air energy storage: The latest new “battery” on the UK grid

    Slightly off topic but always a fun watch. I work with liquid helium and am always concerned about ice blocks. It took me a while to realize that we weren't talking about water ice, but solid air. Solid air I understand why they would call their problem "waste cold" for the non technically...
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    LG ad subverting "dark on light" format for home page.

    Before today, I had specifically white listed Ars in my adblocker. I always white list any site I visit regularly because I understand the need for ad revenue. However, this campaign did me in for two reasons. 1. The color mouse trails made me sick and induced a headache that still has not...
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    Amazon.com warehouse employees hosed by Supreme Court

    Simple fix for amazon. Just state your starting pay is X, but since we have to do security screenings we are bumping your pay by Y. Now, it just so happens X+Y used to be the old starting salary, but that's life.
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    Comcast sued by customers for turning routers into public hotspots

    I've been trying since I got a modem that did this. I just tried again. "Whoops, something went wrong" or something like that when I click wifi settings. What a great scam they are running here.
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    Prenda’s motion to reduce $238,000 appeal bond falls flat

    It's already been denied to appear by phone. It looks like it was denied on the 8th. In the motion, he says the clerk told him to file this motion to appear by phone. Not only was it declined, they also point out that the clerk said no such thing. From @NCWeaver http://t.co/34m3toNpgK