My partner just bought a new Volvo XC90, and even the digital owner's manual in the dash is out of date vs what the car actually displays, which is nice.
Maybe this whole "ship cars without the software being finished" thing was a load of crap the whole time
With a Contra Costa County Library card, I have access to Consumer Report’s monthly issues online for free. Wonder where I can read articles from their website (not in the magazine) for free… #libraries#consumerreports
#ConsumerReports sill exists, y'all. It's still the gold standard of product review.
And for tech products beyond CR's ambit, I guess I'd use sites that have been around a while and have not (SFAIK) been hollowed out: #Wired, #CNet, etc.
'The startlingly extent to which websites and brokers hand over details of people's habits to Facebook was revealed Wednesday.
A study [PDF] by Consumer Reports and non-profit The Markup concluded that for the average lone Facebook user, 2,230 companies, and in some cases more than 7,000, will hand over that person's information to Facebook. We're told 709 volunteers took part in the study over three years, during which time 186,892 organizations passed data about them to the Meta-run empire.'
Don't forget to check with your local library to see what internet subscription goodies they have available for library patrons.
Ours includes a digital access subscription to Consumer Reports. #Library #ConsumerReports #FreeDigitalContent