never forget: we didn’t ask for robot cars. when polled US majorities have always wanted action on climate, good public transit & safe streets. but our leaders act without our consent.
last year, 78% polled wanted increased investment in US passenger rail, a number that went to 80% among women and 82% in cities and 91% among Black people. this year, 76% polled in the US said they are afraid of self-driving cars & just 9% say they trust them and that number is declining year to year
We need an EU regulation to mandate that all internet-connected devices must have a mechanism to disable internet access entirely and remain functional indefinitely, at whatever capacity is technically possible.
Want to have an app to control your dumb gadget? That fucker can use bluetooth, there is no legitimate reason to require at account on the vendor's website, which they can block at any time, harvest data from at any time, get hacked, and also make your lightbulbs unable to turn off if us-east-1 is down.
Lawyers with business before the Supreme Court made undisclosed direct payments to a Clarence Thomas' aide via Venmo, labeling the gifts as for Thomas' "Christmas Party"
If this isn't the appearance of corruption, I don't know what is.
Bank of America secretly opened card accounts in customers’ names, double-charged overdraft fees and withheld promised perks from some of its credit card users, federal regulators said. It will repay customers more than $80 million