After introducing a feature in 2022 for users to report a post they considered misleading about politics, X in the past week removed the “politics” category from its drop-down menu in every jurisdiction but the European Union, said the researcher Reset.Tech Australia....
The part about athletes getting upgraded dorms is hilarious. They truly are prioritizing any other than education. Note to employers, expect bottom of the barrel education out of Republican states.
This is an odd one. The only whole house shut off is on the city side of my meter and the person from public works I talked to said only the city could operate it and if it were to break while I operated it I could be held financially liable....
Yes this is the way to go. I have a shutoff near the pipe that the city water comes in but the valve was nonfunctional. I had to schedule a plumber, then ask the city to shutoff my water on that day, the plumber came and replaced the valve, and the city came back to turn on the water. Basically the same process applies to you but with installing a valve rather than replacing one.
Anyone who thinks a billionaire's interests are aligned to the common people's interests is truly lacking in their faculties. Unfortunately there's a lot of these people.
Xbox controllers go on sale frequently but I doubt these parts will. It makes repair a hard proposition when a new controller is 10-20 dollars more than the replacements. Perhaps this is by design.
Filing your taxes could be free starting this year. The IRS is running a direct-file pilot program. The goal is to make companies like TurboTax obsolete through a system where your taxes are filled out for you. But tax prep companies are spending millions to block them....
What a backward system we have in filing taxes. Explaining the system to teenagers makes me apologize to them for how stupid the system is. Hope to see more progress in this goal.
Ukraine has recaptured some villages in the south and territory around the ruined city of Bakhmut in the east, but has not had a major breakthrough against heavily defended Russian lines.
I believe the 50% figure is comparing to the peak of Russian progress when they held Kherson and others. If we start counting from when the counteroffensive started, it's probably a much smaller figure. However, progress is still progress.
Teenage Grand Theft Auto 6 hacker given an indefinite sentence in a secure hospital due to his 'intent to return to cybercrime as soon as possible' (www.pcgamer.com)
Arion Kurtaj was a "key member" of the Lapsus$ gang that also hacked Nvidia, Samsung, and Microsoft.
Musk's X disabled feature for reporting electoral misinformation, researcher says (www.reuters.com)
After introducing a feature in 2022 for users to report a post they considered misleading about politics, X in the past week removed the “politics” category from its drop-down menu in every jurisdiction but the European Union, said the researcher Reset.Tech Australia....
‘Where learning goes to die’: DeSantis’s rightwing takeover of a liberal arts college in Florida, USA (www.theguardian.com)
Small liberal arts college is being steadily eroded by a DeSantis-aligned board, in ominous sign for higher studies in a country torn by culture wars.
Google kills Pixel Pass without ever upgrading subscriber’s phones (www.theverge.com)
You won’t use Pixel Pass to upgrade to a Pixel 8 in October.
I apparently don't have a whole house water shut off I can use.
This is an odd one. The only whole house shut off is on the city side of my meter and the person from public works I talked to said only the city could operate it and if it were to break while I operated it I could be held financially liable....
What something you wish you had done during your 20's?
Sunak's family firm signed a billion-dollar deal with BP before PM opened new North Sea licences (www.thelondoneconomic.com)
The CEO of one of Infosys' other major clients, Shell, also joined Rishi Sunak's new business council two weeks ago.
Microsoft keeps pushing toward repairability, now with Xbox controller parts (arstechnica.com)
[Analysis] This Is How We Finally Kill Turbotax (www.youtube.com)
Filing your taxes could be free starting this year. The IRS is running a direct-file pilot program. The goal is to make companies like TurboTax obsolete through a system where your taxes are filled out for you. But tax prep companies are spending millions to block them....
AI-Generated Data Can Poison Future AI Models - Scientific American (archive.is)
As AI-generated content fills the Internet, it’s corrupting the training data for models to come. What happens when AI eats itself?
News: A confused Dianne Feinstein tried to give a speech in the middle of a Senate hearing vote and was told to 'just say aye' instead (www.businessinsider.com)
"Just say aye," Senate Appropriations Chairwoman Patty Murray repeatedly pleaded to Feinstein during the vote. Eventually, Feinstein did just that....
Ukraine has recaptured 50% of the territory that Russia seized, Blinken says (www.reuters.com)
Ukraine has recaptured some villages in the south and territory around the ruined city of Bakhmut in the east, but has not had a major breakthrough against heavily defended Russian lines.
South African authorities agree to issue a warrant for Putin's arrest (kyivindependent.com)
RFK Jr replaces Trump as Russia's favorite candidate (www.newsweek.com)
A Russian state TV commentator praised Kennedy for injecting "his pro-Russian talking points about Ukraine into the mainstream."
Farmers Insurance pulls out of Florida, affecting 100,000 policyholders | CNN Business (www.cnn.com)
Farmers Insurance will stop offering its policies in Florida, which includes home, auto and umbrella, in a change that will affect 100,000 people.