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Amazon is making its employees come back to the office five days a week in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 119 points 2 days ago (5 children)

It's easy to avoid buying things from Amazon. It's hard to avoid AWS. It would be insane to try to suss out what provider everyone that I buy stuff from uses, and their third party relationships. Regulation is better.

The new Chinese owner of the popular Polyfill JS project injects malware into more than 100 thousand sites in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

This isn't holding up, time isn't after us.

Move over, Ford and Chevy: Kei trucks are pulling up as customers opt for smaller, cheaper vehicles in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Or stop making fuel artificially inexpensive?

TIL one of the oldest TV shows was simply called "Sea Stories" on the BBC, featuring Royal Navy Commander A.B. Campbell describing the personalities and places he had seen. No known footage exists. in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

The article cerement linked indicates it was likely a live broadcast.

After announcing increased prices, Spotify to Pay Songwriters About $150 Million Less Next Year in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

Oh and Deezer pays even less to artists than Spotify.

I don't think that's accurate. Care to provide your source?

TIL ~62% of the atoms in a human body are Hydrogen, and are as old as the universe. in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Came here to make sure it was said.

I have unlimited cellular data on my phone but not if I use it as a hotspot. in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I have T-Mobile. They absolutely do.

McDonald’s stores hit by global IT failure in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 28 points 6 months ago

Or an upstream certificate expired.

Finland detects more GPS jammers as drivers increasingly try to hide their tracks | Yle News | Yle in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 23 points 6 months ago (1 children)

This article centers on those driving work vehicles that their employer has installed trackers on. I know recently auto makers have been found snooping, which I don't even have words for, but this isn't that.

Automakers Are Sharing Consumers’ Driving Behavior With Insurance Companies in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 25 points 6 months ago (6 children)

It would seem that I'm going to be driving old cars until I die. I also like manual instruments and gauges that make sense. I don't need to watch Netflix rolling along at 70mph. Before anyone schools me on my carbon footprint, I get 37mpg and a tank lasts me about a month.

Trying to update the email address on numerous accounts, and 9/10 require that I call or contact support via email to get that done. in c/[email protected]

Reddit sells training data to unnamed AI company ahead of IPO in c/[email protected]