That's not how this works. That's not how any of this works.

What makes you think Waymo did not pay for all of the damages?

RedHat is a completely independent business in IBM. No one at RedHat had anything to do with this whatsoever.

Also IBM, for the record, has a longer history in open source than RedHat itself does. https://www.ibm.com/opensource...

  Young folks seem blissfully unaware that Linux would not even exist without IBM, it would have died a long time ago at the hands of SCO lawsuits.

You're neglecting the cost to transport the energy.

You can suck carbon from anywhere on earth and the atmosphere will move the remaining CO2 around efficiently. Thus, when you have massive green energy (like Iceland's CO2, or the Sahara's solar), you can take advantage of that energy *where it is*.

The energy in Iceland is simply not useful to move vehicles around in North America or Europe.

Just because something is not directly internet connected doesn't mean it no longer requires security patches. That is very naive thinking.

Except for the fact that they already did it, so..... yeah.

Being able to make airtag-accurate tracking devices work globally from space without high power required (ie work for years on a button cell), without cellular networks required, and being able to make it look like an ordinary bluetooth device to blend in, *AND* being able to transmit other telemetry besides just location (such as sound), has very obvious military and espionage applications, not to mention industrial applications.

People in the replys point to Home Assistant and Hubitat as alternatives - however, Home Assistant is also a commercial product and requires updates. If they stop updating it, for any reason, then you're just going to leave yourself open to cybersecurity issues.

The idea of having IoT hardware sitting around without receiving software updates is now a myth. These devices all need a constant revenue stream, of some kind, to support the people writing security patches. Because open-source developers tend to not do that, as it is boring work that you need to pay people to do - yet, many places are now either already passing or looking to pass laws to make said patches required, to try to combat rampant cybersecurity breaches.

Welcome to the new age of disposable technology, brought to you by your friendly neighbourhood ransomware operator.

Bing is near useless as a search engine. I feel bad for you if you think it is returning better results than Google.

[Insert old man shouting at cloud image]

I don't care what they are called. The simple fact is that when people meet nowadays, they don't even exchange phone numbers. They exchange Insta and TikTok handles.

You can shout at the sky all you want, your opinions aren't relevant frankly.

Gen Z and Gen A in the US increasingly don't use SMS for messaging. They have caught up with the rest of the world and use WhatsApp, TikTok, Instagram, and other applications.

As they do this, their dependency on iMessage wanes dramatically. When you keep in touch with your friends all via Instagram and TikTok there is no reason to be bound to iPhone anymore.

Having reddit elevated in Google searches is generally helpful.

Having the cesspool that is Quora elevated helps noone.

One of my favorite Chrome extensions is the one I have that automatically strips Quora from all google results.

American Express customers have gotten targeted offers in their app for years now.

I for one, love them. They have paid for my card annual fee in many situations.

Regardless, I don't recall that being a Slashdot headline.

American Express customers have gotten targeted offers in their app for years now.

I for one, love them. They have paid for my card annual fee in many situations.

Regardless, I don't recall that being a Slashdot headline. Not sure why this is news for needs.

Meanwhile, Microsoft is the world's largest cybersecurity vendor.

Microsoft currently earns $20B / year in cybersecurity revenue, more than any other standalone security company.

Ironically, they also build the products that people are paying them to secure.