Comment Re:It's going to be AOL Time Warner all over again (Score 1) 64
It's going to be like the ill-fated AOL Time Warner acquisition all over again.
What do you mean? That acquisition was great -- for AOL stockholders and insiders.
Submission + - The Internet of Shit isn't end-to-end encrypted. (404media.co)
whoever57 writes: Kohler sells a "smart" toilet camera that it claims, combined with a monthly fee, will give insights into health from inspecting human waste in your toilet. It interacts with a mobile app and Kohler makes the claim that it is end-to-end encrypted, but the simple fact that Kohler has access to the data shows that the data is not transmitted in an E2EE fashion.
Submission + - Netflix to buy Warner Bros film and streaming businesses for $72bn (bbc.com)
sinij writes:
Warner Bros owns franchises including Harry Potter and Game of Thrones, and the streaming service HBO Max. The takeover is set to lead to a radical reshaping of the US film and media industry, but analysts have warned that it could face resistance from competition authorities.
Comment Re:"Microsoft said it's working to resolve the iss (Score 4, Insightful) 73
But a human is needed to do the login for QA.
A script will click where it expects the password to be required to log in.
PASSED
Comment Re:"Microsoft said it's working to resolve the iss (Score 2) 73
The volunteers are those in the "Insider" program -- downloading and running Beta software.
Comment Re:"Microsoft said it's working to resolve the iss (Score 1) 73
This is the beta build.
Exactly. Problems like this should be discovered long before a Beta release. This isn't some kind of esoteric corner case.
So it IS the QA/QC testing.
Translation: Microsoft has outsourced its QA to volunteers.
Comment Features? How about losing the bottom bar? (Score 1) 103
A Windows 11 VM that I manage went through an update cycle and, when it was finally finished, the bottom bar was missing.
Like just about all Windows issues, I had to spend a long time googling solutions and trying them, before I eventually landed on the correct solution. I tend to avoid those tiresome Youtube videos that take 10 minutes to tell you that: 1. Their solution is simple and will work, 2, don't forget to subscribe, while failing to acknowledge that there might be other causes for the failure that you have experienced.
Surprisingly, the solution came in an AI answer with the right set of search terms. In my experience, the hit rate for accuracy of AI searches is poor, but this time, it worked!
Comment Re:10 years of brexit (Score 1) 116
One of my tenants gave notice on the house he was renting from me because he was fired from his job the day after the Brexit vote.
Comment Re:Meanwhile in America (Score 1) 92
The laws of physics prevent many people from driving a vehicle with a sub 5 second 0-60 time. It takes a lot of ponies to get a bro-dozer up to speed that quickly.
I think a lot of EVs can do this. My very early Model 3 (not 4WD or Performance model) could do 0-60 in 4.5 seconds for a while (before Tesla nerfed the acceleration).
Comment Re:World's first? (Score 1) 40
Because money is the ultimate fungible commodity, the headline should really be:
"Singapore to subsidize production and use of sustainable aviation fuel"
I am skeptical that the "sustainable aviation fuel" is really sustainable and it isn't just disguised fossil fuel (like almost all hydrogen production for vehicles).
Comment Re:That's a bad look on Marriott. (Score 1) 46
So exercised the only power I have as a consumer.
How about getting a refund from your credit card company? Wasn't that possible?
Comment Re:AI tv? (Score 2) 41
WHY?
Because "AI"!
That's all the justification needed until the possible AI implosion.
Comment World's first? (Score 3, Interesting) 40
Hasn't the UK been doing this for years? Levying a fee based on total distance of your journey?
Comment Re:no international jurisdiction (Score 1) 38
It's possible that the contracts that allow Tucows to act as registrar for
Comment Title should read ... (Score 3, Interesting) 55
.... IPv6 is a failure.
IPv6 is great if:
1. You are starting from scratch (no IPv4)
2. You trust your firewall/router to fully and accurately work as a stateful firewall, with no bugs.
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