Taco Bell was the only ISP to survive the net neutrality war.

Enh. Ubisoft realized that people who literally couldn't afford food and had to go to shelters as a result of the shutdown might just get pissed off at receiving an email saying, "Please, you want to see what real problems are like? Buy our game!" And they further realized that pissed off customers who just had money problems are very likely to respond by not buying your expensive new game(s).

Instead, use a strong alphanumeric passcode, recommended Matt Lewis, research director at cybersecurity contractor NCC Group.

And if you want to make your strong passcode even more secure, configure your phone so it doesn't briefly show each character of your passcode as you enter it. Looking over someone's shoulder is even easier than building a fancy fake head.

Except it was everything in the directory containing the directory used for storing temporary files that was deleted. That's like asking someone to empty the trashcan in your study and then finding out they threw out everything in the study.

Slowing down a phone because the old battery can't handle the load is fine. It becomes a problem when customers come in saying their old phone is slow and Apple's reps says, "It's time to buy a new phone!" instead of, "Oh, the battery is old, want us to replace that for you?" This turns a helpful feature into a tool to get people to believe they need to replace their perfectly good older phone with an expensive new one--largely due to your software actively slowing it down.

Actually, the question I can't help wondering is whether unused deaths will be able to be traded like carbon credits.

Just because a species isn't native to a region doesn't mean that its removal after it's had hundreds of years to become part of the ecosystem won't have an impact.

They're really naming their phone XS? I don't know about anyone else, but if I find myself about to buy an expensive phone named Excess, I'd stop and think about whether I really need this.

Storage Sense will also be able to remove temporary or otherwise unneeded files such as system logs and image thumbnails.

Awesome. There's nothing as useful as having system logs in the cloud when you're trying to troubleshoot connectivity issues.

For a full trial, yes, self-funding is important. A limited trial without self-funding can be useful to see what people will actually do when they receive a basic income. If the basic concept relies on a large number of people looking for work to earn extra income, it's a real good idea to make sure this will actually happen before implementing more ambitious trials.

From what I've seen, it seems that most of the big YouTube stars started out loving what they were doing, appreciating and connecting to their followers as they became popular. When they start to burn out, it's not a question of quitting a lousy job, it's giving up on what they used to love, 'letting down' all the people who made them successful, and cutting themselves off from what's probably been their biggest form of social interaction for years.

From the article:

What's more, the firms acknowledge that they can't always know about serious mechanical problems in their vehicles unless riders flag problems. Indeed, the scooter companies are still learning how their vehicles perform in various weather conditions and from regular use, according to a senior executive at one of the three companies who spoke on the condition of anonymity to talk freely about industry challenges.

Even if there's evidence that probiotics can cause problems after a course of antibiotics, it doesn't necessarily follow that they should be avoided in general.

I have no idea why people think it's for the benefit of farmers. Of all people, they're the ones whose days are ruled by the sun and the cycles of animals rather than the clock. Anyone with pets that expect to be fed at the same time each morning knows just how much animals respect the clock suddenly saying it's another hour until feeding time.

It's not so far fetched for gut bacteria profiles to change so much in such a short time. If certain additives or preservatives likely to affect gut bacteria profiles came into widespread use in the 60s, it could result in large numbers of people being prone to weight gain from behavior that didn't previously cause it. Even if that doesn't mean we should say 'why try to fight obesity', it should change the way we try to deal with it.