Comment I cannot help but think of Daleks (Score 1, Funny) 20
And this cartoon.
Submission + - Nissan Leaf drivers voice anger over app shutdown (theguardian.com)
Alain Williams writes: Owners of some Nissan Leaf electric vehicles are angry after the carmaker announced it would shut down an app that lets them remotely control battery charging and other functions.
Drivers of Leaf cars made before May 2019 and the e-NV200 van (produced until 2022) have been told that the NissanConnect EV app linked to their vehicles will “cease operation” from 30 March. This means they will lose remote services, including turning on the heating, and some map features.
Experts said they expected other drivers to experience similar problems in future as “connected cars” – vehicles that can connect to the internet – get older.
Drivers of Leaf cars made before May 2019 and the e-NV200 van (produced until 2022) have been told that the NissanConnect EV app linked to their vehicles will “cease operation” from 30 March. This means they will lose remote services, including turning on the heating, and some map features.
Experts said they expected other drivers to experience similar problems in future as “connected cars” – vehicles that can connect to the internet – get older.
Submission + - grandma put in jail because of "AI" hallucinations "trying to rebuild her life" (theguardian.com)
Mr. Dollar Ton writes: Angela Lipps, 50, spent nearly six months in jail after Fargo police identified her as a suspect in an organized bank fraud case using facial recognition software, according to south-east North Dakota news outlet InForum. Lipps told the outlet she had never been to North Dakota and did not commit the crimes.
Lipps is now back home but says the experience has had lasting consequences. While jailed and unable to pay bills, Lipps lost her home, her car and her dog, she said. She also told WDAY News no one from the Fargo police department had apologized.
This isn't the first time "AI" and lazy police together have put innocent people away, concludes the article.
Lipps is now back home but says the experience has had lasting consequences. While jailed and unable to pay bills, Lipps lost her home, her car and her dog, she said. She also told WDAY News no one from the Fargo police department had apologized.
This isn't the first time "AI" and lazy police together have put innocent people away, concludes the article.
Comment Re:Good. (Score 1) 36
If you visit a web site then you expect to pay for the bandwidth to download the HTML, videos, etc.
If you have a PC you expect to pay for the bandwidth to download system updates; you do not expect/want it to download adverts to be pushed onto your screen thus stopping you doing what you bought the PC for -- this is what Microsoft does.
Comment Will it comply with age check laws ... (Score 3, Funny) 33
that have been introduced in California and elsewhere ?
Comment Re:Global warming isn't real or people are really (Score 1) 53
There will also be bad effects on birds & bugs and other wildlife. This will just add to the ways that we are screwing up our planet.
Comment If they want a non disclosure agreement (Score 1) 96
they are trying to keep the power of information to themselves. If the farmers were to get together they would prolly get a better deal -- assuming that they want to sell up in the first place.
Submission + - ICE reliance on Microsoft technology surged amid immigration crackdown (theguardian.com)
Alain Williams writes: Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) deepened its reliance on Microsoft’s cloud technology last year as the agency ramped up arrest and deportation operations, leaked documents reveal.
ICE more than tripled the amount of data it stored in Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform in the six months leading up to January 2026, a period in which the agency’s budget swelled and its workforce rapidly expanded, according to the files.
ICE appears to be using a range of Microsoft’s productivity tools, as well as AI-driven products, to search and analyse the data it holds in Azure. Files suggest some of the agency’s own tools and systems may also be running on Microsoft servers.
ICE more than tripled the amount of data it stored in Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform in the six months leading up to January 2026, a period in which the agency’s budget swelled and its workforce rapidly expanded, according to the files.
ICE appears to be using a range of Microsoft’s productivity tools, as well as AI-driven products, to search and analyse the data it holds in Azure. Files suggest some of the agency’s own tools and systems may also be running on Microsoft servers.
Comment Re:How a Society Kills Privacy. (Score 1) 64
I have a long-dormant FB account, but the privacy settings have always (since the setting was introduced) been set to not allow people to tag me.
I do not have a FB account and have never had one. How do I say that I do not want to be tagged ? The only way would be for the default to be no, but FB will no do that.
Comment Re:BYOB (Score 2) 37
No, coal if the orange climate denier has anything to do with it. Trump has ordered the pentagon to buy more coal-fired electricity, one of his biggest and most persistent lies is that climate change is a hoax.
Comment Re:Running out of fingers and toes (Score 4, Interesting) 75
Another popular way is date based numbering. So the kernel just released could have been 2026.02, the next prolly 2026.05, the last 2025.11. It doesn't really matter.
Comment So Claude is a great point of attack (Score 3, Insightful) 69
A rich $EvilEntity that is able to compromise Claude and get it to insert remote exploitable bugs it could do a great deal of damage. Especially if Claude is used by programmers who are inexperienced or too lazy to check its code.
Comment While they are at it ... (Score 0, Troll) 33
mandate another note when they are presenting fake news - ie made up 'facts' or stuff of high bias. There always has been spin in the news, especially when covering politics but these days it has got completely out of control. Things like BBC Verify help but are not nearly enough when faced with the huge torrent of lies generated by those of low morals who will do anything to benefit themselves.
I accept that this is a pipe dream.
Comment Re:Laser Lifetime (Score 2) 62
Will you be able to write the whole disk before it fails ?
Comment Re: Title (Score 2) 71
No it wasn't, it was just called Greenland to trick people into living there.
This appears to be true:
The Saga of Erik the Red states: "In the summer, Erik left to settle in the country he had found, which he called Greenland, as he said people would be attracted there if it had a favourable name."
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