Matter over Thread devices are not directly internet connected. They connect to a local hub with a Thread radio in them.

The hub could send your data to someone on the internet, but there are open sourced Thread hardware+software hubs that prevent that kind of shenanigans.

You are assuming that digital currencies are mined. Most digital currency in the United States is in US Dollars. There is no "mining" involved in the creation of those dollars.

It is not hard to find the source for this:
https://www.pge.com/assets/pge...

The "default" plan is the "E-TOU-C" plan, which has a price of $0.40 (offpeak) / $0.51 (peak) below "baseline" and $0.50 (offpeak) and / $0.61 (peak) above "baseline". The old E-1 plan isn't available anymore unless you got grandfathered into it.

The past few phones that I've had all failed due to the physical connector on the charging port failing. Wireless charging is allowing my current phone to last longer.

It would be interesting to compare the cost of needing to replace the phone sooner vs the cost of the extra power.

The batteries have a limited lifespan. The panels last quite a long time.

https://www.nrel.gov/state-loc...
"NREL research has shown that solar panels have a median degradation rate of about 0.5% per year but the rate could be higher in hotter climates and for rooftop systems.[1] A degradation rate of 0.5% implies that production from a solar panel will decrease at a rate of 0.5% per year. This means that in year 20, the module is producing approximately 90% of the electricity it produced in year 1. "

Over 20 years? In my part of the world, making less then $20k USD per year is starvation wages.

I'm guessing he had to also have other employment to be able to afford food.

I'm not sure I believe that Austin's 911 dispatch center isn't monitored 24x7...

The rich and famous are treated differently from the rest of us. News at 11.

https://www.statnews.com/2018/...

The state got a genetic match with a murder suspect using DNA in a genealogy website.

Both the Glock and the Sig P320 (and nearly all other ploymer handguns) have a forged then milled steel skeleton within the handgrip section of the gun embedded in the polymer.

Polymer isn't strong enough for the slide to move on during recoil.

The P320 even has gone so far as to make the steel skeleton legally be defined as the "frame" instead of the "lower handgrip" section that is usually referred to as the "frame".
https://www.sigsauer.com/fcu

You'll see the same thing in the US. A Freightliner Cascadia gets about 8-9mpg when doing flat freeway runs fully loaded at 40k-80klbs. That said, a heavy goods vehicle would be using diesel fuel, and wouldn't be starting and stopping much.

Pickup trucks in the US, specifically 1/2 ton models like the Chevy Silverado 1500 overwhelmingly run on gasoline. Diesel fuel, depending on the blend, has between 10-15% more energy per unit volume.

Also, the EPA tests for fuel economy are based 55% on short start-and-stop type trips and 45% on highway numbers. If you take a heavy goods vehicle and do the same calculations where 45% of the total miles driven are short start-and-stop type trips then you'll quickly find that those vehicles tend to get 4-5mpg on that kind of driving.

This is one of the reasons I won't purchase from them. That entire incident seemed very "ma bell" to me.

Up until the 1978 breakup, AT&T wouldn't let you connect a telephone to the grid unless you paid them for the phone. If they caught you using a telephone that wasn't made by them, they would disconnect your line. It kept easy long distance voice communications as a toy for the rich. This and a number of other things lead to a series of lawsuits the effectively dismantled the company.

Every state in the US has a law stating that you must be able to repair your vehicle at an independent shop that isn't affiliated by the manufacturer. It is legal in every state in the union for you to fix your own car, in your own garage, all by yourself.

A power outlet, even a smart one like a USB PD or IOT outlet, does not lock out the serial number of a laptop just because it is reported to have water damage.

The manufacturer can put safety equipment in the chargers to prevent overdraw and over/under voltage. They can refuse any load that does not follow normal charging specifications for safety. There is no need, nor any point, to lock out serial numbers unless it's a crass classism to keep "those people" who own "old cheap cars" from parking in the same premium charging station as the rich folks.

That, and I don't think it will hold up in court for them to say "Cars with salvage titles can't use our plugs".

These boxes exist, but they are not yet economical. I'd bet that we wind up with cheaper versions of this device in the next year or so. https://www.thedebugstore.com/...

We will also probably wind up with a software solution. As of today, most OSes let you read the transfer speeds and PD wattage information on your machine, but it does not diagnose "which part is the bottleneck" questions.

Naw. Just Elon or Larry.

Johnny Ive does not work for Apple anymore. He may still be involved with their designs, as his new company contracts with Apple, but it is safe to say he isn't the driving force behind things anymore.