It's theirs to drive into the ground. If you think some lame photo editing is the worse they can do, wait until they start shitting out a Bond "cinematic universe". Imagine some terrible Bond adjacent spinoffs and Amazon probably have them in development - Agents of SPECTRE, Leiter - Gone Rogue , Blofeld The Early Years, Young Bond, Old Bond, The Adventures of Moneypenny, Oddjobs etc.

They all exploit human weakness - addiction, stupidity, superstition. Doesn't matter if the bet is on a horse, the spin of a wheel or roll of dice. I think sports do suffer from it, as it harms and corrupts the sport by association.

I'm sure betting firms would proclaim it's "harmless fun" and that they promote sports through sponsorship and advertising. In which case let's put legally enforceable limits on this "harmless fun" and ban sponsorship entirely and instead levy these industries - a 5 or 10% tax on gambling which is ringfenced for sports with a focus on community and amateur level. I'm sure the industry would be hiring ALL the lobbyists and cranking out ALL the bullshit excuses if that was ever seriously proposed.

They know the chumps who buy their overpriced earbuds will be back so why lose sales by making it easy to fix them? The only way Apple (& the rest) will be brought to bear is the EU, China or somebody imposes rules that require user maintenance, repairability and prohibit measures that hinder or prohibit it - glue, proprietary parts & connectors, availability/cost of parts, pairing, DRM etc.

"Goodall even partnered with Apple in 2022 to encourage customers to recycle their devices to reduce individual carbon footprint and cut down on unnecessary mineral mining around the world. "

I'm sure she did it with the best intentions, but Apple used her like window dressing to boost their pathetic green credentials. If Apple cared about carbon footprint, and mineral mining they wouldn't artificially restrict the lifespan of their products by sealing in batteries and using DRM and other techniques to hinder or prevent servicing & repair. It's not just their phones but all their devices from earbuds and up.

The electorate was told that Brexit would ruin the country and Brexit is ruining the country. I don't just blame assholes like Boris Johnson & Nigel Farage. I blame the erstwhile leader of Labour at the time Jeremy Corbyn who sabotaged his own party's remain campaign. Given how the narrow the result was he is the main culprit for this.

I thought the only reason anyone bought Firesticks was to sideload "dodgy box" apps that stream content from premium services. If they shut the sticks down then I can see sales dwindling away to nothing.

The 737 50-50

The 757 got a new lease on life when it was certified for ETOPS. But they're old and, by modern standards, inefficient.

I'm sure the Boeing folks have considered a 757neo (sorry for the Airbus terminology there) or a 757Max, but they appear to have opted for a clean-sheet 797 instead.

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Saudi Arabia definitely cares or it wouldn't invest so much in trying to white wash their image by buying media companies, venues, sports teams and hosting events. Much easier than actually reforming their society.

On the basis that the car committed a traffic violation and nobody had the responsibility to accept a ticket or pay a fine. So tow the damned thing and impound it until somebody pays up. I might add that multiple infractions should lead to progressively punishments that hurt at a corporate level including large fines and suspension of rights to drive autonomously completely.

If there is nobody to accept a ticket, tow the thing and make a rep show up in person and pay the fine to have it released.

Saudi Arabia is doing stuff like buying games & entertainment companies, sports events etc to project soft power and white wash their horrible public image. What with murdering opponents and working people to death on their boondoggle projects. I guess the current owners of EA don't give a fuck about any of that. And nor does Jared Kushner.

And Disco Stu says disco is coming back.

If the cars could self drive then they'd just self drive. But self driving is bullshit too.

So this remotely driven car goes through a tunnel, or the car skids, or the signal drops out then what happens? Well obviously what happens is potentially something terrible. I bet even in optimal conditions, there will be a latency in driving which is not present when somebody is driving for real so things like reaction times are compromised. And who says these remote drivers are engaged and concentrating on driving as opposed to playing on their phones? Just because they're working remotely doesn't mean they're absolved of responsibility. And speaking of responsibility where are these remote drivers even based? Are they in the same jurisdiction as the car so they can be prosecuted, or some call center in India?

All in all this sounds like a terrible idea.