...but it's done a number on my battery. FU Apple Intelligence

Most household devices in many country use the same or similar plugs (ground or ungrounded), outside of high power needs.

We even made progress on some 120/220 swappable devices in the computer age.

ICANN went off the rails a few years after it was created. After accomplishing its primary mission of opening up domain registrations, it lost its way. Despite the use of the word "Internet" in their name, they meet globally three times a year. recent places include Hamburg, DC, Cancun, Kuala Lumpur, The Hague, San Juan, Seattle, Montreal, Kobe, Barcelona, and Panama City. It has a "funded traveler" policy, paying hotel and $85 per diem for meals and travel, which cost it millions annually. It's a good deal if you're part of the community. ICANN uses its ability to create TLDs for any word in the dictionary, giving it a new revenue source. I don't know what this current dispute is about, but seriously doubt it upset the Internet or ICANN's operations to generate new sources of revenue to fund its travel.

Proper nouns are capitalized, not verbs.

the PC-maker told the publication.

Scanning them may tell us the field where something was grown, the factory where a garment was sewn, the sustainability practices of the company that made it -- or the washing instructions. [...] Stores will be able to respond immediately to product recalls, identifying faulty items and removing them from shelves. They'll be able to flag foods that are approaching their sell-by date -- and offer discounts before they expire. Consumers will gain online access to a trove of useful data -- everything from ingredients, recipes and potential allergens to promotional offers and information about how to recycle the product.

Then I remembered this quote by Robert Heinlein:

Given that Earth circumference is roughly 25,000 miles, that cable must take a lot of detours if its length is 31,000 miles!

Or maybe, just maybe, 31,000 miles accounts for more than one specific cable that needs to be fixed...