I was going by this: https://arstechnica.com/gadget...

Also here: https://9to5google.com/2026/02...

Gizmodo is trash anyway.

Faster wired charging, faster wireless charging, bluetooth 6, and a few other bits.

Can't drop something you never had. The 9a definitely did not have Pixelsnap, so I'm not sure why it's even mentioned. It's an easy thing to omit from the "budget" device in the lineup.

The real question would be what the new price point for the 9a would be - if they drop it at all. I'd normally expect the previous gen to see a price drop, but these are overall so close in spec, I'm not sure if they'll bother.

As much as I didn't want whatever questionable source that is to get anymore clicks, I had to dig in a little more on the recall.

From what it says, a safety concern with the batteries prompted the initial "recall". The "fix" for that recall was a software update that then prevented charging below 41 deg and limited charging to 75% - and even that only "decreased the likelihood for fire". It didn't actually solve the problem.

The transit GM guy says a fix for the 41 deg charge barrier is "simply a software update" and it could be resolved "this week". But I can't tell from that particular quote in the article if that is this guy talking out of his ass that "it's just a software update, how long could it take? a week?" or if they've actually been told that by the manufacturer and are actually waiting for an update.

Meanwhile actual replacement batteries won't be installed for another 18-24 months? WTF?

They should be suing the shit out of this manufacturer, IMO. This isn't an "electric bus" problem. This is a manufacturer problem (or potentially also a transit company problem, depending on how they ended up selecting these specific busses). Of course, it isn't framed that way, nor is it meant to be. "EVs are bad! Buy oil!"

That's a goal!

- this guy, probably

Sounds like a bit of a stretch to me.

Assuming this company is around in 9-12 months. If anything this sounds like an ad to drum up reservations, aka, funding.

I think I'm more surprised that 5200 people work for Pinterest. Doing WHAT, I wonder?

I mean, if I was looking for an alternative to Reddit, I sure as fuck wouldn't want it to be co-owned by one of the co-founders of Reddit.

It's not like that's stopped this administration from anything else. Congress is too busy doing ........ you know, I really don't know wtf they're actually doing these days. Sure as hell doesn't feel like they're passing any actual legislation.

Plenty of options already out there: https://www.fontspace.com/cate...

I recently swapped my M365 family account to the classic version without AI. Fuck CoPilot.

I haven't dug too far into it but recall reading this the other day on /r/android from one of the regulars - mostly contradicting the Ars story.

https://old.reddit.com/r/Andro...

I might be biased, because I moved back to Europe after 15 years in US with particular goal of having my kids being educated in their first language (and because I loved going to school so much), but I think homecshooling is insane. Schools are about education, but they are mostly abot developing a sence of civic engagement, social skills, new friendships, independence, meeting peopel from all social strata. Polarization in the US is because most peopel live in their own social echo chambers -- when little democrats and little republicans spend time in calssroom together, maybe it helps a little in understnading other people's point of view.

I would say less the "experts don't exist" but more the "I'm the expert now" party.

With the requisite 2+ hours of "research" on YouTube and Facebook, of course.