Could be way too many logs on multiple servers, some possibly in-memory rather than file based that they'd have to know about in order to wipe all trace of their activities. Or at least thats how a proper service provider would implement things, but then this is MS after all.

"It should also dispense chilled water and ice"

Seriously? Must be an american thing. Has about the same importance as smart tech in a fridge for me.

... in the bin of history of brands that used to be superior but stupid/greedy CEOs thought cutting costs and hence device reliability was the way forward not realising that market segment was already oversubscribed.

My bog standard normal fridge already does. If the temp goes above a certain level a buzzer goes off, no AI, crypto or internet connection required.

That really the best you can do? Have another go.

So basically he hasn't been despite that load of ChatGPT generated crap you cut and pasted. He may be many things but if he was a racist I very much doubt he'd have appointed a VP with an indian wife. Go ponder on that sonny.

... content youtube pisses all over TV whether broadcast or streaming. OTOH I wouldn't trust a much of the clickbait "news" on youtube if my life depended on it and as for dramas - forget it. Also quality != quantity and so long as new dramas are commissioned then TV still has life in it yet.

"All the racist things he says and does."

Such as what? Give a specific example.

"many people in China think he is a racist"

Evidence? And hey, lets not worry about the proven genocide that china has carried out against the Uyghurs in the last 2 decades, that doesn't fit the juvenile Da West Is Eeeeevil narrative does it.

... but economically capitalist.

Any country would do the same if they had the ability to do it and China do. Not only will they catch up and surpase Nvidia and PDQ if recent events are anything to go buy , but the money that would otherwise have gone to NVidia will remain in the chinese economy.

"that Trump, a racist"

Your evidence is?

Could this mean that various ice moons and planets could have magnetic fields? Also both the ice giants uranus and neptune have them and the latters is particularly strong.

Not apologising for anything, but why don't people like you get so worked up about whats happening in ukraine or myanmar or various provinces in china? I'm not jewish but I know anti seminitism when I smell it and its stinking up slashdot and a lot of other places right now.

Err - ukraine war - hello? Have you heard of google?

"These people had illegal activities and also happened to be journalists, they were not investigated for their journalism"

Wow, thats some impressive hair splitting there. Tell me - how would you know where their journalist activities stop and their illegal ones start without first investigating?

" Also do tell me what good was achieved by spying on Roy Greenslade, I am not familiar with his story."

Go read up on him, you're not in kindergarten and have to be spoon fed.

"Ultimately laws apply to everyone or they are meaningless"

The ECHR is a foreign law with a very lax interpretation and can cover a whole load of areas it was never intended to depending on the whim of the legal team and judges involved.

"we expect those kinds of things in Russia, China, Burma, etc. But a modern, western, democratic state, not so much"

You must've been asleep - or not born - when the US invaded Iraq and Afghanistan.