Define "Net Plus". To a for-profit company net plus means something very different than it does to you, I'm sure. If it costs more to produce than the market value of the end-product, it isn't a net plus, by any definition.

370 foot boat...

There is nothing environmentally friendly about a 370 boat that accomodates 50 people (including crew). No matter who is or isn't buying it.

Seriously, how tiny are your hands that you can only hold a single earbud in them? To imply your arm can't reach both sides of your head also indicates you are less than 2 years old and probably shouldn't be wearing earbuds anyway. (Some obvious exceptions for people who don't have typical bilateral symmetric human anatomy.)

They have a booming blackmarket and "undocumented labor" (slave trade) back and forth across the Chinese border, though. We'll never hear about it but there will absolutely be plenty of cases if this thing continues to spread as it has been.

This isn't about the ability to brute force a phone you already have physical access to, though (or any other cracking method). You can be damned sure this is about setting the ability to remotely access any phone they damn well please anywhere they damn well please.

This is way more important than just being able to pull data off the phone of a dead "bad guy".

If the product is "irrelevent" why the hell does it show up in the damn search?!

300 pound payload capacity is about the same as a standard sedan. The only thing "truck" about this is the ability to put a lightweight-specialized 4 wheeler in it designed specifically for that.

The backing of Facebook, Google, and Microsoft and they say they're going to "respect" the consumer's data privacy? I call bullshit. Unless of course they mean "rape" when they say respect.

Good luck with that. The primary function, being a television, is still viable so you're going to have a hard time winning anything in a court. At least in the USA.

You've focused on English language based shows. If you branch out, you're going to find a lot more original content. Yes, much of it is "crap" but there's an awful lot of content being generated for markets who don't see it as crap. Often "crap" is a cultural misunderstanding. The show "The Protector", for example, is Turkish, I believe. I watched a few episodes (I'm from the US) and couldn't really get into the style, despite generally liking those types of story lines. If you look at some of the South American and Asian content, though, some of it is quite decent, even if you don't get the cultural references.

I agree with the GP post, Netflix has established a worldwide market and continues to get better at it. I've watched shows from Thailand, Korea, Israel, Turkey, China, Brazil, Spain, and several other countries that were all labeled as original content (they may have been purchased but they're carrying the Netflix original label). Yes, a lot of content is crap but the same can be said for pretty much every producer out there. How often does a "Friends" come along for a major studio? Once every 10 or 15 years, maybe?

The debt is a point of concern. I don't know how they get out from under it unless they start licensing their own shows to other streamers. They're not going to die easily, though.

For folks like me who use their phones for nothing more than a phone, it's a fantastic design. Fits an adult face better, fits most people's hands better because it's not so wide it's "awkward" and generally appeals to a different market. Is it a niche market? Perhaps, but I'd happily give up either my iPhone 8 (work) or personal LG phone for one that is more in line with what I use my phone for on a daily basis.

This was common knowledge to users as far back as 15 years ago, when I was using it. I knew both men and women who were using match back then that would get the same profiles "matched" with them despite having completely disparate interests and desired traits in a partner. The "subscribe to meet me" type solicitations were ubiquitous and certainly not limited to recent business practices.

Pretty much every dating site I've ever used has similar tactics.

Except your example doesn't happen. If I leave Verizon while I still owe money on my phone, they charge me that money! Granted, there is a subset of people who won't pay that bill but the reality is it's not a high percentage of people bouncing back and forth between carriers.

Is it me or does that sound like a tweet from Trump more than a statement from a CEO of a tech company?