Black holes use gravity, not vacuum to suck matter into themselves. Although both suck, the vacuum cleaner relies on the pressure of surrounding air.

I know, very unfunny in attempting humor, but this is Slashdot after all

A vacuum cleaner in a vacuum.
I do not think that will work well. :)

I have not read the full details, but if the device was under government control, then was it a federal agent who typed in the code.
If the owner of the phone did not put in the code, then he didnâ(TM)t destroy anything. The government agentâ(TM)s incompetence destroyed the evidence. This would be akin to a DEA agent flushing a toilet holding suspected drugs. Ok, I will grant you that itâ(TM)s more like the toilet being rigged to flush if the lid is lifted without the seat as well. Itâ(TM)s not the expected action, but the agent would be causing the destruction and not the accused.

Stupid agent should know that a person who cannot be compelled to give up their access code might give up another code instead. The most they can reasonably win with is that the person lied. And youâ(TM)d need to see exactly what was said. A clever person can give a code without saying it is the unlock code. For example, in desperation after interrogation just spouting out a series of numbers. Never said it was the right code.

If the person doing the unit translation isnâ(TM)t familiar with imperial units(most of the world except USA), they can be forgiven the error.

How many of us could do a good job figuring out how to make change for a purchase with pre decimal British currency. Pound, shilling, pence. How many farthings are in a Pound?

IOOAL. The cost needs to be a multiple of the profits in order to discourage bad behavior. Thatâ(TM)s why treble damages are so common. Pennieâ(TM)s on the dollar wonâ(TM)t discourage bad behavior.

Real world results shows daylight saving time wastes energy.
Letâ(TM)s be sensible and stick to the original times which actually work.

This should not be filled asking for a mere $5 million. It looks a little like a fake suit to get him and them off the hook. Even if they settled for the full amount they are getting off easy.

Making actual mass published software disc would be impressive.

Burning a bunch of DVD-R isnâ(TM)t nearly as impressive.

However, maybe we should all go buy a few stacks of DVD-RW to help support their manufacturer

ALPR needs to be the next warrantless tracking case before the court. It is one thing for a private company to know which vehicles enter and exit their parking structure and something completely different for government to track a vehicle as it travels throughout the day.

Most driverless cars have cameras and rely on that for actual driving. Satellite info is for routing, not for staying in lane, avoiding pedestrians and vehicles, etc. Complete loss or hack of satellite info wonâ(TM)t cause a crash if the cameras are in charge. In fact, decades ago there was a navigation system that knew what the roads view looked like and used that to inform its location.

Would it be a good idea to have these systems primed to âoebelieve their eyesâ first and foremost when conflicting info comes in? Probably

Maybe thatâ(TM)s what we need to be working towards.

Hmmm⦠spineless leadership. You must be in Britain. Or is it another European country? Iâ(TM)d say the only one showing spine besides Zelenskyy is Merz.

I believe they are talking about giving a small incentive to employees to go get the free shot, financially well worth it in the aggregate.

Because it does seem that Google is already good at breeding Incels. :)

Richtig

Exactly! Let Davy Jones deal with it. But seriously

A little research indicates it generally lasts 4 days on surfaces, but recommendation is one week for a surface to be considered safe.
So unless there are people or rodents on the ship, closing it off for a whole week should be good enough.