Easy to miss the fact that this article only considers US manufacturers. The body of the article seems to suggest that GM and Telstra are the only horses in the race. Not only does that exclude a great deal of manufacturers in a highly global market, it happens to exclude the leader. In fact, Renault-Nissan sells more EVs and PHEVs overall, and they also sell the most popular EV.

From TFS:

Heh. It's nothing like either of those. Really worth checking out for its unique properties.

I came here looking for the usual discrediting due to edge cases, obscure platforms or bad statistics. Instead there's a bunch of arguing over the tired old "it does (not) matter", so I had to look myself. Well blow me down, this is as clear as day - on recent Visual Studio and XCode with clang, unsorted_map::insert is 7 times slower than calling unsorted_map::find first and skipping the call to insert if it already exists. That's just what insert is supposed to do for you. The platforms, the compilers, the library and the functions are all extremely common. Debugging suggests the delay is due to an unnecessary alloc/dealloc. Good find!

Heh, they must have read my article, The Truth About AI. Happy to see some sense prevailing.

Is there some new KoolAid I'm missing out on? Or did they both go to the same "brand experience" designers?

https://www.speakdotdot.com/

As per, plenty of armchair wet blankets around here. From TFA's FAQ, here to answer your doubts (paraphrased liberally):

Q: Is SKUNKLOCK legal?
A: We have taken the necessary precautions to ensure that the SkunkLock is legal and compliant with US laws and regulations. There's some restrictions around capsaicin designed to limit pepper spray use, so in those states we can sell a non-capsaicin version.

Q: What happens in an accident? What if you drop it or a prankster hits it? (Not actually an FAQ, just inferred from the article to head off the Slashdot crowd).
A: It's a u-bolt lock. It's a hell of a lot more durable than a can of pepper spray, which are bounced around inside purses all over the world. It doesn't release the chemical unless it's cut.

Q: Can't a thief just wear a mask or protection?
A: Technically, yes. Will it help them steal your bike? Probably not. The formula that we've developed is detectable through even some of the most robust gas masks (unfortunately, we learned this the hard way!).

I thought the trifecta of rubbish about "thrust of the wheels", "exhaust scoops" and "flooded exhausts" was enough to sink this story. For some reason I actually watched the video. Turns out the car doesn't even float. At no point is the water even above the wheels, let alone high enough for the car to float. The car remains firmly in contact with the road at all times.

What utter nonsense. Are we being had? There is not a skerrick of substance in this article. Yay for Slashdot.

I'm concerned for the Guardian audience. Reminds me of that time a lady crashed her Jeep into a fountain after watching an ad and believing her car would jump the fountain.

FWIW, in Australia the rail organisations have implemented "Quiet Carriages". Generally, in an 8 carriage train, the first, last and middle two carriages are quiet carriages. You are regularly reminded by announcements and signs that if you're in those carriages you're expected not to talk on phones, not play music audible to others, keep conversations to a minimum and generally stay quiet. Tends to work pretty well, and people do choose the carriage that suits their intentions. An effective, social solution to a social problem.

In case anyone cares about the article rather than the oh-so-enlightening Mac-bashing, the premise is demonstrably wrong.

Not at all. iCloud Music stores your own music in the cloud (and has the "features" described). Apple Music is a streaming service. The two are only related because both are managed through the Music app. Otherwise there is no link and no need to enable one to use the other.