Judging from the British new papers, I'm not surprised at all.
I've noticed the butchering of acronyms (NASA as Nasa or even nasa) for a very long time, and other 'dumbing down' of their language.
It's as if they've taken ee cumming's style to a new extreme.

It's intentionally placed.
Bluetooth circuits are usually licensed for pennies per million by the same companies that sold you the EDA tools (Cadence, Synopsys, etc).
So then why?
Sell at a loss, get placed in all the cheap phones, tablets, PCs in Asia, have instant backdoor access with a simple "knock-knock' packet.

Bonuses are completely discretionary on the part of the business and as others have pointed out, can be easily gamed.
Just wondering if the captains of industry ever bothered to read up the lessons from the French Revolution.

If by DIE you mean the McDonnell Douglass who ran the company into the ground, literally twice, then yeah, sure.
If you that some Black woman got the job because, well, she's a she, and her skin color is Black, etc., etc., etc., then I suggest you watch "Hidden Figures" and learn that perhaps the smartest person in the while fucking room is the one you'd over look cause of your personal biases and insecurities.

This.
AI could not and would not know how to satisfy a single person's wants in running a company, let alone any larger group with competing views, wants, and goals.
Put a Carl Icahn, a greenmailer, or some other disputer on the board and watch the AI's computers melt.

Portable Cell Towers have existed for a while, *ahem* Stingray.
Definitely a better use of the technology, but it's been around for a while.

Since the code is created by an AI, is it copyrightable?
The case of the monkey that took a selfie (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey_selfie_copyright_dispute), has some interesting takes on non-human creations; basic answer is no.

Allow me to add my favorite book on programming, which sits on the shelf next to Mr. Knuth's opus.
the dot, by Peter H. Reynolds. ISBN 0-7636-1961-2.

If you fail to comprehend the lessons in Mr. Reynolds book, then perhaps programming isn't for you.

The tub spins ultra-fast and thus can be used to purify uranium.

Not really. If I worked at Apple and Meta wanted to really hire me, RSUs are just a negotiation point.

Right now Meta does have a problem with people leaving since their RSUs and grants in particular being underwater, new hires are coming in cause they're buying in on the dip.

Certainly ideal for the maker community, but for the commercial community, me thinks a contract will be required.

I see a lot of comments here saying why it wouldn't work, and they're correct that the people in a house could not scale to the needs of the home.
However, there are spaces / places where this technology would scale - think a train station, airport, theater, sports arena, nightclub, etc.
That's where the question becomes interesting to explore, and does offer possible solutions to the needs of the space.

Well I don't know about other AT&T customers, but I am certainly looking forward to my $10 inconvenience discount for this data breach.

Really, tying your economic stability to any 'rare' mineral is 'great' until someone comes up with enough to crash the market.
Either by mining asteroids, or figuring how to get the gold out of sea water (about one gram of gold for every 100 million metric tons of ocean water), there will be a chase as it's scarcity drives the price of it up and up and the more exotic methods of collecting it become financial sound.
Sounds a lot like Bitcoins, eh?

Grew up in Morgantown, WV, have family there still, and will be visiting here shortly for a week.

Okay, here's the problem with WV- They consistently shoot themselves in the foot.
With a shotgun. And for some explainable reason, they take great PRIDE of this act of self-sabotage and general dislike of book smarts.

Morgantown has always had this dual personality, the University crowd and the locals. You see this in a lot of smaller University / College towns, but never at this level. Every time someone tries to make something nice it inadvertently fails because better options are a short drive to Pittsburgh or DC exist.
Very few locals take advantage of what the WVU offers, specially for their children.
Music, theater, arts, math and science courses offered at no cost / low cost. Who's enrolled in them? Mainly the children of the professors.
Outside of Morgantown, it's further nuts. Elkin's WV, which was founded by Swiss immigrants, kept their traditions alive and still celebrated today, but is generally unknown outside of the state. Tamarack near New River, showcases native artistic talent. The White House crystal was made at Seneca Glass Company out of Morgantown.
The list goes on and on.

You can blame the mountains, you can blame the lack of good paying jobs, but in the end, it comes down to the lack of education, the dislike of educated people, and the fear of change.

And here is where it's sad: WV has had a lot of really capable, able, smart people come from it, but that's my point, they came from WV. They didn't stay because they knew there are limited options and choices, and thus had no other choice but to leave.