Please consider your answer very carefully. When the AI takes over you want to be seen as a friend :)

In basic terms, a virus is a piece of software that self replicates and prevents you from accessing your computer or data. So ... is CrowdStrike a virus?

Yes. I'm sure the likes of Microsoft won't use this as an opportunity to lobby for commercial gain instead of focusing on actual AI safety. Glad we are in safe hands.

For those that are slightly more technical (hopefully /. readers still fall into this category) ... Home Assistant + Tasmota/ESPHome + WLED + Z-wave/Zigbee + Blue Iris

I'm not sure how you arrive to the conclusion that Epic has no money and no products? Even if you are not a gamer, surely you have heard of Fortnite? Epic's revenue is north of $5B USD. I realize this makes them a lot smaller than Apple, but they are certainly not a small company. An Apple executive testified that Apple made over $100m from Fortnite. With that amount of money at stake, I find it hard to believe Epic is doing this for Microsoft.

I suppose you believe that Ford should be taking a percentage of Walmart sales? After all, they are instrumental in getting the customer to Walmart and carrying the goods back to the customers home afterwards. (btw: Does anyone remember how hard it was to get things home from the store before Ford built the Model T?)

will make it quite difficult for them to

The article refers specifically to Walt Disney World in Florida

Not True!!! Note: This post was delivered to Slashdot using my 5G connection from Africa

A persons email address is the basis of their online identity, as it is the most common unique identifier and communication channel. While most people view a Gmail address as belonging to them, the truth is that an email address belongs to whoever owns the bit after @. So if you use an address with "@gmail.com", your online identity belongs to Google. While not entirely fool proof, I have registered a domain for my personal email, so that I at least have more control over it.

Some of the Coen brothers earlier work ...

While not surprising, clearly they have no sense of irony.

The Han dynasty, which existed 2000 years ago was a golden period for China. They ruled over an area larger than the Roman empire. It just wasn't the part of the world we typically learn about in western history (and religion).

I have a OnePlus 5 and I'm very happy with it. Great value for money ...

Correction ... not TFA, but rather the summary refers to BASF as if it is some obscure, unknown company.