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mschaffer writes:
Microsoft's search engine isn't working correctly, and many alternative search engines that rely on it are down, too.
171163338
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mschaffer writes:
Comcast and other ISPs have annoyed customers for many years by advertising low prices and then charging much bigger monthly bills by tacking on a variety of fees. While some of these fees are related to government-issued requirements and others are not, poorly trained customer service reps have been known to falsely tell customers that fees created by Comcast are mandated by the government.
The FCC rules, which are part of the $65B 2021 Broadband bill, will force ISPs to accurately describe fees in labels given to customers, but Comcast said it wants the FCC to rescind a requirement related to "fees that ISPs may, but are not obligated to, pass through to customers." These include state Universal Service fees and other local fees.
I suppose it's just easier to grab people's money than it is to make up names for the fees.
132520052
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mschaffer writes:
Some older Teslas (Model S) are experiencing problems due to a worn-out flash eMMC chip. The loss of touch screen functionality prevents operators from being able to use the backup camera. This may potential impact 63,000 cars.
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mschaffer writes:
Apparently Facebook had a recent privacy problem of a different kind. A thief broke into an employee's car and stole equipment---including hard drives that contained unencrypted personal data of former Facebook employees. "Out of abundance of caution" Facebook alerted their current and former employees about the theft.
93767467
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mschaffer writes:
It appears that Jim Zemlin, President of the Linux Foundation, was using MacOS while declaring "2017 is officially the year of the Linux desktop!” at the Open Source Summit 2017. This was observed by several YouTube channels: Switched to Linux (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBFlU7Cy3fM) and The Lunduke Show (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3f8FPnAsIJ4). Finally it was reported by It's FOSS (https://itsfoss.com/linux-foundation-head-uses-macos/)
The obvious irony here makes one think that if, indeed, this is the year of desktop Linux, why oh why cannot people like Zemlin present a simple slide presentation---let alone actually use a Linux distro for work. This is truly sad.
76679785
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mschaffer writes:
It just keeps getting better. The OPM now says that 5.6 million people's fingerprints were stolen as part of the hacks.
21557118
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mschaffer writes:
A computer glitch Friday night snarled the travel plans of US Airways customers, as reports flooded in of flights grounded around the country.
19347606
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mschaffer writes:
Looks like Verizon got the FCC's attention:
"U.S. regulators said Verizon Communications Inc.’s networks may have dropped a “truly alarming” number of wireless emergency calls during a snow storm last month, and asked the carrier to investigate."
Makes you wander what's going to happen when all of those iPhones strain the network.
