I've paid absolutely nothing forever to Amazon, and have a thrift store echo dot. This is exactly how it has always worked. You say play a specific song, it might have an ad first asking if you want to upgrade, then launches a "radio station" based on that song, which might include it or the artist before playing a broader selection of song.

You absolutely can. Block any request to a non-domain site. RequestPolicy used to do this. Firefox changed its plug-in framework that allowed users to control their experience, specifically to make it harder to block profiteers and miners like Google, a criminal backend conspiracy. One must use SeaMonkey fork.

Which also demonstrates the fault in dumb master keying. If there is a master key, the code for that master key is in every single lock, just two screws away. Students have 10 minutes of spare time on their dorm room door and a blank, they can make the master.

Cryptocoin masquerading as open source. Although you'd have to look deeper, you can bet this has some developer pre-mine that allows them to sell and profit off the currency used to buy airtime.

There's lots of snark so far, but nobody placing the blame where it belongs - on the lack of regulation and outright lack of care for safety when it makes a buck when manufacturing and specifying these plastics. This is what you get outsourcing to China. Many other examples, like Wal-mart flip-flops that gave people the same chemical burns.

Don't be dumb, you're comparing devices that are off when they are "off". A 1000W power supply that can't meet the 80plus certification means that that thing is wasting over 200 watts just sitting there. The Windows power profiles that will suspend a computer after inactivity also cut performance overall. Windows 10 of course reinstalls itself multiple times out of the box to "update", potentially reverting or even losing all settings except "balanced". https://thegeekpage.com/missin...

This recall affected millions of Fords. The cruise control cutoff switch could leak fluid into the internals of the switch, causing a short and fire while parked, burning down your house with loss off life. The recall was to put in a little fused harness, not even replace the failure-prone switches (of which I had already replaced from leaky non-function).

News flash - you don't have to "register" for copyright.

The protocol is a citation for driving without a license, driving without insurance, possibly having the car towed...

They promise to not do what they already weren't supposed to do but did.

And it's not about the merchant. You can pay your AT&T phone bill with BitPay, which can be Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, etc - anything they convert.

90% of this is bloat. Be sure to follow the procedures found online to disable the telemetry components of the driver either from the installer or to remove the telemetry components installed. Only the "game ready" driver seems to have been updated to Jan 7.

Seriously, scroll back through the last several pages. Slashdot has become Apple PR central. 1/3 stories or more are news for media consumers, stuff that matters to sheep.

Everly Kai, a senior in British Columbia, had the same problem with Computer Science A last week â" she attempted to rename the file to JPEG and received the same email a few hours after submitting her test.

This is likely used like Facebook's datacenter - they have a wall of fans (yes, literally one side of a building) that blow air through the building. Atomizers spray water into the incoming air, dropping the temperature as it vaporizes. It is blown through the building and gone in 60 seconds.