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  1. dlux

    Editor’s Note: Retraction of article containing fabricated quotations

    And you would be correct: The obnoxious GitHub OpenClaw AI bot is … a crypto bro https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/02/16/the-obnoxious-github-openclaw-ai-bot-is-a-crypto-bro/
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    Cable companies ask 5th Circuit to block FTC’s click-to-cancel rule

    Oh, is someone going to lose their ability to lock in customers who hate them?
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    “I am still alive”: Users say T-Mobile must pay for killing “lifetime” price lock

    The Un-carrier is now the un-favorite of the un-dead.
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    Tesla, Warner Bros. sued for using AI ripoff of iconic Blade Runner imagery

    "You look down and you see a tortoise, Elon, it's crawling towards you-" "Tortoise, what's that?" "You know what a Cybertruck is?" "Of course." "Well, flip one on its back and there is no measurable change in value, you stupid nazi choad!"
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    Mercedes patent may finally solve numb steering problem of new cars

    Kids these days with their "two-handed" steering... How the hell are you supposed to hold the beer can when both hands are busy?
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    Smart gardening firm’s shutdown a reminder of Internet of Things’ fickle nature

    There's no uncertainty at my end, Ms. Harding. Everything can be expected to fail at some point (with the exception of some stone-based structures, but that's about it.) What makes a lot of today's externally-dependent products troublesome is there are factors outside our control that can kill...
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    Musk’s X blocked links to JD Vance dossier after hearing from Trump campaign

    Apropos nothing other than Hated Tech Bros, this should be of interest to those who lived (and posted) through this sordid era: Darl McBride died ignominiously last month. Remember that litigious jerk? Most people don't. What a way to waste your life.
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    Samsung update bricks phones, giving harsh reminder of data backup importance

    It's sad how the wealthiest company on earth can't spare the $12 per year to give that to their customers who have undoubtedly spent thousands on their products and will likely continue to do so. (And it's not like every Apple user is going to fill up their allowed space.)
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    Microsoft releases Office 2024, the latest buy-once-own-forever version of Office

    "I have altered the deal. Pray I do not alter it further." -- Anakin Skywalker, during his goth phase
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    Sonos CEO admits to insufficient app testing : “We released it too soon”

    They will be reduced to a diet of avocado toast and Juicero salvage lots for a full week. I don't know if they'll survive!
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    Scientists ID cannibalized remains of doomed Franklin expedition member

    <Tardigrades snicker at our feeble accomplishments>
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    Scientists ID cannibalized remains of doomed Franklin expedition member

    Perhaps this is a myth, but what was the lost expedition where they abandoned the ship on the ice but brought the piano with them? (The version I heard claims they were all going insane at that point.)
  13. dlux

    Ars in San Jose recap: Infrastructure, sustainability, AI, cocktails

    Terry Gilliam looks so young in those photos.
  14. dlux

    Flaw in Kia’s web portal let researchers track, hack cars

    Hand-cranked diesel. That's what all the cool kids will be driving in the post-apocalypse.
  15. dlux

    White supremacist woman gets 18 years for plotting to destroy Baltimore power grid

    This comic panel needs to be laminated before it wears out from overuse:
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    AI hosting platform surpasses 1 million models for the first time

    Who else is here expecting one million AI runway models?
  17. dlux

    More than 20% of vehicle recalls are software fixes now

    If you buy anything software-driven (whether it needs to be or not), you are a beta-tester. That's how much this field has degraded since Internet-connected patches have relieved software programers from any obligation of quality control.