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  1. There was easier way for him to destroy those PCs on Student Used 'USB Killer' Device To Destroy $58,000 Worth of College Computers (theverge.com) · · Score: 0, Troll

    Akuthota is a citizen of India who is in the US on a visa

    He could have attempted to write a legitimate application, such as a "Hello, World", and unleashed the unintended bugs on their entire network of PCs.

  2. We need to develop an army of good bots on Bad Bots Now Make Up 20 Percent of Web Traffic (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    And send them back in time to terminate the bad bots. "Come with me...if you want to stop click fraud"

  3. Re:A First: Device failing literally and figurativ on Samsung's $2,000 Galaxy Fold Units Are Failing Left and Right With Disastrous Display Issues (androidpolice.com) · · Score: 1

    You mean the Galaxy Note 7? Sales of those crashed and burned :)

  4. A First: Device failing literally and figuratively on Samsung's $2,000 Galaxy Fold Units Are Failing Left and Right With Disastrous Display Issues (androidpolice.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    The Fold is literally failing left and right [both left and right screens] and figuratively left and right.

  5. Maybe Boeing can add in-flight purchases on Maps, the Most Popular Elements of In-flight Entertainment Systems, Are About To Get a Big Upgrade -- and Some Ads (wsj.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    For example letting passengers unlock the "optional" safety features of their 737 Max the airline was too stingy to purchase and Boeing too greedy to include in the $121M base price.

  6. Only an annoyance - other ways to fingerprint devs on Mozilla Wants Apple To Change Users' iPhone Advertiser ID Every Month (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1
  7. Should include GPS tracking in all high-value ship on Amazon Helps Cops Set Up Package Theft Sting Operations (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    This would not only increase the coverage of finding thieves but also serve to discourage future thefts once word got out. Customers can return to GPS devices back to Amazon at either a local lockbox/Whole Foods or mail them back if necessary with a prepaid label.

  8. Texting while driving is not dangerous on Are Phone-Addicted Drivers More Dangerous Than Drunk Drivers? (axios.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    In fact I'm driving to the grocery store as I type this. One thing people fail to reali

  9. Thought end game for Gigafactory was home battery on Tesla, Panasonic Are Freezing Plans To Add More Battery Production Lines At Gigafactory (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 2

    I could've sworn I read several articles when Gigafactory was first announced that the intermediate and long-term goal for the factory was to pump out high-capacity batteries that would let residential and commercial solar users finally get off the grid permanently, with short-term production more geared toward electric car use.

  10. Skeptic in me says they have ulterior motives on Gmail Becomes First Major Email Provider To Support MTA-STS and TLS Reporting (zdnet.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Such as cornering the market for harvesting e-mail content to sell us more targeted ads.

  11. That commissioner is just angry, bitter, outraged on Facebook Are 'Morally Bankrupt Liars' Says New Zealand's Privacy Commissioner (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    And right.

  12. Re: "One of these things is not like the others" on Several Major Browsers to Prevent Disabling of Click-Tracking 'Hyperlink Auditing' (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    That's what Brave is doing essentially - it's based off the Chromium code. It also provides some other nice features, such as a built-in Ad blocker and support for background playing of YouTube/video for their Android build.

  13. Not seasonality that cause sequential Q rev drop on Tesla Deliveries Are Down 31% From Last Quarter -- But Up 110% From Last Year (forbes.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It was the expiration/reduction of consumer tax credit. A huge amount of demand was pulled forward in the final Q of last year for that reason.

  14. I'm disappointed by this news on Windows 10 Will No Longer Auto Install Feature Updates Twice a Year (windowscentral.com) · · Score: 1

    I kinda enjoyed my bi-annual fisting from Microsoft.

  15. Re:259 million PCs sold last year on The End of the Desktop? (computerworld.com) · · Score: 2

    Ok, now how many tablets and smartphones were sold last year and to whom? The number of PCs sold by itself doesn't mean anything. Those could mostly be business computers, not personal computers, which is where the numbers are.

    259 million PCs sold doesn't mean anything? Why is that? And how is the mix between business and personal use material? This article talks about the desktop losing to alternatives such as Windows Virtual Desktop, a product targeted to business users.

  16. 259 million PCs sold last year on The End of the Desktop? (computerworld.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Granted sales have been declining steadily but we're about as close to the end of the desktop as we are to End times.

  17. "On the internet, nobody can hear you being subtle on Linus Torvalds on Social Media: 'It's a Disease. It Seems To Encourage Bad Behavior.' (linuxjournal.com) · · Score: 2, Funny

    Linus giving lessons on subtlety of language and expression, lol. Social media was precisely made for screaming zealots like Linus Torvalds.

  18. Straight from the horse's mouth on Facebook is Demanding Some Users Share the Password For Their Outside Email Account (thedailybeast.com) · · Score: 5, Informative

    Zuck: I have over 4,000 emails, pictures, addresses, SNS
    [Redacted Friend's Name]: What? How'd you manage that one?
    Zuck: People just submitted it.
    Zuck: I don't know why.
    Zuck: They "trust me"
    Zuck: Dumb fucks

  19. Zuck is trying to burn competitors on Mark Zuckerberg Wants The Government To Help Police Internet Content (bbc.com) · · Score: 5, Interesting

    He knows the government is about to come down hard on Facebook, which would put them at a competitive disadvantage vs other advertising-based giants like Google, so rather than take that hit alone he wants everyone to suffer the same fate so they don't gain any advantage on him.

  20. What other kind of trading could there be? on Most Bitcoin Trading Faked by Unregulated Exchanges, Study Finds (wsj.com) · · Score: 0, Troll

    How can you have real trading of a fake currency?

  21. Much to the detriment of Apple's pro customers.

  22. Regulatory capture at its worst on Flawed Analysis, Failed Oversight: How Boeing, FAA Certified the Suspect 737 MAX Flight Control System (seattletimes.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    Forget the revolving door between the aerospace industry and the FAA - Boeing took out the middleman by convincing the government to let it self-regulate, even on matters of extreme importance like the airworthiness certification of aircraft. It's a win-win: Boeing wins because they reduce R&D and materials costs in getting subpar designs certified that otherwise would be rejected. Politicians win because they get their healthy campaign donations. The only people who lose are the ones who screamed for their lives as their plane plummeted to the earth.

  23. Enforce the Do Not Call registry on Why Robo-Calls Can't Be Stopped (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 2

    It only takes one conscientious citizen to humor a robo-spammer long enough to get the real name/contact information behind the call, after which that company can be reported so the FTC can enforce their severe Do Not Call fines.

  24. Removing years from our collective lives on WordPress Now Powers Over One-Third of the Top 10 Million Sites on the Web (wordpress.org) · · Score: 3, Informative

    One 5-second page load at a time.