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  1. So older Androids need to upgrade to LineageOS? on Android Phones Can Be Hacked Remotely By Viewing Malicious PNG Image (csoonline.com) · · Score: 1

    Since the carriers are no longer providing updates.

  2. What does the dog want? on Tesla 'Dog Mode' Will Stop Pets From Overheating In Cars, Elon Musk Says (nzherald.co.nz) · · Score: 1

    A real dog mode is the car driving around with the windows down so it can stick its head out

  3. I suspect vehicle manufacturers will soon lobby state DMVs to fail the inspection of any vehicles that is running has non-manufacturer approved software.

    It's for the safety of the children.

  4. Re:NYPD is willfully ignoring the law on NYPD To Google: Stop Revealing the Location of Police Checkpoints (nypost.com) · · Score: 2, Insightful
  5. Spirit of the 5th amendment on Highest Court In Indiana Set To Decide If You Can Be Forced To Unlock Your Phone (eff.org) · · Score: 1

    Nobody should be compelled to aid in their own prosecution.

  6. How do we know this is voluntary on the part Family Tree DNA or that it is only Family Tree DNA?

    This could be the genetics version of Prism.

  7. Don't Apple's EULAs Mandate Arbitration? on Lawyer Sues Apple Over FaceTime Eavesdrop Bug, Says It Let Someone Record a Sworn Testimony (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    If so, good luck as SCOTUS has refused to override them.

  8. Apple and minimalist are mutually exclusive on Is the iPhone SE the 'Best Minimalist Phone' Right Now? (theverge.com) · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    How is it 'minimalist' being locked to a vendor's ecosystem

  9. Good Luck Going after the Russians on 'This Time It's Russia's Emails Getting Leaked' (thedailybeast.com) · · Score: 1

    They play by different rules, which are closer to mafia tactics. For the folks running the site or stealing the docs nothing is off limits as long as there is no direct link to the top.

  10. No indictments of the Trump Campaign on FBI Arrests Trump Associate Roger Stone Over His Communications With WikiLeaks (nytimes.com) · · Score: 2, Insightful

    https://www.vox.com/policy-and...

    Another reason to NEVER talk to the FBI without a lawyer.

    George Papadopoulos Pled guilty to making false statements to the FBI

    Paul Manafort - indicted on a total of 25 different counts related mainly to his past work for Ukrainian politicians and his finances.

    Rick Gates - pled guilty to just one false statements charge and one conspiracy charge.

    Michael Flynn - pled guilty to making false statements to the FBI.

    Richard Pinedo: pled guilty to an identity theft charge in connection with the Russian indictments

    Alex van der Zwaan: pled guilty to making false statements to the FBI

    Michael Cohen: pled guilty to 8 counts — tax and bank charges, related to his finances and taxi business, and campaign finance violations

    Roger Stone: accused Stone of lying to the House Intelligence Committee

  11. Maybe to fend off a breakup on Zuckerberg Plans To Integrate WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook Messenger (nytimes.com) · · Score: 2

    There have been calls to break up Facebook and other tech giants on antitrust ground. if Instagram and whatsapp are tightly integrated with FB to the point that it's one app this would make separating the functionality much harder.

  12. Didn't the SLS boondoggle teach anything? on Trump Offered NASA Unlimited Funding To Put People on Mars by 2020, Report Says (nymag.com) · · Score: 1

    This would be little more than another pork trough for Boeing and Lockheed Martin.

  13. Not just Congress, all branches need to move out on Should Lawmakers Be Able To Hold Hearings, Debate and Vote On Legislation Virtually From Their District Offices? (thehill.com) · · Score: 1

    All executive departments except State need to move HQs to other parts of the county. The reasons are obvious. Continuity of government, distribution of overpaid bureaucratic jobs and moving closer to the the places being managed.

  14. Re:Somebody must have reminded Netflix. on Netflix Becomes First Streaming Company To Join the MPAA (hollywoodreporter.com) · · Score: 1

    Do people still care about Hollywood and the Oscars?

  15. Re:The US imprisons a higher percentage of its peo on AI is Sending People To Jail -- and Getting it Wrong (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 1

    And you believe China's numbers? Did you know gullible is not in the dictionary.

    Do you think the Chinese numbers include the internment of Uighurs?

  16. SkyNet, VIKI, MCP, Colossus had to start somewhere on A Poker-Playing Robot Goes To Work for the Pentagon (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    Poker seems as good a place as any. But I hope we've learned not to give it the keys to the nukes.

  17. TOS/EULA Always Require Arbitration on Lawsuit Reveals How Facebook Profited Off Confused Children: Report (salon.com) · · Score: 1

    Here's your $2 coupon for a free slurpee. Thank you for playing

  18. List of apps that have failed whitelisting? on Google Play Starts Manually Whitelisting SMS, Phone Apps (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Is Google or anyone else keeping a tally of what apps have been whitelisted and those that failed?

  19. If trolls get too bad the pols will abandon FB on Politicians Cannot Block Social Media Foes, US Appeals Court Rules (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    But maybe that's the goal of some trolls all long.

  20. Leaving with the rest of the middle class on Monarch Butterfly Numbers Plummet 86 Percent In California (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    Maybe California should slow the human encroachment into their habitats. With people comes noise, pollution, abnormal lighting and invasive species.

    And California should stop encouraging building in fire zones.

  21. Marriott also has physical security issues on Marriott Says Hackers Stole More Than 5 Million Passport Numbers (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

    For your own protection in mat be better to stay someplace else.

  22. Apple is NOT the world's first $1T company on Tim Cook to Investors: People Bought Fewer New iPhones Because They Repaired Their Old Ones (vice.com) · · Score: 2, Informative

    Saudi Aramco was valued over $1T years ago.

  23. Unions, from the original Article
    "The Autohaul program has drawn the ire of unions worried about its impact on train driver jobs but the company said it had not made any forced redundancies and did not expect to make any in 2019."

  24. Re:Article is Paywalled on As More Retailers Ban Paper Money, It's Making Things Awkward For Customers Without Plastic (wsj.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Seriously? It's almost 2019 and you don't have a browser extension to bypass paywalls, and you're on /.?

  25. Why use Chrome and not Brave? on Google Chrome's New UI is Ugly, And People Are Very Angry (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Is there anything that Chrome does better than Brave?