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The Tech Industry Has a New Plan to Stop Right to Repair Laws
Faced with new laws in California and other states, big tech lobbyists want to sign a "Memorandum of Understanding" to prevent "a compliance market where lawyers drive the decisions."
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Video Reveals Crucial Details of LAPD Ignoring Robbery to Catch Togetic in Pokémon Go
'The guys are going to be so jealous': Video reveals cops ignored robbery, blew a stop sign, sped over speed bumps on residential streets, and pulled an illegal u-turn, but were able to capture two very powerful Pokémon.
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Vintage Mac Community Begs Manufacturers for New Supply of Rare Dongle as Resellers Charge $250
“I am deeply concerned about the discontinuation of the Belkin F2E9142-WHT ADC to DVI cable."
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Low Demand for Travis Scott Creates Liquidity Crisis in Ticket Reselling Economy
Scott's tickets are selling for $14 on StubHub after the tour was "overbought" by speculators. One ticket reselling scheme is going to lose a single company more than $1 million.
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DIY Tinkerer Invents MacBook Tool That Breaks Apple’s Repair Locks
“To whoever it is at Apple who decided to not make this available to technicians, ‘Fuck you, we win.’”
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Credit Card Point Maxers Are Secretly Buying Tickets for Olivia Rodrigo Resellers
Ticket resellers are turning members of a credit card churning "buyers club" into their personal ticket-buying army for the Taylor Swift and Olivia Rodrigo tours.
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I Tested an HDMI Adapter That Demands Your Location, Browsing Data, Photos, and Spams You with Ads
The cord is detected as a "computer" and tracks “favorite videos, videos watched, and bookmarks,” as well as “Location Data, Sensor Data, Tracking Cookies Data, and Installed Apps Data.”
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Food Delivery Robots Are Feeding Camera Footage to the LAPD, Internal Emails Show
Serve Robotics, which delivers food for Uber Eats, provided footage filmed by at least one of its robots to the LAPD as evidence in a criminal case. The emails show the robots, which are a constant sight in the city, can be used for surveillance.
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Big Tech Lobbyist ‘Stunned’ People Think Planned Obsolescence ‘Conspiracy’ Is Real
"There seems to be an underlying assumption that manufacturers want to sell as many products and have them die as quickly as possible."
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Amazon Has Turned Into an Monopolistic Shithole Littered With Pay-to-Play Ads, FTC Lawsuit Solemnly Argues
"Amazon shifted gears so that it now litters its storefront with pay-to-play advertisements. In addition to overcharging its customers, Amazon is degrading the services it provides them."
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iOS 17 Could Break Crucial Diabetic Glucose Monitor Alerts, Manufacturer Warns
The maker of the FreeStyle Libre 3 glucose monitor is warning users to 'disable automatic system updates on your iPhone' because it could break a core functionality of the device.
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Why Scalpers Can Get Olivia Rodrigo Tickets and You Can't
Ticketmaster's "Verified Fan" system doesn't help fans. It helps scalpers who have hundreds of accounts, use special internet browsers, and have dozens of credit cards.