Web search is trending on a path similar to TV. At first, TV was free with no ads. Very quickly ads were introduced. Then came cable TV where you could pay and watch ad-free. Fairly soon after that cable TV had ads too. Then streaming did the same thing. The quest for every-increasing profits will have the same end result for paid search, eventually.

I'm thinking that all the GPS jamming and spoofing Russia is doing to try to mitigate drone strikes is the most likely factor. This would be a reasonable QA test case for Porsche to have missed.

Well there is a way to test this hypothesis. Placing the computer a couple dozen feet underground and repeating memtest a few times should do it. This is an interesting case and I look forward to an update in due course.

I would suggest an Nvidia Shield or a MECOOL KM2 Plus Deluxe. If you want an easy to set up TV stick product, these are at the top tier. There are some great advantages to rolling your own media player hardware but for most people it's not worth the cost and hassle.

If San Francisco is operating under laws similar to other states, they already have the power to tax snacks. It is typically not very popular and causes enough backlash that a city trying it often gives up or scales back their snack tax plans. Suing these companies puts the industry on notice that they should improve their practices, even if the city is unlikely to succeed. I'm not a lawyer but I don't think their odds are good, interstate commerce doctrine probably applies.

There are legit reasons for sending battery data to a remote location. If a fire occurs you're going to want to know what led up to it, and information is often destroyed in the event of a fire.

I think it's also significant that the younger generation is coming up on Roblox and Minecraft. They see from the beginning that games with relatively primitive graphics can be fun.

I see that you've never been to that part of the world. Grab is ubiquitous in Indonesia, to the point that if you're on the street you can't go more than a minute without seeing their brand.

This is mainly due to inflation and to some extent a move to bigger luxury cars. Apples to apples it's not so bad.

The typical well-equipped Civic from the early '90s (EX or Si in the $11kâ"$12k range) would be around $26,000â"$28,000 in inflation-adjusted dollars today.

The 2025 Honda Civic starts around $24,250 for the LX trim, with better-equipped versions reaching $30,000 or more. Not only is this roughly the same price, but you're also getting a bigger and drastically safer car for the money today, even before considering the extra features standard on cars now.

I've just read the SeaWorld article and the proportion of the article related to controversies seems appropriate to me. I wouldn't expect the article on VW or Mercedes to include lengthy sections on Nazi collaboration either. These are important historical controversies but there is a lot more to say about these companies and main articles like these should have a reasonable word count. Extended topics on the details, including the controversies, generally get their own article.

Pressure on China recently has, in my opinion, been about the Ukraine war. We see the same playbook as India- tarrifs and screwing with visas and just today India says they will stop buying Russian oil. It's a costly move for India in the short term but they understand it's the right thing to do and prefer to play well with other countries. China is the last large-volume buyer of Russian oil left but they are too proud to be seen as folding to external pressure and their propaganda ministry has been following the Russian line on the topic. I doubt China will play ball with the West on this one, and some Chinese markets are already or will be closed to American farmers forever. It's also true that China aggressively steals every digital file they can find, friends or otherwise. They should be called out every time it happens, because it keeps happening.

I doubt AI is going to do much for divorce law. Divorces generally go relatively smoothly or are a battle. People in easy divorces are already using template forms from the internet. Difficult cases are the definition of a "people business", a chatbot is not going to be satisfying to people who want someone to fight for what they want.

Agreed, the claim that it couldn't be backed up because the size was too large is totally bogus. We're talking about a single rack of equipment for a cheap option capable enough to do weekly snapshots. Less than a shipping container for a higher end system.

I completely agree but businesspeople should study and respect a skilful salesperson's methods, if only to be aware of sales tactics they shouldn't be flimflammed by. I'm not convinced that Jobs was a skilful salesperson but he definitely was the boss of a very successful company and that's pretty much the same thing to the people interested in such things.

Plus all the handhelds either out now or on the way. Competition on hardware is getting fierce. A nice steady revenue stream from subscriptions is a lot less hassle and risk.