Since Cruise and Waymo got permission to operate without drivers on San Francisco streets, the robotaxis have been caught blocking traffic and obstructing emergency vehicles throughout the city.
Despite being a well-known illegal sound that many film and television productions have been fined over, US media titan Fox stands accused of playing the Emergency Alert System attention tone to promote an NFL show on dozens of TV channels. read more
Former employees of Russian propaganda broadcaster RT America have taken over its old studios in downtown D.C. and are ramping up a new media venture, Axios has learned. read more
OpEd: One of the big surprises in Russia's war against Ukraine has been how well Ukraine has fended off Russian cyberattacks. Ad hoc groups of white-hat hackers have helped, as have a number of nations and the US government. read more
At CES earlier this January, Mercedes announced that it would become the first car company to achieve certification from the SAE for a Level 3 driver assist system.
@#10 ... Yer up....
Yeah, it is not surprising that the sports fans shrivel away from trying to justify the corporate welfare given to ESPN and corporate sports in general.
They seem to love the corporate welfare thrown in their direction, and try to trivialize the welfare aspect of it.
The Verve Pipe - The Freshmen
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@#34 ... But before you determine how much a government needs to "run," you need to define what "run" is. ...
100%, back at ya. :)
@#35 ... don't think so. Maybe they do ...
Yeah, that's been the actions I've seen over the years (decades).
And the tax burden over the years seems to confirm that opinion.
The Secret IRS Files: Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Income Tax (2021)
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A fun tune the just happened to pop up on a playlist here. Apropos of nothing in this thread, but fun...
Gomez - Airstream Driver
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:)
@#2
Yeah, I can imagine.
From the cited article...
OK, I gotta say, to hear a paragraph, like the second paragraph I quoted above, stated by a major corporation in the industry... well, it is not a soothing comment.
This is not good.