Under the FTC's "Click to Cancel" rule, businesses would've had make it as easy to cancel subscriptions as it is to sign up. An appeals court has now struck that measure down.
If companies make cancelling a pain, you can use Privacy.com to make virtual cards that are easy to disable or limit as you see fit. Downside is it's basically debit passthrough, so no credit card points or protection, but still can be handy situationally.
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China now allows citizens from 74 countries to enter visa-free for up to 30 days. This policy aims to boost tourism, the economy, and China's global influence.
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Rabat - Over 100 BBC journalists have formally expressed deep concern about the Corporation’s coverage of the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza. The 111 Over 100 BBC journalists have formally expressed deep concern about the Corporation’s coverage of the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza. The 111 journalists signed anonymously out of fear of consequences to their job.
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The State Department is warning U.S. diplomats of attempts to impersonate Secretary of State Marco Rubio and possibly other officials using AI-driven technology.
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The new Excalibur Army office in Ukraine aims to facilitate joint production of NATO-standard artillery shells and strengthen local defense capabilities.
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Climate change could pose a threat to the technology industry as copper production is vulnerable to drought, while demand may grow to outstrip supply anyway.
According to a report out today from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), copper mines require a steady water supply to function, and many are situated in places around the world that face a growing risk of severe drought due to shifts in climate.
Copper is almost ubiquitous in IT hardware because of its excellent electrical conductivity, from the tracks on circuit boards to cabling and even the interconnects on microchips. PwC's report focuses just on chips, and claims that nearly a third (32 percent) of global semiconductor production will be reliant on copper supplies that are at risk from climate disruption by 2035.
If something is not done to rein in climate change, like drastically cutting greenhouse gas emissions, then the share of copper supply at risk rises to 58 percent by 2050, PwC claims. As this seems increasingly unlikely, it advises both copper exporters and semiconductor buyers to adapt their supply chains and practices if they are to ride out the risk.
My friend was telling me of this, thinking since its crypto related it must be really good. I said this has been around for many years and there are much better solutions than any that Jack is going to come up with to scam us. Have you guys heard of this?
I have to laugh at these tech-bros that actually know nothing, thinking they are great genius inventors. Reminds me of fElon.
The Clippers, Jazz and Heat have agreed to a trade that sends Norman Powell to Miami, John Collins to Los Angeles, and Kevin Love, Kyle Anderson and a 2027 Clippers second-round pick to Utah.
From the very dawn of the personal computing era, the PC and Apple platforms have gone very different ways. IBM compatibles surged in popularity, while Apple was able to more closely guard the Maci…
U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Tim Sheehy (R-Mont.) introduced the Warrior Right to Repair Act of 2025, legislation that would require contractors to provide the Department of Defense (DoD) with access to technical data and materials the military needs to repair and maintain its own equipment.
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London (AFP) – Thirteen people caught up in a faulty accounting software scandal at British Post Office branches may have killed themselves and 59 more contemplated doing so, a public inquiry report published Tuesday said.
The Post Office wrongfully prosecuted around 1,000 subpostmasters -- self-employed branch managers -- between 1999 and 2015.
Errors in tech giant Fujitsu's Legacy Horizon accounting software incorrectly made it appear that money was missing from their accounts.
Many ended up bankrupt after being forced by the Post Office to pay back the missing funds. Some were jailed.
Dozens who were later exonerated died without ever seeing their names cleared.
Inquiry chair Wyn Williams said that there was a "real possibility" that 13 people killed themselves as a result of their ordeal.
Ten people attempted to take their own lives and 59 contemplated it, the report into the scandal found.
Many of the prosecutions took place after questions were raised about the software's reliability.
Police are investigating possible fraud committed during the scandal.
"I am satisfied from the evidence that I have heard that a number of senior, and not-so-senior employees of the Post Office knew or, at the very least should have known, that Legacy Horizon was capable of error," Williams said in the report.
"Yet... the Post Office maintained the fiction that its data was always accurate," he added.
A "number of senior" people at the Post Office were aware the system was capable of error before it was changed in 2010, he said.
Welcoming the findings, former branch manager Jo Hamilton said the report showed "the full scale of the horror that they unleashed on us".
Williams described the picture of the scandal that had emerged as "profoundly disturbing".
"Many thousands of people have suffered serious financial detriment. Many people have inevitably suffered emotional turmoil and significant stress.
"Many businesses and homes have been lost. Bankruptcies have occurred, marriage and families have been wrecked," he said.
Among those who gave evidence to the inquiry was former Post Office chief executive Paula Vennells who was quizzed about what she knew and when.
Vennells broke down in tears when recalling the case of one man who took his own life after being wrongly accused over a £39,000 ($49,537) shortfall at his branch.
The long-running saga hit the headlines after the broadcast in January 2024 of a television drama about the managers' ordeal, which generated a wave of sympathy and outrage.
Fujitsu's European director Paul Patterson told a parliamentary committee later that the firm, which assisted the Post Office in prosecutions using flawed data from the software, was "truly sorry" for "this appalling miscarriage of justice".
Many of those involved are still battling for compensation.
The government's Department for Business and Trade (DBT) said last month that 7,569 claims out of the 11,208 received had now been paid, leaving 3,709 still to be settled.
Alan Bates, a former branch manager who led the fight for justice, has said the compensation process has "turned into quasi-kangaroo courts".
Bates, who was awarded a knighthood by King Charles III for his campaign to highlight the scandal, told the Sunday Times newspaper in May the DBT "sits in judgement of the claims and alters the goal posts as and when it chooses".
Post Office Minister Gareth Thomas said last month the government had made it a priority to speed up the delivery of compensation since taking office in July 2024.
Seven NASA leaders of NASA's science activities released a joint statement condemning the proposed 47% cuts to the agency’s science activities in the White House’s fiscal year (FY) 2026 budget request.
Stanotte, così, di colpo, mentre che stavo lì nel mio lettino dormendo tranquillamente per conto mio, ho sognato che erano arrivate le IDF a bombardare il mio comune. Ok, no, sto scherzando, non l’ho sognato… bensì l’ho immaginato da sveglia, addirittura. Infatti, verso la mattina molto presto (che per me è piena notte, ormai), mi […]
temporalesco bombardamento con risveglio amaro di guerra! (temporale notturno terrificante)
Stanotte, così, di colpo, mentre che stavo lì nel mio lettino dormendo tranquillamente per conto mio, ho sognato che erano arrivate le IDF a bombardare il mio comune. Ok, no, sto scherzando, non l’ho sognato… bensì l’ho immaginato da sveglia, addirittura. Infatti, verso la mattina molto presto (che per me è piena notte, ormai), mi sono svegliata malamente sentendo dei rumori allucinanti che, vi giuro, sembravano delle fottute bombe, sganciate di continuo con pause di poche decine di secondi tra l’una e l’altra. Tutto mentre io volevo solamente dormire, che con ‘sto caldo maledetto già è difficile… la cosa non è finita per niente bene. 😩
Quello che a quanto pare è davvero successo è semplicemente che è arrivato un temporale di come credo di non averne mai sentiti in tutta la mia vita, perché io in genere non mi sveglio mai anche quando fa bruttissimo tempo… eppure, stavolta è successo. Ciò che udivo fortissimo, nonostante tutte le finestre serrate e la porta della mia stanza chiusa come al solito, quindi, erano fulmini… o almeno, questo è quello che dicono i poteri forti, ma io un po’ fatico a crederci. Magari mi ricordo male eh, perché già ero a metà tra il sonno e la veglia, e ovviamente tutto il disturbo non ha potuto fare altro che peggiorarmi l’umore, ma giuro di aver sentito ogni volta addirittura l’onda d’urto addosso, cioè la vibrazione. Praticamente se questi fossero davvero fulmini, e non ordigni, allora probabilmente erano larghi quanto un grattacielo e sono caduti a svariate decine di kilometri di distanza… ben fuori dal mio comune… Quindi… si può per caso dire che gli israeliani non hanno bombardato il mio comune, ma la mia provincia si??? (È persino saltata la corrente per dei minuti!) 😭
Credo di aver perso circa 10 minuti di sonno così ma, sicuramente, la mia concezione del tempo in quello stato è da diffidare… e, stranamente, la mia Mi Band stanotte non ha registrato un singolo minuto di zzz (se non l’ultimissimo quarto d’ora, che ha per qualche motivo contato come sonnellino). E passino i fulmini che mi sono sembrati chiaramente bombe nonostante io nel frattempo riuscissi a sentire fortissime le gocce di pioggia (perché alla fine che cazzo ne so da richiusa nel mio letto, magari davvero stavano radendo la città al tappeto e le gocce che sentivo o erano sostanze chimiche che venivano fatte piovere per causare ulteriori danni, o erano le nuvole che rilasciavano l’acqua per sbalzi di temperatura dovuti alle esplosioni), ma il fatto che proprio stanotte la Mi Band abbia malfunzionato mi fa specialmente paura… così come mi fa paura che ormai, nonostante siamo nell’anno del Signore 2025, la guerra è così tanto un fatto attuale che — pur senza viverla, ma solo sentendone parlare a ripetizione da qualche anno — entra nel subconscio a tal punto da farci scambiare fenomeni naturali per un attacco umano, quando il cervello non ha abbastanza informazioni per disambiguare. ☠️ Pensandoci, forse è un po’ un peccato che non solo quei rumori non fossero esplosioni, ma che non ci fosse nemmeno vento (almeno, così mi ha detto mio padre)… neanche un piccolo tornado, niente di niente. Quello sarebbe stato divertente, così whooosh, e volavo via, e quindi ihihih, basta vivere in questo carcere spirituale!!! 🌪️ #estate #meteo #night #notte #scary #sleep #sonno #summer #temporale #thunderstorm #weather
Not forgetting there are certain disabilities where it is just impossible to work under capitalism and that’s okay. Not everyone has to work to be valuable.
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Recently, Magic Lane (the company that makes the Magic Earth application) completely renewed their interface and general operation.
To use the application, you now have to pay €0.99/year. Personally, I find this price more than reasonable for supporting a European alternative to Google Maps.
For me, the CoMaps (or OrganicMaps) application is pretty good for the map side of things. On the other hand, when it comes to navigation, I find Magic Earth much more complete (speed camera display, better traffic management, optimized interface for landscape navigation, reporting of road events, better precision of lanes to follow, and I'm forgetting many others).
I agree. For example, in Toronto CoMaps only shows subway navigation to a certain destination, whereas Magic Earth displays a more precise mix of transit options (subway+tram/bus)
Pensandoci, forse è un po’ un peccato che non solo quei rumori non fossero esplosioni, ma che non ci fosse nemmeno vento (almeno, così mi ha detto mio padre)… neanche un piccolo tornado, niente di niente. Quello sarebbe stato divertente, così whooosh, e volavo via, e quindi ihihih, basta vivere in questo carcere spirituale!!! 🌪️
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