This is actually a super smart move, from an evil genius point of view. The plaintiffs now have an interest in the company growing instead of shutting down.

Though I really hope some judge somewhere stops that deal.

I should probably care about this way more than I do, but this is a fight I've largely given up. The 'right' thing to do would be to boycott all DRM-encumbered content, but that's a fight that very few people outside of a comparatively small circle of tech idealists would even about, much less care... and boycotts have never worked for CDs, DVDs or even VHS tapes. The sad truth is that DRM does work as designed for the overwhelming majority of less tech-savvy consumers who either aren't aware of or can't be bothered to try alternatives.

The good news is that it's relatively easy to remove the DRM from ebooks, especially compared to other types of media. As long as this remains possible with just a few additional mouse clicks, the status quo "works for me". I'm all for paying the artist/author, I just don't want the thing I've bought taken away from me as soon as the publisher decides to pull the plug on their DRM server.

And what I've noticed here in Switzerland, even though it's non-representative and anecdotal evidence, is that more and more ebooks are sold DRM-free.

I suspect that's a lie. From a technical point of view there are way easier and cheaper ways to detect potential customers. A simple LDR would probably do a better and more reliable job and cost hundreds of times less.

The spokesdroid also stated that the machines do not take pictures. Duh. It's a camera, what else would it do. May they meant it doesn't store images, but the statements made so far don't exactly instill trust.

I say sue them into oblivion. Make an example out of them.

The EU knows fines of 'up to' 4% of revenue for privacy violations, which means the company still gets to keep 96% of whatever it's made by breaking the law. The fine should be a minimum of 50%, plus jail time for the managers responsible. Any punishment that does not make the shareholders cry with fury is too low and will do nothing to change the situation.

IMHO the full title should read, "Hertz replaces shoddily built and expensive-to-fix cars, which just happen to be EVs, with more reliable models, which happen to be ICE cars."

That, and there was something about charging infrastructure.

TL;DR: Meta has been tracking your every move on the web for years and probably won't be stopping anytime soon. Now they've announced a feature to share the information they're collecting with you.

I'm going to have to side with Apple here (and I think I just threw up a bit in my mouth). iMessage is a service that they provide, and they're well within their rights to restrict access to paying customers. iPhone users pay for it when they buy their latest shiny object; users of other brand devices don't.

If you really want iMessage that desperately, buy an iPhone. That's not worth it to you? That's fine, but you can't have it both ways.

At this point at the latest it would be much easier (not to mention more reliable) to get your iPhone-owning friends or family to use another messenger that's not restricted to one single manufacturer. There are several apps that offer more features and more privacy than iMessage and are officially supported (not relying on unofficial hacks) on every modern smartphone.

IIUC the title is misleading. Meta will still grab any data it can, it just won't (or at least promises not to, for whatever that's worth) complement whatever it collects with additional data from other sources or share your data with its partners.

TL;DR: NSA accused of doing that thing that it's been doing for decades, again.

Yeah, right? Looks like you need a car to get from your parked car to the entrance.

I get what you're saying and I'd have no problem admitting to what you're describing, but can honestly say that I'm really not attracted to her. Apart from the age difference (which is a real turn-off for me) and the fact that I'm married to her mother, she's just not my type. (And I'm thankful for that - I can only imagine the ways it would complicate things). I wouldn't consider her to be my daughter any more if I were her biological father.
Even my dick agrees, and he's known to have made some wildly inappropriate statements in the past.