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    Tesla stops cybertruck deliveries—accelerator pedal may be to blame

    Can you really get it in this color?
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    This “smoking gun” killed the McDonald’s ice cream hackers’ startup

    I saw a play at the Ensemble Studio Theatre in NYC called Smart, where the daughter wanted to help train Jennie, the assistant she put in her mother's home by having it's creator listen to everything said in the room. Daughter had some issues when she had a man over and intimate conversation was...
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    Alexa just cost Amazon another $46.7 million

    I like how they barely changed her name
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    Amid price hikes, ads, & crackdowns, Netflix finally cuts subscribers a break

    I'm sharing my account with my sister in Oregon. Unless she reboots her TV, Netflix will never send a text asking if it's me. I installed a UPS for her modem, WiFi router & TV. I told her if the power goes out when she is home, turn off the TV so the battery won't be depleted. And Netflix costs...
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    Can we <em>please</em> just go back to using smaller wheels and tires?

    I still drive a 2009 335D BMW and keep a doughnut spare in the trunk. I bought a jack at the same time but have now AAA and gave it away.
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    Can we <em>please</em> just go back to using smaller wheels and tires?

    Are aftermarket replacements the only solution? Then sell what came with the vehicle.
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    Connected car data privacy under investigation by California regulator

    When my sister bought her used Honda CRV several years ago it had a remaining satellite radio subscription. She let it expire and they kept trying to get her to renew it. She waited until the price was halved then renewed for 6-months. She's been doing that ever since. She now lives in southern...
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    Apple introduces offline Maps—but how does it compare with Google Maps?

    I use Google maps by choice. But if an installed App uses Apple maps when I want directions, I'm fine with that. I used Apple maps to get to my friends house to see how it compared. At a traffic circle it said to take the "road name", which was not on the sign. Google maps said take the highway...
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    New omicron subvariant surges to 40.5% as COVID hospitalizations rise

    It was rainy & windy in Times Square on New Year's Eve, which probably means less transmissions amongst revelers
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    A good EV: A road trip with and review of the Ford Mustang Mach-E

    Did you purposely select the song "Crash"? Lyrics: Here you go, way too fast Don't slow down, you're gonna crash You should watch, watch your step Don't look out, gonna break your neck So shut, shut your mouth 'Cause I'm not listening anyhow I've had enough, enough of you Enough to last a...
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    The train that shrunk France... and Europe

    I ride Metro North between New Haven and New York City. America's high speed train, the Amtrak Acela, uses those same tracks. They are more than 100 years old and are not designed for speed. Once they get east of New Haven the speed increases, but not much. Wikipedia says only on 3-sections of...
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    New Roomba promises to not smear dog poop all over the house

    I was cat sitting for my friend who was out of town for a week. Every time I petted & brushed the cat gobs of hair would come off her. Then the house cleaners showed up and no hair came off that cat for 2-days. They do a really good job. They are now cleaning my apartment.
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    T-Mobile has been hacked yet again—but still doesn’t know what was taken

    I'm a former longtime Sprint customer who's now with T-Mobile phone and Internet. The only thing they know about me is my auto-pay credit card number. From previous data breaches at Anthem Insurance and Eqifax I have more than one "free" monitoring service, plus from AAA too, so I'm all set. Ha!
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    Pai’s legacy lives on for now as Biden fails to nominate Democrat to FCC

    Our government moves at a glacial pace when it comes to actually getting things. But now with climate change, the glaciers are ahead.
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    AT&T/Verizon lobby keeps claiming that home-Internet prices are dropping

    My Comcast bill in New Haven increased $31 from April to May because my previous 1-year "promo price" expired. It's now $124.39 for basic cable & "up to" 100MPS internet.
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    Traffic deaths rose 8 percent in 2020 despite fewer miles travelled

    My friends from Half Moon Bay, CA just moved to Madison, CT and can't believe how crazy the New Haven drivers are. The speed limit on I-95 from New Haven to the New York border is 55mph, and 65mph from New Haven to the Rhode Island border. But drivers do 70-75 in the center lane, when it's...
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    The next iPhone MagSafe accessory could be a magnetic battery pack

    I never understood why when Apple released their first watch there was not an optional watch band that was an external battery. They didn't have to produce it, a 3rd party company could have done that if there was a connector that could be used. They did take flack in the beginning for the...
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    The Mazda CX-30 Turbo: How I learned to love the crossover

    Am I the only one that thinks a higher driving position isn't helpful when almost every vehicle on the road in the US too big to see over?
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    “Evil mobile emulator farms” used to steal millions from US and EU banks

    What's the point of two-factor authentication when you are using your phone? Whether you get a text or email, there's the code to proceed. Wouldn't it be better to require bio-metric identification before the code is sent?
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    Pornhub purges all unverified user uploads in wake of abuse allegations

    Since Mindgeek also owns Xtube, they did the same thing there. All of my bookmarked links no longer work because they were compilation videos of individual uploads. Someone must have downloaded each video, combined them, then uploaded that under their own ID. Oh well.