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Dave Chappelle fills Netflix special with jokes about trans and disabled people (www.independent.co.uk)
Dave Chappelle has released a new Netflix special, The Dreamer, which is full of jokes about the trans community and disabled people....
Tesla drivers had highest accident rate, BMW drivers highest DUI rate, study finds (www.cnbc.com)
Tesla drivers had highest accident rate, BMW drivers highest DUI rate, study finds::Tesla drivers had 24 accidents per 1,000 drivers during the period from mid-November 2022 to mid-November 2023, according to a study by Lending Tree.
Lucid’s $50,000 Tesla Challenger Under Development, CEO Suggests (insideevs.com)
Lucid’s $50,000 Tesla Challenger Under Development, CEO Suggests::Lucid CEO Peter Rawlinson said the company’s next model line-up will target a mass-market family car segment.
'Leave them stranded': Rideshare drivers shut off apps at Atlanta airport, boycott for hours (www.fox5atlanta.com)
If you have company flying into Atlanta for the holidays, they may have a hard time getting a ride to your place.
Toshiba exec claims hard drives are 7X cheaper than SSDs and will continually evolve for large datacenters (www.tomshardware.com)
‘Zombie deer disease’ epidemic spreads in Yellowstone as scientists raise fears it may jump to humans (www.theguardian.com)
Hyperloop One to Shut Down After Failing to Reinvent Transit (www.bloomberg.com)
Hyperloop One to Shut Down After Failing to Reinvent Transit::The company is selling assets, laying off remaining employees.
HP raising Instant Ink subscription pricing significantly (www.ghacks.net)
Russia summons Finland ambassador over US border accord (www.bbc.com)
Russia has summoned the Finnish ambassador in Moscow, after Finland signed a new agreement on military co-operation with the US....
41% of fediverse instances have blocked threads so far!!! (tech.lgbt)
"I would like to switch to Linux, but it's just not good for gaming" (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
(The “Windows” slices of the pies are entirely made up by Baldur’s Gate 3, which also runs well over Linux)
Ukraine war: Kyiv forced to cut military operations as foreign aid dries up (www.bbc.com)
Ukraine has warned it is already being forced to downsize some military operations because of a drop-off in foreign aid....
Biden unharmed after car strikes president's motorcade in Delaware (www.nbcnews.com)
It was not immediately clear why the sedan smashed into an SUV that was part of the motorcade. The driver was surrounded by agents who had their guns drawn....
Suspects can refuse to provide phone passcodes to police, court rules (arstechnica.com)
Suspects can refuse to provide phone passcodes to police, court rules::Phone-unlocking case law is “total mess,” may be ripe for Supreme Court review.
How many of you actually use the headphone jack on your phone?
On a recent post, there were a lot of comments, which said that they were missing the headphones on newer mobile devices....
Their Bionic Eyes Are Now Obsolete and Unsupported (spectrum.ieee.org)
These early adopters found out what happened when a cutting-edge marvel became an obsolete gadget... inside their bodies.
Polish Hackers Repaired Trains the Manufacturer Artificially Bricked. Now The Train Company Is Threatening Them (www.404media.co)
In one of the coolest and more outrageous repair stories in quite some time, three white-hat hackers helped a regional rail company in southwest Poland unbrick a train that had been artificially rendered inoperable by the train’s manufacturer after an independent maintenance company worked on it. The train’s manufacturer is...
Starlink loses out on $886 million in rural broadband subsidies (www.theverge.com)
Russia has lost 87% of troops it had prior to start of Ukraine war, according to US intelligence assessment (www.cnn.com)
Russia has lost a staggering 87 percent of the total number of active-duty ground troops it had prior to launching its invasion of Ukraine and two-thirds of its pre-invasion tanks, a source familiar with a declassified US intelligence assessment provided to Congress told CNN....
‘Too many things unaffordable:’ Biden fires up price wars as inflation cools (www.cnbc.com)
Israel drove suitcases stuffed with cash into Gaza to keep Hamas in power (www.businessinsider.com)
Israeli officials are facing backlash after years of Prime Minister Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu quietly allowing Hamas to remain in power....
The fashion industry is still pushing crazy thin body images (sh.itjust.works)
Apologies for the low resolution. It was a mobile ad and all I could get was a screenshot.
Fear of cheap Chinese EVs spurs automaker dash for affordable cars (www.reuters.com)
The USA May Have Found 5,000 Shells For Ukraine’s Biggest Artillery (www.forbes.com)
Philippines says Chinese coast guard assaulted its vessels with water cannons for a second day (www.nbcnews.com)
The confrontation happened as Philippine supply boats and escort ships attempted to deliver food to forces near a disputed shoal in the South China Sea....
Australia to triple fees on foreigners buying existing homes, penalise them if they leave properties empty (www.scmp.com)
Bill Gates thinks of himself as 'very nice' compared to Elon Musk and Steve Jobs (www.businessinsider.com)
Bill Gates name-checked Elon Musk and Steve Jobs during a fireside chat on Thursday. The Microsoft founder said he considers himself “very nice” compared to his fellow tech leaders. But Gates acknowledged that a certain level of intensity is required in innovative fields. Bill Gates said he considers himself a more relaxed...
New report illuminates why OpenAI board said Altman “was not consistently candid” (arstechnica.com)
HP executive boasts that its controversial ink subscription model is "locking" in customers (www.techspot.com)
HP executive boasts that its controversial ink subscription model is “locking” in customers::undefined
Jeff Bezos-Backed Real Estate Company Is Launching A New Fund To Acquire More Single-Family Homes Across The U.S. (finance.yahoo.com)
George Santos Movie In Works At HBO Films From ‘Veep’ EP Frank Rich (deadline.com)
The meteoric political rise of George Santos and the web of fabulist tales it was built on are getting a movie treatment. HBO Films has optioned the rights to Mark Chiusano’s new book The Fabulist: The Lying, Hustling, Grifting, Stealing, and Very American Legend of George Santos, which was published on November 28, 2023....
U.S. issues warning to NVIDIA, urging to stop redesigning chips for China (videocardz.com)
U.S. issues warning to NVIDIA, urging to stop redesigning chips for China::undefined
Economists predict US inflation will keep cooling and the economy can avoid a recession (apnews.com)
NEW YORK (AP) — Most business economists think the U.S. economy could avoid a recession next year, even if the job market ends up weakening under the weight of high interest rates, according to a survey released Monday....
Bill Gates feels Generative AI has plateaued, says GPT-5 will not be any better (indianexpress.com)
Bill Gates feels Generative AI has plateaued, says GPT-5 will not be any better::The billionaire philanthropist in an interview with German newspaper Handelsblatt, shared his thoughts on Artificial general intelligence, climate change, and the scope of AI in the future.
Automakers must build cheaper, smaller EVs to spur adoption, report says (arstechnica.com)
Advertisers Say They Do Not Plan to Return to X After Musk’s Comments (www.nytimes.com)
Elon Musk, the owner of X, criticized advertisers with expletives on Wednesday at The New York Times’s DealBook Summit.
Car dealers say they can’t sell EVs, tell Biden to slow their rollout (arstechnica.com)
South Korean Farmers Threaten to Release 2 Million Dogs in Protest of Dog Meat Ban (time.com)
Tensions are bubbling up at thirsty Arizona alfalfa farms as foreign firms exploit unregulated water (apnews.com)
A blanket of bright green alfalfa spreads across western Arizona’s McMullen Valley, ringed by rolling mountains and warmed by the hot desert sun....
Star Citizen Just Had its Biggest Crowdfunding Day Ever With $3.5 Million in 24 Hours (techraptor.net)
The stainless steel body of Tesla's Cybertruck is reportedly leading to issues with gaps in between the panels (www.businessinsider.com)
The stainless steel body of Tesla’s Cybertruck is reportedly leading to issues with gaps in between the panels::The Cybertruck’s steel is made in “coils that resemble giant rolls of toilet paper,” WSJ reported.
A Spanish agency became so sick of models and influencers that they created their own with AI — and she’s raking in up to $11,000 a month (fortune.com)
A Spanish agency became so sick of models and influencers that they created their own with AI — and she’s raking in up to $11,000 a month::Founder Rubén Cruz said AI model Aitana was so convincing that a famous Latin actor asked her on a date.