Over 3,500 people remain quarantined aboard the cruise ship Diamond Princess, which is docked off the coast of Japan, after passengers tested positive for the new coronavirus. Source: https://www.livescience.com/cruise-ship-quarantine-nightmare.html
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This App Automatically Cancels and Sues Robocallers
DoNotPay, the family of consumer advocacy services meant to protect people from corporate exploitation, is launching a new app aimed at helping end our long national nightmare surrounding robocalls by giving you a burner credit card to get their contact details then giving you a chatbot lawyer to automatically sue them. From a report: DoNotPay Founder and CEO Joshua Browder’s Robo…
Climate Models Are Running Red Hot, and Scientists Don’t Know Why
The simulators used to forecast warming have suddenly started giving us less time. From a report: There are dozens of climate models, and for decades they’ve agreed on what it would take to heat the planet by about 3 Celsius. It’s an outcome that would be disastrous — flooded cities, agricultural failures, deadly heat — but there’s been a grim steadiness…
Chrome OS Has Stalled Out
Speaking of Chromebooks, David Ruddock, opines at AndroidPolice: Chrome OS’ problems really became apparent to me when Android app compatibility was introduced, around five years ago. Getting Android apps to run on Chrome OS was simultaneously one of the Chrome team’s greatest achievements and one of its worst mistakes. In 2019, two things are more obvious than ever about the Android…
‘Cats’ Director Rushes Visual Effects Update Into Theaters After Disastrous Opening
Though its poster promises “the most joyful event of the holiday season,” the new movie Cats scored just 18% with professional critics on Rotten Tomatoes, and the $100 million adaptaton of the Broadway musical has so far earned just $6.5 million at the box office. Its director apparently doesn’t want that to be the last word. “You’ve seen movies receive visual…
Do You Remember the Y2K Bug?
harrymcc writes: In the late 1990s, lots of people were concerned that the Y2K bug could lead to power outages, financial collapse, riots, and worse when the clock rolled over to January 1, 2000. Hundreds of books about the problem and suggestions on how to respond (quit your job, move to the country, stockpile food) not only capitalized on this fear…
Apple’s Activation Lock Will Make It Very Difficult To Refurbish Macs
Apple’s Activation Lock is an anti-theft feature built into iOS, watchOS, and macOS Catalina that prevents people from restoring your Apple devices without your permission. “With the release of macOS Catalina earlier this fall, any Mac that’s equipped with Apple’s new T2 security chip now comes with Activation Lock,” writes iFixit’s Craig Lloyd. What this means is that there will likely…
Boeing Fires Its Fuselage-Assembling Robots, Goes Back To Using Humans
schwit1 quotes the Seattle Times: After enduring a manufacturing mess that spanned six years and cost millions of dollars as it implemented a large-scale robotic system for automated assembly of the 777 fuselage, Boeing has abandoned the robots and will go back to relying more on its human machinists… The technology was implemented gradually from 2015 inside a new building on…
Non-stop nightmare: Disturbing show weighs the impact of a 24/7 world
24/7 at Somerset House in London challenges the profound effects of an always-on culture, while a book about the importance of rest shows how relaxing stacks up with well-being Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24432560-300-non-stop-nightmare-disturbing-show-weighs-the-impact-of-a-24-7-world/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
New Bill Promises an End To Our Privacy Nightmare, Jail Time To CEOs Who Lie
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard: Oregon Senator Ron Wyden has unveiled updated privacy legislation he says will finally bring accountability to corporations that play fast and loose with your private data. Dubbed the Mind Your Own Business Act, the bill promises consumers the ability to opt out of data collection and sale with a single click. It also…