Automakers are sharing consumers' driving behavior with insurance companies
General Motors is sharing driving data with data brokers - often without customer consent - and insurance companies are jacking up rates.
Technology
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Computing, mobile, tablet, and IoT
Linux Mint saved a 2015 MacBook Air
Linux Mint was able to completely resuscitate a sluggish 2015 MacBook Air.
Substack is a Nazi Bar
Substack has become - through decisions wholly of their own (!) - to become a place that allows Nazi hate speech and monetizes it.
Unraid NAS
A loss of over 100GB of photos on my Mac made me think about data redundancy and the 3-2-1 backup strategy.
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The great Reddit diaspora
Reddit's hostile behavior to 3rd party app developers in advance of their IPO is a case study in how to speedrun a gutter valuation.
AI's Carbon Footprint
“We’re talking about ChatGPT and we know nothing about it. It could be three raccoons in a trench coat.” - Sasha Luccioni
My BMW i4 eDrive 40
I'm taking delivery of a new BMW i4 eDrive 40 soon.
Twitter diaspora
Elon Musk's $44b acquisition of Twitter and Meta's $15b cash-dump into the Metaverse are leading many to look for open-source platform alternatives.