JaimeThompson

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• FBI raids home of prominent computer scientist who has gone incommunicado

  by JaimeThompson on 3/30/2025, 7:50 PM with 467 comments

• SpaceX fires some of the employees who criticized Elon Musk in open letter

  by JaimeThompson on 6/17/2022, 12:42 PM with 0 comments

• Europe cracks down on data cap exemptions in update to net neutrality rules

  by JaimeThompson on 6/15/2022, 8:06 PM with 2 comments

• Ford halts sales of Mustang Mach-Es due to propulsion-loss bug

  by JaimeThompson on 6/15/2022, 2:18 PM with 0 comments

• Broadcom plans a “rapid transition” to subscription revenue for VMware

  by JaimeThompson on 5/31/2022, 11:38 PM with 0 comments

• Oklahoma governor asks for billions to fund unnamed corporation

  by JaimeThompson on 4/20/2022, 2:01 AM with 1 comments

• White House warns of possible Russian cyberstrike on US critical infrastructure

  by JaimeThompson on 3/21/2022, 9:03 PM with 0 comments

• Google “hijacked millions of customers and orders” from restaurants – lawsuit

  by JaimeThompson on 3/14/2022, 1:14 PM with 211 comments

• 1.7M Hondas are being investigated for phantom braking

  by JaimeThompson on 2/24/2022, 6:07 PM with 0 comments

• WinAPI-Fun: A collection of (relatively) harmless pranks using the Windows API

  by JaimeThompson on 2/18/2022, 4:39 PM with 0 comments

• Omicron wave was brutal on kids; hospitalization rates 4X higher than delta’s

  by JaimeThompson on 2/16/2022, 12:30 AM with 6 comments

• The US Southwest is hitting megadrought status

  by JaimeThompson on 2/14/2022, 6:10 PM with 1 comments

• by JaimeThompson on 2/11/2022, 9:09 PM with comments

• NASA says Starlink Gen2 may cause problems for Hubble and asteroid detection

  by JaimeThompson on 2/10/2022, 6:57 PM with 0 comments

• by JaimeThompson on 2/8/2022, 1:47 AM with comments

• by JaimeThompson on 2/5/2022, 2:45 PM with comments

• “Deprioritized” Google Stadia to pivot to “Google Stream” white-label service

  by JaimeThompson on 2/5/2022, 1:18 AM with 1 comments

• Windows PCs prioritized over Chromebooks in components shortage

  by JaimeThompson on 2/2/2022, 7:37 PM with 0 comments

• by JaimeThompson on 1/28/2022, 2:40 AM with comments

• Fabs stretched thin as chip shortage shrinks inventories to just 5 days

  by JaimeThompson on 1/26/2022, 2:53 AM with 0 comments

• NASA Open APIs

  by JaimeThompson on 1/25/2022, 4:30 PM with 0 comments

• FCC chair plans to block exclusive deals that limit ISP choice in apartments

  by JaimeThompson on 1/24/2022, 6:03 PM with 0 comments

• Big Tech Is About to Make Our Terrible Health Care System Even Worse

  by JaimeThompson on 1/23/2022, 6:12 PM with 0 comments

• by JaimeThompson on 1/23/2022, 6:06 PM with comments

• Company plans to send metal extractor to the Moon in mid-2020s

  by JaimeThompson on 1/21/2022, 6:12 PM with 0 comments

• Intel “mega-fab” coming to Ohio, reports say

  by JaimeThompson on 1/14/2022, 10:39 PM with 0 comments

• T-Mobile says it isn’t widely blocking iCloud Private Relay, blames iOS bug

  by JaimeThompson on 1/11/2022, 11:40 PM with 0 comments

• by JaimeThompson on 1/11/2022, 8:33 PM with comments

• Colors in movies and TV: What happened to them?

  by JaimeThompson on 1/11/2022, 3:50 PM with 281 comments

• Doctors fear health care collapse amid omicron surge

  by JaimeThompson on 1/11/2022, 12:39 AM with 1 comments

• Ask Ethan: How long until our calendar needs replacing?

  by JaimeThompson on 12/31/2021, 3:58 PM with 1 comments

• Worker protests, mass illness lead Apple to put iPhone plant on probation

  by JaimeThompson on 12/29/2021, 4:08 PM with 0 comments

• China upset about needing to dodge SpaceX Starlink satellites

  by JaimeThompson on 12/28/2021, 6:30 PM with 0 comments

• by JaimeThompson on 12/22/2021, 6:24 PM with comments

• Nhtsa investigating Tesla over infotainment display gaming feature

  by JaimeThompson on 12/22/2021, 3:43 PM with 3 comments

• Comcast delays data caps in Northeast US for at least another year

  by JaimeThompson on 12/17/2021, 1:33 PM with 0 comments

• Apple reaches quiet truce over iPhone privacy changes

  by JaimeThompson on 12/8/2021, 4:13 PM with comments

• Apple CEO Tim Cook engineered a secret $275B deal with China

  by JaimeThompson on 12/7/2021, 11:13 PM with 0 comments

• Verizon overrides users’ opt-out preferences in push to collect browsing history

  by JaimeThompson on 12/7/2021, 10:51 PM with comments

• Apple AirTags being used by thieves to track high-end cars to steal

  by JaimeThompson on 12/3/2021, 4:01 PM with 3 comments

• Judge: Dismissed Steam antitrust case didn’t include “sufficient facts”

  by JaimeThompson on 11/24/2021, 5:05 PM with 0 comments

• Locked out of “God mode,” runners are hacking their treadmills

  by JaimeThompson on 11/20/2021, 11:42 PM with 1 comments

• Microsoft: Telemetry is essential in implementing a Zero Trust architecture

  by JaimeThompson on 11/4/2021, 2:12 PM with 0 comments

• Researchers demonstrate complete solar-powered hydrocarbon production

  by JaimeThompson on 11/3/2021, 8:02 PM with 1 comments

• Starlink nightmare: Moving service location a few feet delays orders until 2023

  by JaimeThompson on 11/2/2021, 7:36 PM with 3 comments

• Hubble’s science on hold as instruments switch into safe mode

  by JaimeThompson on 11/2/2021, 3:35 PM with 0 comments

• Meta removing Facebook login requirement for Quest headsets by next year

  by JaimeThompson on 10/29/2021, 3:40 PM with 2 comments

• Chip shortages may extend indefinitely as economists cut GDP forecasts

  by JaimeThompson on 10/28/2021, 8:35 PM with 0 comments

• Biden finally makes FCC picks: Rosenworcel as chair, Gigi Sohn as commissioner

  by JaimeThompson on 10/26/2021, 5:01 PM with comments

• John Carmack pushes out unlocked OS for defunct Oculus Go headset

  by JaimeThompson on 10/22/2021, 3:28 PM with 304 comments

• Supply chain woes lead to a “temporary” Raspberry Pi 4 price hike

  by JaimeThompson on 10/20/2021, 3:25 PM with 0 comments

• Paizo Freelancers Support Union

  by JaimeThompson on 10/16/2021, 1:03 PM with 0 comments

• Microsoft fails to provide Windows 10 VM images for developers

  by JaimeThompson on 7/14/2021, 8:02 PM with 9 comments

• Backdoored password manager stole data from as many as 29K enterprises

  by JaimeThompson on 4/23/2021, 11:21 PM with 3 comments

• First class Linux support developed by Microsoft #339

  by JaimeThompson on 2/23/2021, 2:55 PM with 0 comments

• Gregg Semenza: real Nobel Prize and unreal research data

  by JaimeThompson on 10/19/2020, 11:52 AM with 0 comments

• Cyberpunk studio breaks promise, forces overtime on developers

  by JaimeThompson on 9/30/2020, 6:22 PM with 10 comments

• Trump to suspend certain foreign worker visas despite tech, business group oppos

  by JaimeThompson on 6/22/2020, 11:02 PM with 1 comments

• Tesla reportedly shipping Model Ys with significant manufacturing defects

  by JaimeThompson on 6/17/2020, 3:22 PM with 0 comments

• House reviewing disturbing Boeing documents employee concerns,safety issues

  by JaimeThompson on 12/24/2019, 9:05 PM with 0 comments

• Google Is Killing Google Cloud Print

  by JaimeThompson on 11/22/2019, 2:55 PM with 1 comments

• Breaking the law: How 8chan (or “8kun”) got (briefly) back online

  by JaimeThompson on 11/6/2019, 2:40 AM with 0 comments

• AT&T will slash $3B off its capital investments next year

  by JaimeThompson on 10/30/2019, 6:57 PM with 1 comments

• White House kicks infosec team to curb in IT office shakeup

  by JaimeThompson on 10/24/2019, 1:21 AM with 0 comments

• A buggy Chrome update stopped many Macs from booting

  by JaimeThompson on 9/26/2019, 1:23 AM with 1 comments

• AT&T considers getting rid of DirecTV as TV business tanks, WSJ reports

  by JaimeThompson on 9/19/2019, 1:19 AM with 4 comments

• Trump admin threatens California, automakers over emissions deal

  by JaimeThompson on 9/6/2019, 8:38 PM with 0 comments

• SpaceX satellite was on “collision course” until ESA satellite was re-routed

  by JaimeThompson on 9/3/2019, 9:09 PM with 1 comments

• An Unholy Alliance Against Public Transit

  by JaimeThompson on 9/3/2019, 7:35 PM with 25 comments

• The FCC has no idea how many people don’t have broadband access

  by JaimeThompson on 8/22/2019, 5:59 PM with 45 comments

• States reportedly plan monopoly investigation of Google, Facebook, Amazon

  by JaimeThompson on 8/20/2019, 5:18 PM with 0 comments

• FCC finally orders ISPs to say where they offer broadband

  by JaimeThompson on 8/1/2019, 5:38 PM with 2 comments

• US government approves T-Mobile/Sprint merger

  by JaimeThompson on 7/26/2019, 4:13 PM with 52 comments

• Microsoft rolls back decision to take away internal usage rights from partners

  by JaimeThompson on 7/12/2019, 6:13 PM with 0 comments

• 879% drug price hike is one of 3,400 in 2019 so far; rate of hikes increasing

  by JaimeThompson on 7/2/2019, 5:16 PM with 1 comments

• Twitter clarifies special rules for tweets by world leaders like Trump

  by JaimeThompson on 6/27/2019, 10:35 PM with 2 comments

• Tax-exempt hospital sues thousands of poor people while making millions

  by JaimeThompson on 6/27/2019, 9:13 PM with 1 comments

• FCC lets Verizon lock cell phones to network for 60 days after activation

  by JaimeThompson on 6/27/2019, 12:09 AM with 0 comments

• FCC battles meteorologists again over plan to help wireless industry

  by JaimeThompson on 6/26/2019, 7:56 PM with 1 comments

• Microsoft OneDrive gets a more secure Personal Vault, plus more storage options

  by JaimeThompson on 6/26/2019, 12:22 AM with 0 comments

• Manufacturing memory means scribing silicon in a sea of sensors

  by JaimeThompson on 6/21/2019, 4:50 PM with 0 comments

• Ajit Pai tries to kill San Francisco’s attempt to spur broadband competition

  by JaimeThompson on 6/20/2019, 9:48 PM with 7 comments

• AT&T cuts another 1,800 jobs as it finishes fiber-Internet buildout

  by JaimeThompson on 6/17/2019, 9:00 PM with 2 comments

• Microsoft open sources code to give any app Bing-like intelligence

  by JaimeThompson on 5/15/2019, 4:02 PM with 12 comments

• Microsoft warns wormable Windows RDP bug could lead to another WannaCry

  by JaimeThompson on 5/14/2019, 9:16 PM with 0 comments

• AT&T promised 7k new jobs to get tax break, cut 23k jobs instead

  by JaimeThompson on 5/14/2019, 4:27 PM with 173 comments

• FCC says carriers failed Florida after hurricane–but lets them off the hook

  by JaimeThompson on 5/10/2019, 5:46 PM with 0 comments