Non-IT News Thread
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Amazon can now leave packages safely in your garage
You’ll need a garage door that delivery drivers can open.
Starting today, Amazon Prime members in the US can have their packages delivered directly to their garages. Key for Garage, which Amazon first announced back in January -
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
AT&T’s 5G E marketing ploy is turning out to be a disaster
AT&T is confusing its customers and doing itself no favors
AT&T may have just amicably settled a false advertising lawsuit with Sprint over its “5G Evolution” branding, but the company’s apparent marketing strategy here is proving to be a disaster.total shockface.....
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@JaredBusch said in Non-IT News Thread:
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
AT&T’s 5G E marketing ploy is turning out to be a disaster
AT&T is confusing its customers and doing itself no favors
AT&T may have just amicably settled a false advertising lawsuit with Sprint over its “5G Evolution” branding, but the company’s apparent marketing strategy here is proving to be a disaster.total shockface.....
:astonished_face:I'm in a two month outage with AT&T fiber. The connection isn't "down" just "not working" and no engineer at AT&T can figure anything out. We've been with the Office of the President for a week, and they only just got a ticket opened to track it!
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US 'border militia training to assassinate Obama' - FBI
The suspected leader of a New Mexico militia group allegedly boasted of plans to assassinate former President Barack Obama, the FBI has said.
Larry Mitchell Hopkins, 69, and his group United Constitutional Patriots, also plotted to target Hillary Clinton and billionaire George Soros, according to a tip received by the FBI -
Google 'retaliating against harassment protest organisers'
Organisers of a series of walkouts in protest at Google's treatment of women have said they have since become victims of retaliation by the company.
In November, 20,000 employees walked out of their offices demanding several key changes in how sexual misconduct allegations were dealt with at Google. -
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
Google 'retaliating against harassment protest organisers'
Organisers of a series of walkouts in protest at Google's treatment of women have said they have since become victims of retaliation by the company.
In November, 20,000 employees walked out of their offices demanding several key changes in how sexual misconduct allegations were dealt with at Google.Well, they could have just fired them. Walking out isn't something you get to just do.
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Russia may soon decommission the world’s most historic launch pad
Sputnik, Gagarin, and Tereshkova all launched from here. So did Scott Kelly.
Site no. 1 in dusty Baikonur, Kazakhstan, is where it all began. In October 1957, an R-7 missile launched the first satellite, Sputnik, into space. -
Another judge sets back Trump attempts to open up federal lands to fossil fuels
Coal mine leases require more study from the government before they're approved.
On Friday, a federal judge in Montana District Court dealt the Trump Administration another setback pertaining to leasing out federal lands for fossil fuel extraction. -
Audible launches the first Alexa-powered customer support line
Audible launches the first Alexa-powered customer support line
Amazon-owned Audible now offers a unique form of access to Alexa: voice-controlled customer support. -
Nintendo’s cheaper Switch model could be out this June
And a ‘modest upgrade’ for the main Switch later this year
Nintendo may be releasing a cheaper version of the Switch this June, according to a report from Bloomberg, which corroborates earlier rumors that Nintendo is working on a budget model of its popular portable console. -
Huawei will help build Britain’s 5G network, despite security concerns
Experts and policymakers are wary of letting China get involved in domestic infrastructure
UK Prime Minister Theresa May has signed off on letting Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei help build “non-core” parts of the country’s 5G infrastructure, including antennas and other network components, according to The Telegraph. -
South Indian Ocean has seen a record number of major hurricanes this season
The storms this season have been especially strong.
By some measures, it has been the busiest South Indian Ocean hurricane season on record. In terms of damage and major hurricanes, it appears to have been the worst in modern history. -
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
South Indian Ocean has seen a record number of major hurricanes this season
The storms this season have been especially strong.
By some measures, it has been the busiest South Indian Ocean hurricane season on record. In terms of damage and major hurricanes, it appears to have been the worst in modern history.cough Tropical cyclone cough
Educational linky: https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/cyclone.html
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@nadnerB said in Non-IT News Thread:
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
South Indian Ocean has seen a record number of major hurricanes this season
The storms this season have been especially strong.
By some measures, it has been the busiest South Indian Ocean hurricane season on record. In terms of damage and major hurricanes, it appears to have been the worst in modern history.cough Tropical cyclone cough
Educational linky: https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/cyclone.html
Um yeah, how a hurricane would get to the South Indian Ocean would be pretty scary.
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@nadnerB said in Non-IT News Thread:
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
South Indian Ocean has seen a record number of major hurricanes this season
The storms this season have been especially strong.
By some measures, it has been the busiest South Indian Ocean hurricane season on record. In terms of damage and major hurricanes, it appears to have been the worst in modern history.cough Tropical cyclone cough
Educational linky: https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/cyclone.html
So... Basically, Tomato / Tomahto.
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Leaked report: Russian Air Force MiG-31 crash was shot down by wingman
Foxhound was shot down because of “poor exercise design;” crew survived.
Almost exactly two years ago, a Russian Air Force MiG-31 Foxhound supersonic interceptor went down during an exercise over the Telemba proving grounds in Buryatia, a Siberian semi-autonomous Russian republic that borders Mongolia. -
Kim Jong-un in Russia for Vladimir Putin summit
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has arrived in the far east of Russia for a summit with President Vladimir Putin.
Mr Kim arrived by train in the Pacific Coast city of Vladivostok for his first talks with the Russian president, which are expected to start on Thursday. -
Sri Lanka attacks: Bomber 'studied in UK and Australia'
One of the attackers behind the Easter Sunday bombings in Sri Lanka once studied in the UK, officials say, as further details on the bombers emerge.
He visited south-east England in 2006-7 to study but did not complete a full university degree, a senior Whitehall official told the BBC. -
Jacinda Ardern leads effort to curb online extremism
New Zealand and France will lead efforts to stop the use of social media to organise and promote terrorism in the wake of the Christchurch attacks.
A gunman killed 50 people in an attack on two mosques in March, while live-streaming the massacre on Facebook.
