Non-IT News Thread
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Microsoft accelerates goals for reducing carbon footprint
Software giant will nearly double the internal tax it charges its business divisions on all carbon emissions.
Microsoft says it's ramping up efforts to reduce its carbon footprint in response to increasingly dramatic changes to the world's environment. -
Why $249 is an unsustainable price for the first all-digital Xbox
Disc-free MSRP isn't any lower than the current de facto Xbox One S price.
Since Microsoft's announcement, the Xbox One S All-Digital Edition has appeared for pre-order on retailers such as Amazon and Best Buy for the MSRP for $249.99. As outlined below, the more capable, disc-drive-equipped Xbox One S currently sells for the same price at those very retailers. -
Sudan crisis: Ex-President Omar al-Bashir moved to prison
Sudan's former President Omar al-Bashir has been moved to Kobar maximum security prison, days after he was deposed in a military coup.
Reports say the ex-leader has until now been detained at the presidential residence under heavy guard. -
Peru's ex-President Alan García shoots himself before arrest
Peru's former President Alan García has shot himself in the neck as police came to arrest him, media reports and police sources say.
Officers took him to Casimiro Ulloa hospital in the capital, Lima, where he is in a serious condition, the reports say.
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T-Mobile/Sprint merger is in danger of being rejected by DOJ
Mobile carriers face skeptical regulators in attempt to obtain merger approval.
T-Mobile US and Sprint are facing potential rejection of their proposed merger at the US Department of Justice. -
Lyft reportedly limits employees' access to customer data
It's apparently tweaking access after investigating a 2018 that workers were looking up the trip data of ex-partners and celebrities
Lyft started warning employees looking up rider details that actions are logged and could face an audit, a report said Tuesday. -
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T-Mobile/Sprint merger is in danger of being rejected by DOJ
Mobile carriers face skeptical regulators in attempt to obtain merger approval.
T-Mobile US and Sprint are facing potential rejection of their proposed merger at the US Department of Justice.This would be stupid. The markets are mature at this point. Have been for years.
Sprint is failing and has been for years. instead of wasting away, let T-Mobile purchase them and become more relevant.
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NASA astronaut Christina Koch’s first space mission now set to break ISS record
Let’s just say she’ll be in space for a while
Today, NASA announced which astronauts will be traveling to and from the International Space Station through the end of the year, and the new schedule means one astronaut will now be breaking a big record while in orbit. Because of the new arrangement, NASA astronaut Christina Koch — who is already in space — will soon hold the title for longest single spaceflight by a woman, beating out the last titleholder, former NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson. -
A five-minute Avengers: Endgame leak is making Marvel movie fans miserable
*A roughly five-minute apparent leak from Avengers: Endgame has made social media a minefield for spoiler-averse Marvel movie fans, and the directors have posted a plea for people to avoid revealing details about the movie.
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Google won’t build that flagship retail store in Chicago after all
Another Google retail plan falls apart.
Last year, a report from the Chicago Tribune claimed that Google was "close to finalizing a lease" for a flagship retail store in Chicago. The 14,000-square-foot space would have been Google's first major retail space that wasn't a temporary pop-up store or a demo area inside a third-party electronics store. -
Kinetic sculptures and sound circuits: building solar-powered art at Pioneer Works
‘Understanding the physical craft is a big part of understanding how to move to sustainable energy’
In 2014, multimedia artist Alex Nathanson co-curated a project called Nightlight that turned a garden in Queens into an interactive light exhibit. The team had hoped to power the exhibit by running a cable out, but that turned out not to be feasible, and “solar power was the solution.” -
Aggressive new terrorist content regulation passes EU vote
But some controversial plans were rolled back
European Union lawmakers today approved controversial legislation that would require platforms to take down terrorist content within one hour of receiving notification from authorities. -
Fortnite’s new update lets you pet dogs (and other animals)
With its latest update, Fortnite has added a very significant feature
You can finally pet dogs. The battle royale game introduced pets — which include not only dogs, but also dragons, chameleons, and other cuddly creatures — as part of season 6 back in September. But until now, you haven’t been able to interact with them. -
PlayStation 5: First details point to 8K graphics, faster performance, no release in 2019
Some of the first official details on Sony's highly anticipated next-generation PlayStation are finally coming out.
In a new interview with Wired, Mark Cerny, a lead system architect in Sony's PlayStation group, discussed the upcoming system.
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@black3dynamite I think they mean "loose lips sink box office revenue". Or at the very least, "loose lips sink studio profits".
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Mark Hamill voicing Chucky
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North Korea demands removal of US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo from talks
North Korea has demanded the removal of US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo from nuclear talks, accusing him of "talking nonsense" and being "reckless".
A senior foreign ministry official said that further talks would be "lousy" if Mr Pompeo was involved, asking that he be replaced by someone "more careful". -
New York police arrest man with petrol in St Patrick's Cathedral
A man has been arrested after walking into New York's St Patrick's Cathedral carrying two full petrol cans, lighter fluid and lighters, police say.
They say guards confronted the 37-year-old as he entered the Manhattan church on Wednesday evening.
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Smaller, cheaper Nintendo Switch coming this fall before more powerful version: Nikkei
And ‘Quality of Life’ is apparently dead.
Nintendo’s rumored cheaper version of the Switch is set to be released this fall, according to a report in Japan’s Nikkei newspaper.
