If you live in North America, it looks like it’ll be really difficult to get your hands on a Sega Genesis Mini 2. In a statement to Polygon, the company says that only a small fraction of the consoles will be available in the region compared to what was available for the Mini 1.0. Sega… Continue reading Sega’s Genesis Mini 2 will only get ‘a small number of units’ in North America
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Visa could be liable for helping monetize Pornhub videos of children, says court
A California judge is allowing a lawsuit against Visa to proceed, saying the company plausibly knew porn site operator MindGeek was monetizing sexual videos involving children. Judge Cormac Carney issued the ruling late last week in Serena Fleites v. MindGeek et al., rejecting Visa’s attempts to dismiss its portion of the suit. Carney says Visa… Continue reading Visa could be liable for helping monetize Pornhub videos of children, says court
BMW recalls ‘small number’ of i4 and iX electric vehicles over potential battery fires
BMW issued a recall notice for a “small number” of 2022 i4 sedans and iX SUVs due to the risk of battery fires. According to the recall, the high voltage battery “may have internal damage,” which can result in an electrical short circuit. The recall only covers 83 vehicles that have been sold in the… Continue reading BMW recalls ‘small number’ of i4 and iX electric vehicles over potential battery fires
Today I learned about an easy way to share files between Mac apps
Apple has made macOS very good at handling drag and drops. For example, I often pull a picture right out of the Photos app or Safari and drop it into iMessage or Slack. One thing that’s always slowed me down, though, is moving around more traditional files, like PDFs or other documents. But then I… Continue reading Today I learned about an easy way to share files between Mac apps
China’s uncontrolled rocket crashes over the Indian Ocean
China’s uncontrolled Long March 5B rocket reentered the Earth’s atmosphere over the Indian Ocean, landing somewhere near Sarawak, the Malaysian state on the island of Borneo. The US Space Command confirmed the rocket’s reentry at 12:45PM ET, but it remains unclear where its debris landed. In a translated post on Weibo, China’s Manned Space Agency… Continue reading China’s uncontrolled rocket crashes over the Indian Ocean
Uber will start showing drivers how much they’ll be paid for accepting a trip
Uber says that it’s “completely reimagined the way drivers accept rides” with a feature called “upfront fares,” which shows drivers exactly how much they’ll be paid for a trip and where they’ll end up after dropping a rider off. In its announcement on Friday, the company says the change is part of its push to… Continue reading Uber will start showing drivers how much they’ll be paid for accepting a trip
$7 billion verdict awarded after Charter Spectrum tried to forge documents in a murder case
A jury in Texas found Charter Communications liable for $7 billion in punitive damages this week as the result of a lawsuit from the family of Betty Jo McClain Thomas, an 83-year-old woman who was stabbed to death by one of its employees in December 2019. The $7 billion is in addition to $375 million… Continue reading $7 billion verdict awarded after Charter Spectrum tried to forge documents in a murder case
The UK’s extreme heatwave would have been ‘virtually impossible’ without climate change
Climate change made the record-smashing heatwave in the UK last week at least 10 times more likely, new research has found. The analysis was published yesterday by the World Weather Attribution initiative, a collaboration of scientists from universities and research institutes around the globe. “In a climate unaffected by human-induced climate change, it would be… Continue reading The UK’s extreme heatwave would have been ‘virtually impossible’ without climate change
Amazon Drive is shutting down at the end of 2023
Bad news for the (presumably few) people out there who have relied on Amazon Drive for storing their important files in the cloud: Amazon is shutting down the service. On the plus side, you’ve got well over a year to figure out an alternative and get everything moved over. The company says Amazon Drive will… Continue reading Amazon Drive is shutting down at the end of 2023
Kylie Jenner can’t save Instagram forever
In early May, the Meta executive in charge of Instagram, Adam Mosseri, shared some news: the social media app’s main feed would start looking dramatically different to some users. For those in a small test group, the feed they’d been using for a decade would be replaced with an “immersive viewing experience” containing full-screen photos… Continue reading Kylie Jenner can’t save Instagram forever