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erwan , 4 months ago to Technology in 1 in 5 new car sales globally were EVs in 2023, and that's curbed oil demand – IEA

Maybe it didn't go up as fast because of it

erwan , 5 months ago to Technology in Apple Cancels Work on Electric Car, Ending Decadelong Effort

Still, self driving and generative AI are very different. Just because they fall into the same big "AI" bucket doesn't mean it's the same.

erwan , 5 months ago to Technology in Apple Cancels Work on Electric Car, Ending Decadelong Effort

Also you can only use it on roads built by Apple!

erwan , 5 months ago to Technology in You Don’t Need to Use Airplane Mode on Airplanes

Airplane mode is no longer about shutting down all wireless communication. It's been for some time.

Now it's shutting down the cellular connection only, wifi and bluetooth stay on.

erwan , 5 months ago to Technology in Signal and Threema want nothing to do with WhatsApp

Yeah that sucks, Signal is my preferred app and I wish I could get rid of WhatsApp without having to convert everyone.

erwan , 5 months ago to Technology in Great question Michael

Enterprise can afford more than individuals and all businesses always find a way to make enterprise customers pay more.

For example when you buy a plane ticket, it's much cheaper if you have a weekend between your onward and outward trip. Because business travelers will travel during the week.

erwan , 5 months ago to Technology in Recent AI failures are cracks in the magic

Yes, as Linus Torvalds said humans are also thinking like autocomplete systems.

erwan , 5 months ago to Technology in Frozen embryos are “children,” according to Alabama’s Supreme Court

I would think his reference to god would be a sufficient argument to nullify his decision? As you said the US justice system is secular.

erwan , 5 months ago to Technology in Stellantis CEO says Chinese EVs are ‘possibly the biggest risk’ facing his carmaker and Tesla

Last time I checked BYD prices, they were not cheaper than other EVs.

What am I missing?

erwan , 5 months ago to Technology in Affordable Android Excellence: Best Smartphones Under $200 in 2024

The best is not to buy a Xiaomi phone to start with

erwan , 5 months ago to Technology in Affordable Android Excellence: Best Smartphones Under $200 in 2024

Xiaomi phones are a pain to unlock the bootloader. You have to use their shitty Windows app, wait one week after the first step...

erwan , 5 months ago to Technology in Nintendo Is Telling Game Publishers Switch 2 Will Be Delayed

Anything is possible, including Switch 2.

erwan , 5 months ago to Technology in Affordable Android Excellence: Best Smartphones Under $200 in 2024

When you say "it's no longer secure", can you point to an actual vulnerability on older hardware and what the exploits are?

We keep hearing how unpatched phones are not secure but I'd like to hear more about what the actual risk is.

Millions of people use older phones that haven't been updated for years, yet it seems to me that scams are more about social engineering than exploiting software vulnerabilities on phones.

erwan , 5 months ago to Technology in Mark Zuckerberg explains why so many tech companies are doing layoffs right now

"Mark Zuckerberg has a theory" oh great, he's trying very hard to figure out why the CEO of Meta decided to do layoffs? That's great.

erwan , 5 months ago to Technology in OpenAI collapses media reality with Sora AI video generator | If trusting video from anonymous sources on social media was a bad idea before, it's an even worse idea now

Fake photos existed before Photoshop, with scissors and glue