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Congress trying to make it easier to unsubscribe (again)

Popular Science

Two representatives re-introduced a'click-to-cancel' bill to end sneaky fee traps. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Two elected officials hope their new bipartisan bill will help finally put an end to the mountains of unwanted subscription renewal fees plaguing everyday consumers. "Subscription traps have become an accepted inconvenience for American consumers. Too many companies rely on deceptive business models that force people to jump through hoops just to cancel," Representative Amodei said in a joint statement .


Official probe into massive Verizon outage uncovers likely trigger that cut service for thousands across US

Daily Mail - Science & tech

Shocking new video shows NYC's anti-white renters' tsar sharing her desire to make ALL Americans live in social housing Amy Schumer's friends reveal true meaning of thin bikini pictures and why they're'monitoring her'... as depth of ex Chris Fischer's heartbreak is laid bare The urgent questions for Timothy Busfield's wife Melissa Gilbert that no one dares ask: MAUREEN CALLAHAN analyzes child sex abuse claims spanning 30 years... and uncovers a potential bombshell Chilling final message of doctor's wife gunned down next to her twins, 6, in Arkansas mansion... as her son reveals red flags everyone missed Moment teenager launches bottle attack on'paedophile' is shown to murder trial after 49-year-old'was lured to meeting with girl, 16, and beaten to death with rocks' 'Brazilian Popeye' bodybuilder famed for injecting alcohol and oil into his arms dead at 55 Disney adult sparks outrage with her'trashy' bar crawl through kid-friendly theme park Swimsuit model Aoi Fujino, 27, dies just days after retiring with emotional post: 'Please remember me' Ellen Greenberg case set to be REOPENED by federal prosecutors after infamous 2011 'suicide' of Philadelphia schoolteacher found with 20 stab wounds I was swimming in shallow waters on my dream holiday when I was attacked by a shark. I lost my hand, leg and two-thirds of my blood. I should be dead... but this is how I was saved by three angels Palm Beach elites break out in civil war over $200m'greed project'... as Don Jr's fiancée furiously intervenes RICHARD EDEN: Meghan and Harry'plot' and why Prince William and Kate have REALLY hired a crisis expert. South Florida residents unnerved by military planes and helicopters flying around overhead - with officials causing further panic by saying it was part of mysterious'rehearsal' 'The end of the world as we know it': Poland warns of'disaster' if NATO nations turn on each other over Trump's bid to claim Greenland as Danish troops arrive in the region Verizon's massive nationwide network outage on Wednesday may have been caused by a failure in just one East Coast state. Officials believe a network server in New Jersey going down was the likely trigger of the day-long network crash, according to an initial investigation by law enforcement agencies on the East Coast searching for signs of sabotage.


Dozens of earthquakes shake California where the earth is tearing apart

Daily Mail - Science & tech

Shocking new video shows NYC's anti-white renters' tsar sharing her desire to make ALL Americans live in social housing Amy Schumer's friends reveal true meaning of thin bikini pictures and why they're'monitoring her'... as depth of ex Chris Fischer's heartbreak is laid bare The urgent questions for Timothy Busfield's wife Melissa Gilbert that no one dares ask: MAUREEN CALLAHAN analyzes child sex abuse claims spanning 30 years... and uncovers a potential bombshell Chilling final message of doctor's wife gunned down next to her twins, 6, in Arkansas mansion... as her son reveals red flags everyone missed Moment teenager launches bottle attack on'paedophile' is shown to murder trial after 49-year-old'was lured to meeting with girl, 16, and beaten to death with rocks' 'Brazilian Popeye' bodybuilder famed for injecting alcohol and oil into his arms dead at 55 Disney adult sparks outrage with her'trashy' bar crawl through kid-friendly theme park Swimsuit model Aoi Fujino, 27, dies just days after retiring with emotional post: 'Please remember me' I was swimming in shallow waters on my dream holiday when I was attacked by a shark. I lost my hand, leg and two-thirds of my blood. I should be dead... but this is how I was saved by three angels Palm Beach elites break out in civil war over $200m'greed project'... as Don Jr's fiancée furiously intervenes Ellen Greenberg case set to be REOPENED by federal prosecutors after infamous 2011 'suicide' of Philadelphia schoolteacher found with 20 stab wounds RICHARD EDEN: Meghan and Harry'plot' and why Prince William and Kate have REALLY hired a crisis expert. 'The end of the world as we know it': Poland warns of'disaster' if NATO nations turn on each other over Trump's bid to claim Greenland as Danish troops arrive in the region At least 40 earthquakes have shaken Southern California since Wednesday morning, with the largest reaching a magnitude of 4.4. The US Geological Survey recorded the first quake near Holtville at 1:40am PT on Wednesday, with the most recent detected on Thursday morning.


FTC finalizes GM punishment over driver data sharing scandal

Engadget

Apple's Siri AI will be powered by Gemini The automaker sold driver data to insurance companies without permission. After reaching a proposed settlement last year, the FTC has banned General Motors from sharing specific consumer data with third parties, reported. The finalized order wraps up one of the more egregious cases of a corporation collecting its customers' data and then using it against them. Two years ago, the released a report detailing how GM's OnStar Smart Driver program collected and sold detailed geolocation and driving behavior data to third parties, including data brokers. Those brokers in turn sold the data to insurance providers, which jacked up the rates for some drivers based on the data.


The Tea App Is Back With a New Website

WIRED

Months after major data leaks, the app where women leave Yelp-style reviews about men is relaunching with a new website. It's not back on iOS, but the Android app has new AI features. The embattled Tea app is back. Months after being removed from Apple's App Store in light of major data breaches, the app that allows women to share anonymous Yelp-style reviews of men is relaunching with a new website designed to help women "access dating guardrails without limitation," Tea's head of trust and safety Jessica Dees told WIRED. The app, which launched in 2023 and went viral last summer, getting to number 1 on the iOS App Store, lets users post photos of men while also pointing out red flags, such as if they are already partnered or registered sex offenders.


China applies to launch 200,000 satellites into space, sparking concerns they plan to build a 'mega-constellation'

Daily Mail - Science & tech

Each of these enormous collections of spacecraft, dubbed CTC-1 and CTC-2, would contain 96,714 satellites spread over 3,660 different orbits. If completed, China's new mega-constellation would dwarf even SpaceX's bold ambition to put 49,000 Starlink satellites in orbit. Together, CTC-1 and CTC-2 would be the largest assembly of satellites ever put in orbit, and would effectively lock competitors out of a region of low-Earth orbit. With Chinese authorities remaining quiet about the satellites' intended use, experts have raised concerns that the constellation may pose a security or defence threat. As reported by China in Space, the Nanjing University of Aeronautics claims that the satellites will focus on: 'Low-altitude electromagnetic space security, integrated security defence systems, electromagnetic space security assessment of airspace, and low-altitude airspace safety supervision services.'


The REAL reason you're still single: Study reveals the biggest contributing factors - including being intelligent

Daily Mail - Science & tech

Mayor blames ICE for'creating chaos' in Minneapolis and tells protesters to go home after illegal migrant is shot Iran confirms protest hero will NOT be executed as Trump reveals Tehran told him'the killing has stopped' after he threatened to take military action'Heads will roll!' US Marshals under fire for sending'Fugitive Task Force' to raid Timothy Busfield's mountain home 60 minutes after he turned himself in on child sex charges My Heated Rivalry fantasy became a reality... and my secret hookup will soon be leading the country Banks seize 367,000 homes as housing pain spreads across US... and it is about to get much worse Shocking truth about Minneapolis woman dragged from car by ICE while screaming that she was on her way to a doctor's appointment Inside Tiger Woods' 50th birthday bash as he cozies up to girlfriend Vanessa Trump to watch Bon Jovi Somali'fraudsters' force out YouTuber who exposed massive scandal amid fraud investigation in Minnesota Shameless Gwyneth Paltrow, 53, pushes'miracle' $150 Goop serum... but plastic surgeon suggests she's neglected to mention a far more invasive secret behind her taut face and'TILTED' eyes Danes say Trump is still set on'conquering' Greenland after'frank' talks as Sweden accuses him of exaggerating threats posed by Russia and China to seize the island The reclusive life of Michael Jackson's ex-wife Debbie Rowe, 67, as more details emerge over who really fathered the singer's children Palm Beach elites break out in civil war over $200m'greed project'... as Don Jr's fiancée furiously intervenes Suspended Ford worker who heckled Trump receives $600k as woke liberals call him'working class hero' White House responds to Joe Rogan's warning that ICE behavior in Minneapolis resembles Hitler's Gestapo Billionaire sports tycoon becomes America's biggest landowner with latest massive purchase Elon Musk's X stops its AI tool Grok from undressing pictures of real people after huge backlash over sexualised deepfakes MAGA goes wild for new scene in Landman with Glen Powell's glamorous love Michelle Randolph My night at America's'scariest' McDonald's that is so dangerous it does not even have a DOOR, with frightened locals renaming it'McStabby's' The REAL reason you're still single: Study reveals the biggest contributing factors - including being intelligent Whether you're happily on your own or desperate for love, you might wonder why you haven't yet met your perfect match. Now, a study has revealed the main factors contributing to remaining single - and it's bad news for those who went to university. A team from the University of Zurich recruited more than 17,000 people from the UK and Germany for their study. The participants were aged 16 at the start of the study and had no prior relationship experience. They were surveyed annually up until the age of 29 with questions aimed at capturing their characteristics, attributes and sociodemographic factors.


NASA carries out first-ever medical evacuation from ISS as astronauts return to Earth from space

Daily Mail - Science & tech

Mayor blames ICE for'creating chaos' in Minneapolis and tells protesters to go home after illegal migrant is shot Iran confirms protest hero will NOT be executed as Trump reveals Tehran told him'the killing has stopped' after he threatened to take military action'Heads will roll!' US Marshals under fire for sending'Fugitive Task Force' to raid Timothy Busfield's mountain home 60 minutes after he turned himself in on child sex charges My Heated Rivalry fantasy became a reality... and my secret hookup will soon be leading the country Banks seize 367,000 homes as housing pain spreads across US... and it is about to get much worse Shocking truth about Minneapolis woman dragged from car by ICE while screaming that she was on her way to a doctor's appointment Inside Tiger Woods' 50th birthday bash as he cozies up to girlfriend Vanessa Trump to watch Bon Jovi Somali'fraudsters' force out YouTuber who exposed massive scandal amid fraud investigation in Minnesota Shameless Gwyneth ...


Musk's Grok to bar users from generating sexual images of real people

Al Jazeera

Musk's Grok to bar users from generating sexual images of real people Elon Musk's X has said it will "geoblock" users of xAI Grok from creating images of people in "bikinis, underwear, and similar attire" amid a global backlash against the chatbot's sexualised images. "We have implemented technological measures to prevent the Grok account from allowing the editing of images of real people in revealing clothing such as bikinis," X's safety team said in a statement late on Wednesday. The statement did not elaborate on the nature of the geoblocking or other safeguards. X claimed to have "zero tolerance for any forms of child sexual exploitation, non-consensual nudity, and unwanted sexual content". X's Grok faces investigations and bans from regulators and governments around the world following a deluge of sexualised AI images on the platform in recent weeks.


Labubu toy manufacturer exploited workers, labour group claims

BBC News

A labour rights organisation claims it has found evidence of worker exploitation in a Chinese factory that makes the viral Labubu dolls. China Labor Watch (CLW), a US-based non-governmental organisation, alleges that its investigation found that one of Pop Mart's suppliers made employees work excessive overtime shifts, sign blank or incomplete contracts and did not give them paid leave. The furry Labubu dolls have surged in popularity around the world in recent years and are best known for selling toys in blind boxes, which hide its content from buyers until it is opened. Pop Mart told the BBC that it is investigating the claims. The Beijing-based toy retailer said it appreciated the details from the review and that it will firmly require companies making its toys to correct their practices if the allegations are found to be true.