An anonymous reader quotes a report from Bloomberg: How about paying for your Taco Bell order with Dogecoin? Or some of Whole Food’s avocado ice cream with Bitcoin. That’s the goal of a new partnership between crypto payment processor BitPay and Verifo…
UK Electric Car Inquiries Soar During Fuel Supply Crisis
Electric car inquiries are soaring as petrol stations in parts of the UK have started running out of fuel on Friday. The Guardian reports: While scenes of chaos play out at petrol stations across the country amid shortages, for many electric vehicle (E…
SpaceX Satellite Signals Used Like GPS To Pinpoint Location On Earth
schwit1 shares a report from GPS Daily: Engineering researchers have developed a method to use signals broadcast by Starlink internet service satellites to accurately locate a position here on Earth, much like GPS does. It is the first time the Starlin…
Why Does the iPhone Still Use Lightning?
An anonymous reader shares a report from Daring Fireball, written by John Gruber: Chaim Gartenberg, writing for The Verge, “The Lightning Port Isn’t About Convenience; It’s About Control”: “Notably absent from Apple’s argument, though, is the fact that…
Ford Recalls Mustang Mach-Es Over Risk of Glass Roof Flying Off
Ford has issued a recall of 5,000 Mustang Mach-E electric SUVs in Canada over a risk of the glass roof and windshield potentially coming loose and falling off. Ironically, the automaker mocked Tesla for the same problem just a year ago. Electrek report…
A Tesla Big Battery Is Getting Sued Over Power Grid Failures In Australia
Tesla’s Big Battery, located in southern Australia, just got hit with a federal lawsuit for failing to provide the crucial grid support it once promised it could. Motherboard reports: Built by Tesla in 2017, the 150-megawatt battery supplies 189 megawa…
US To Open Program To Replace Huawei Equipment In US Networks
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Monday said it would open a $1.9 billion program to reimburse mostly rural U.S. telecom carriers for removing network equipment made by Chinese compan…
What It’s Like To Spend 40-50 Hours In VR Every Week
Technologist, physicist, and virtual reality professional Paul Tomlinson shares what it’s like to spend 4,500+ hours “banging away at real work on virtual screens.” Slashdot reader Keighvin shares an excerpt from his report, with the caption: “Portions…
Students Don’t Know What Files And Folders Are, Professors Say
University students in courses from engineering to physics are having to be taught what files and folders are, The Verge reports, because that’s not how they’ve grown up using computers. Whenever they need a file, they just search for it. PCGamer summa…
Robinhood CEO Unwittingly Inspired $1 Million Meme Stock Fraud
According to the SEC, Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev unwittingly inspired brokerages to engage in a scheme involving illegal wash trading, or trading with yourself. An anonymous reader shares the report from Bloomberg: The SEC accused Suyun Gu and Yong Lee o…