Cool (bad pun): Ford updates software to use SUV heater to sterilize cars
A software update allows Ford police SUVs to sterilize themselves. Source: Ford kills COVID-19 with ingenious car heater hack
T-Mobile explains what went wrong this week
Good explanation: Update on T-Mobile Network Issues | T-Mobile Newsroom For reasons unknown, utilities, communications and airlines are always incredibly vague when problems occur and mostly say “We had problems.…
T-Mobile’s nationwide outage blamed on “5G rollout” upgrades
The network outage was related to the company’s 5G rollout, Deutsche Telekom AG Chief Executive Officer Tim Hoettges said in a press conference. Source: T-Mobile outage, now resolved, related to…
Six former eBay senior managers harassed a couple who ran a news site critical of eBay, now charged with Federal crimes.
These were very high level – executive level – staff who undertook a vicious harassment campaign: Ex-execs arrested for alleged harassment of couple who run e-commerce news site. Source: eBay…
7 in 10 Americans won’t use contact-tracing apps
No surprise: More than 7 in 10 Americans won’t use contact-tracing apps, data shows | Ars Technica With 30% agreeing to install such apps today, that means just 9% of…
Plate tectonics vs. erosion—what sets the height of a mountain range? | Ars Technica
Cool stuff: Plate tectonics vs. erosion—what sets the height of a mountain range? | Ars Technica And the answer is: mostly plate tectonics, speed of movement, nature of the materials…