I bought a Galaxy S8 when it was released and within a month the motherboard failed. Took me 2 months to get a replacement, used a flip phone for the mean time. I switched to iPhone after that and will never go back. The phones are just made better and if I have an issue I can drive to the Apple store and get it fixed on the spot.
The advanced retail sales report showed a seasonally adjusted increase of 0.7% for the month, better than the 0.4% Dow Jones estimate. Excluding autos, sales rose a robust 1%, also against a 0.4% forecast. Both readings were the best monthly gains since January....
Get out of your echo chambers some time. I can tell you’re smart but you never talk or listen to anyone outside of the first viewpoint you heard. I was the same way when I was young
Hurricane Hilary could dump over a year's worth of rain on parts of the Southwest (www.cnn.com)
Trump cancels news conference to release report on 2020 election (www.reuters.com)
ChatGPT Has Liberal Bias, Say Researchers (www.forbes.com)
Jelly Roll - Save Me (www.youtube.com)
"Prior phone problems" the top reason for Android users switching to iPhone (www.hardwarezone.com.sg)
Appeals Court Upholds Legality of Abortion Pill but With Significant Restrictions (www.msn.com)
Apple buying Disney isn't the fairy tale it once was (www.macworld.com)
iOS 17 Health App: Mood tracking, eye health, medications features being added (www.macrumors.com)
Target says backlash against LGBTQ+ Pride merchandise hurt sales (www.npr.org)
Maui tourism, an economic mainstay, sparks anger amid fire ruin (www.reuters.com)
Federal student loan pause ends next month, some borrowers expect budgets to take a major hit (wtop.com)
Federal student loan pause ends next month, some borrowers expect budgets to take a major hit (wtop.com)
TIL just 20% of European homes have air conditioning compared to 88% in US (www.nbcnews.com)
LTT: What do we do now? (www.youtube.com)
TIL there was a third founder of Apple. He sold his 10% of the company for $800 worried that his assets could be seized by creditors if the company failed (www.cnbc.com)
FBI agent says Biden transition team, Secret Service were tipped off on 2020 plans to interview Hunter Biden (www.yahoo.com)
Sex in San Francisco robotaxis is running rampant, report finds: 'No boundaries' (www.yahoo.com)
Death toll from devastating Maui fire reaches 101, Hawaii governor says (apnews.com)
Dell fined $6.5M after admitting it made overpriced monitors look discounted (arstechnica.com)
X has started reversing the throttling on some of the sites, including NYTimes' (twitter.com)
ISPs complain that listing every fee is too hard, urge FCC to scrap new rule (arstechnica.com)
The tech jobs market is as strong as it ever was (techcrunch.com)
Retail sales increased 0.7% in July, better than expected as consumer spending is holding up (www.cnbc.com)
The advanced retail sales report showed a seasonally adjusted increase of 0.7% for the month, better than the 0.4% Dow Jones estimate. Excluding autos, sales rose a robust 1%, also against a 0.4% forecast. Both readings were the best monthly gains since January....
Oliver Anthony - Virginia (www.youtube.com)
Oliver Anthony - Rich Men North Of Richmond (www.youtube.com)
Oliver Anthony - Virginia (www.youtube.com)
Epsilla: a high performance Vector Database Management System (github.com)
OpenFarm: a free and open database and web application for gardening knowledge (openfarm.cc)
Amazon begins rolling out AI-generated review summaries (www.engadget.com)
Streaming TV costs now higher than cable, as 'crash' finally hits (9to5mac.com)
Your 'batterygate' check is finally in the mail–and it's a lot bigger than you thought (www.macworld.com)
How an iPhone 14 ‘literally’ saved a family trapped in the Hawaii wildfires (www.macworld.com)
iPhone SE 4 Rumored to Feature Action Button, USB-C, Face ID, and More (www.macrumors.com)
iPhone SE 4 Rumored to Feature Action Button, USB-C, Face ID, and More (www.macrumors.com)
Rich Men North Of Richmond - Oliver Anthony [caution : right-wing propaganda] (youtu.be)
U.S. unveils plans for large facilities to capture carbon directly from air (www.science.org)
Mark Zuckerberg says he is ‘ready to fight’ Elon Musk (nypost.com)
Hunter Biden drama assured to hang over Joe Biden's 2024 campaign with special counsel (www.usatoday.com)
Death toll from Maui wildfire reaches 89, making it the deadliest in the US in more than 100 years (apnews.com)
The 90s (lemmy.world)
The 90s (lemmy.world)
Samsung Announces 256TB SSDs and Unveils Peta-Byte Scale PBSSDs (www.tomshardware.com)