A few more famous people with 2 first names:

• Anne Frank
• Bob Dylan
• Dylan Thomas
• Billy Joel
• George Harrison
• George Michael
• Elton John
• Missy Elliot
• Meg Ryan
• Kevin James
• Elizabeth Tyler
• Liv Tyler
• Steven Tyler
• Carey Grant
• Hugh Grant
• Mariah Carey
• Diana Ross
• Dean Martin
• Steve Martin
• Grace Kelly
• Alexander Hamilton
• Larry David

I had to check to make sure that this was not an old April Fools Day joke article.

It’s been a few years since I last bought a TV, but I’ve been happy with my Sony. About once or twice a year I get a “software update available” message, which is weird since it has never been connected to any network, but I just dismiss it and continue my regular usage.

It’s not like it was a hostile take over. They played their part when Musk talked shit and they sued him to follow through with the purchase. They could have easily kept it, but they wanted the money instead.

I hope a significant number of them get new jobs and quiet quit to get that double paycheck for as long as they can.

Or “PutErUpWhere”

Article on Scientific America’s site

For the curious the other endorsement they made was for Joe Biden in 2020.

I left Private Internet Access (PIA) for Proton VPN after the Kape acquisition years ago. Still happy with my decision and I recommend Proton VPN to anybody in the market for personal VPN services.

Relevant Ferris Bueller Wisdom

It’s a screen shot from this “flour in hairdryer” prank. Skip to about the 1:30 mark to see where the prank goes wrong.

Are they trying to hide behind a “I didn’t know what I was saying” defense while expecting people to trust and listen to what they say?

From the AP News article on the topic

One unidentified influencer’s contract included a $400,000 monthly fee, a $100,000 signing bonus and an additional performance bonus.

Such savage victimization. I’m sure that they returned all the money once they learned what it was for and where it came from.

Have they solved the racial bias issues that has plagued facial recognition systems?

You aren’t necessarily wrong. Have you ever seen Friends without a laugh track?

“… guys like me who have been debanked,” Donald Trump Jr. said

I had to look up “debanked”. Admitting to it has to be the financial equivalent of telling people you are a registered sex offender.

Just gonna leave this here

https://www.celebritynetworth.com/richest-businessmen/ceos/mike-lindell-net-worth/

How is banning TikTok “limiting technological advancements”?

Would you agree that I was able to provide examples of “China doing the same” which you stated that you “did not see”?

Are you kidding? China has some of the strongest censorship laws in the world which includes filtering internet content and blocking access to apps. North Korea is the only country that has more repressed access to free information.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_in_China

The Chinese government has banned, among others, Google, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Reddit, BBC, Wikipedia and … are you ready for this … TIKTOK. The Chinese government agrees that TikTok should be banned (though for different reasons).

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_websites_blocked_in_mainland_China

In 2020, so-called “AI agents” defeated human pilots in simulations in all five of their match-ups - but the technology needed to be run for real in the air.

It did not reveal which aircraft won the dogfight.

I’m gonna guess the AI won.

Some refrigerators can dispense cold filtered water.

The difference is the US government believes that TikTok is beholden to the Chinese government. When a corporation acts this way it is an invasion of privacy. When a foreign government acts this way it is espionage.

If TikTok is sold to an entity the US government thinks is sufficiently independent from a foreign government, then they can continue spying on users.

Alternatively, they may be able to registers under the Foreign Agents Registration Act. I don’t know how that would impact TikTok’s ability to operate though.