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Cars will need fewer screens and more buttons to earn five-star safety rating in Europe Euro NCAP will release new testing guidelines in 2026.

Next year, the EU will require cars to have buttons & dials -- not just touchscreens -- to get a top safety rating.

This is a great move. Drivers can fiddle with knobs & buttons without taking their eyes off the road, but they can't do that with touchscreens.

(Even better: Tesla will hate this)

27.02.2025 16:27 — 👍 15663    🔁 3069    💬 579    📌 1257

Germany's Left Party wants to halve billionaires' wealth – DW – 02/08/2025 The Left Party says "there shouldn't be any billionaires." With Germany gearing up for an election, the far-left force has launched a new tax plan — though it will most likely never get a chance to im...

Germany's Left Party has a new goal of cutting the wealth of billionaires in half within a decade.

Ultimately, they "believe there should not be any billionaires."

They aim to implement a wealth tax and raise inheritance and income taxes on the rich.

www.dw.com/en/germanys-...

10.02.2025 18:44 — 👍 2256    🔁 423    💬 45    📌 76

Doge staffers enter Noaa headquarters and incite reports of cuts and threats Members reportedly sought access to IT systems at agency that Project 2025 has called ‘harmful to US prosperity’

“I think the strategy here is: ‘Well, we’re just going to do it and dare somebody to stop us, and by the time they stop us, we’ll have destroyed it.’”

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

05.02.2025 20:03 — 👍 12373    🔁 3794    💬 1273    📌 341

If you are an American who feels threatened by government tyranny now or in the future;

you have your 2nd Amendment for a reason.

Please invest in safety training and practice as well.

23.01.2025 20:39 — 👍 42    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0

FTC: Companies Are Using Your Data for Individualized 'Surveillance Pricing' According to a new FTC report, retailers are hiring 'intermediary firms' to algorithmically tweak and target their prices, so you may be paying more based on your web history and profile.

www.pcmag.com/news/ftc-com...

21.01.2025 00:52 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

VPNs not a workaround for U.S. TikTok ban U.S. TikTok users hoping to find a workaround to access the banned app are finding that virtual private networks are no help, hinting that the company has taken extra precautions to ensure Americans a...

Nothing of note here; ban an entire country (and parts of Canada were getting the same message) but we're not sure how.
www.yahoo.com/news/vpns-no...

20.01.2025 16:35 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

If you really want me to get up early...

11.01.2025 00:53 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0