🔗 Articles: Sat 02.Mar.2024
The Guardian: ‘I was in despair’: how lending a phone led to life savings being stolen
“I was in a bit of an emotional state. My phone had gone and I was panicking,” she says. “I could not pass the telephone bank security as I didn’t know my passwords. Why would I? I never call them as I do all my banking on my mobile, and all the telephone banking passwords are completely different. They said I had to visit the branch.”
What she had forgotten was that lots of her sensitive financial information was in a Notes file on the stolen mobile. Although the pin for the lost Metro Bank debit card wasn’t listed in the file, it did list the pin for another card. The thief must have found the note, and assumed that like most people Souret used the same pin for all her bank cards. She did.
Trump’s Team is Celebrating the Supreme Court’s Immunity Decision
The former president is now highly unlikely to stand trial in the Justice Department’s election interference case before November.
The supreme court handed Donald Trump a massive victory on Wednesday by agreeing to rule on whether he is immune from prosecution for acts committed while he was president. The court will hear arguments on April 22 and won’t hand down a decision until June — which means it’s unlikely a trial in the Justice Department’s election interference case will commence before the election. If Trump wins the election, he’ll of course appoint an attorney general who will toss the case, regardless of how the Supreme Court rules this summer.
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Micromat: APFS support status
Likewise, while the Volume Rebuild can repair many drives with volume structures problems, a full rebuild that reorganizes the volume structures can only be implemented once Apple provides further documentation.
It is important to note as well that Techtool Pro uses a low-level API to test, repair, rebuild, and defragment Mac OS Extended volumes. No such API yet exists for APFS, and it is unclear if Apple will make one available.
Guardian: UK quits treaty that lets fossil fuel firms sue governments over climate policies
The UK is pulling out of a treaty that lets fossil fuel firms sue governments over their climate policies.
The UK will quit the controversial energy charter treaty (ECT) after efforts to align it with net zero emissions plans failed, the government announced late on Wednesday.
The treaty allows fossil fuel investors to sue states for lost profit expectations in an opaque corporate arbitration system set up to protect fossil fuel investors in the former Soviet economies in the 1990s.
The good news: neither Canada nor the US are signatories.
BBC: Why alcohol is so dangerous for young adults’ brains
How might these findings affect an adolescent’s choices – and their parents’ decisions around how and when to allow them to drink at home?
“Our message is delay as long as you can,” says Squeglia, “because your brain is still developing, and let your brain develop and be as healthy as it can before you start engaging in things like alcohol and other substance use.”
Several myths to overcome.
CleanTechnica: More Affordable Electric Cars Are Starting To Arrive In More Places Around The World
$25,000 seems to be the magical number when it comes to the upfront purchase price of EVs to get things going into overdrive in the EV world. Well, at least, that seems to be the general consensus on a lot of platforms. Which is why there has been a lot of excitement around a potential $25,000 compact car from Tesla. Before that particular vehicle becomes a reality, there is already some similar activity around the world, with several OEMs now ramping up deliveries of sub-$25,000 BEVs.
Last Updated: 02.Mar.2024 23:59 EST