The fight to ban gas-powered cars in the 1960s(grist.org)

27 points by robtherobber 2 years ago | 35 comments

Biggest industries burn through $7.3T of natural capital a year(grist.org)

53 points by alexzeitler 3 years ago | 47 comments

FBI sent several informants to Standing Rock protests, court documents show(grist.org)

34 points by wahnfrieden 2 years ago | 6 comments

Landfills Leak More Planet-Baking Methane Than We Thought(grist.org)

51 points by frasermarlow 2 years ago | 37 comments

Gasoline is cheap – but charging an EV is still cheaper(grist.org)

13 points by geox 2 years ago | 17 comments

Congress is poised to increase energy bills by hundreds of dollars per household(grist.org)

22 points by rntn 1 year ago | 0 comments

Microsoft will switch off Recall by default after security backlash(wired.com)

444 points by georgehill 2 years ago | 397 comments

Wired article reporting that Microsoft will make its AI Recall screen-recording feature opt-in and add privacy protections after security criticism.

Microsoft breached antitrust rules by bundling Teams and Office, EU says(apnews.com)

669 points by cbg0 2 years ago | 734 comments

AP News article reporting that the European Union found Microsoft breached antitrust rules by bundling Teams with its Office software.

Microsoft will assume liability for legal copyright risks of Copilot(blogs.microsoft.com)

470 points by wgx 3 years ago | 328 comments

Microsoft blog post announcing the Copilot Copyright Commitment, under which Microsoft assumes legal liability for copyright claims against customers using Copilot outputs.

Oregon passes right-to-repair law Apple lobbied to kill(techdirt.com)

525 points by Lariscus 2 years ago | 132 comments

Techdirt article reporting Oregon became the seventh state to pass a right-to-repair law, including a parts-pairing ban that Apple lobbied against.

Retiring Windows 10 and Microsoft's move towards a surveillance state(scottrlarson.com)

433 points by trinsic2 1 year ago | 286 comments

Blog post by Scott Larson arguing that Windows 10's retirement reflects Microsoft's shift toward user surveillance in newer Windows versions.

Microsoft offers voluntary buyouts to a quarter of its workforce(kuow.org)

88 points by mooreds 4 hours ago | 103 comments

KUOW news article reporting that Microsoft is offering voluntary exit buyouts with severance to about 60,000 employees, roughly a quarter of its workforce.