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Net Neutrality is About To Make a Comeback

Thursday at 18:00 PM, via Slashdot

The Federal Communications Commission is set to vote to restore net neutrality on Thursday in the latest volley of a yearslong game of political ping-pong. From a report: The commission is expected to reclassify internet service providers (ISPs) — e.g., broadband companies like AT&T and Comcast — as common carriers under Title II of the Communications Act. That classification would open ISPs up...

Meet The New Mazda EV Models

Thursday at 17:25 PM, via Tech Financials

Changan Mazda, a Chinese company receiving investment from Mazda, today, at Auto China 2024, unveiled the all-new electrified vehicle, Mazda EZ-6, and the Mazda Arata, the design concept model of electrified vehicle. The Mazda EZ-6, unveiled today, is the first of a series of new electrified vehicles (new energy vehicles) developed and manufactured by Changan […]

Ford Just Reported a Massive Loss on Every Electric Vehicle It Sold

Thursday at 17:21 PM, via Slashdot

Ford’s electric vehicle unit reported that losses soared in the first quarter to $1.3 billion, or $132,000 for each of the 10,000 vehicles it sold in the first three months of the year, helping to drag down earnings for the company overall. From a report: Ford, like most automakers, has announced plans to shift from traditional gas-powered vehicles to EVs in coming years. But it is the only...

Alibaba Cloud’s big plans for South Africa

Thursday at 16:59 PM, via MyBroadband

While the 15-year-old company might not yet be as well known as Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, or Microsoft Azure, its technology forms the backbone of one of the world’s biggest ecommerce giants and has plenty to offer South African businesses.

About 2m people have long Covid in England and Scotland, figures show

Thursday at 16:56 PM, via The Guardian

Many report symptoms lasting two years or longer and about 1.5m say disease affects day-to-day activities

About 2 million people in England and Scotland say they are experiencing long Covid, figures reveal, with many reporting their symptoms have lasted two years or longer.

The findings were released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and cover the period from November 2023 to March...

Spotify Says Apple Has Rejected Its App Update With Price Information for EU Users

Thursday at 16:40 PM, via Slashdot

Apple has rejected Spotify’s new version of its iOS app with in-app pricing information for users in the European Union, the audio streaming firm said on Thursday. Reuters: The Swedish company submitted a new version of its app to Apple with basic pricing and website information, which is a minimum requirement under the European Commission’s ruling in its music streaming case, it said in a post...

AI Could Kill Off Most Call Centres, Says TCS Head

Thursday at 16:00 PM, via Slashdot

The head of Indian IT company Tata Consultancy Services has said AI will result in “minimal” need for call centres in as soon as a year, with AI’s rapid advances set to upend a vast industry across Asia and beyond. From a report: K Krithivasan, TCS chief executive, told the Financial Times that while “we have not seen any job reduction” so far, wider adoption of generative AI among...

US Fertility Rate Falls To Lowest In a Century

Thursday at 15:00 PM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from CNN: The fertility rate in the United States has been trending down for decades, and a new report shows that another drop in births in 2023 brought the rate down to the lowest it’s been in more than century. There were about 3.6 million babies born in 2023, or 54.4 live births for every 1,000 females ages 15 to 44, according to provisional data from the...

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