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14 votes
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You can’t call a company Scorpio Bastardo [in the UK]
7 votes -
Boeing tells US regulators how it will fix aircraft safety
16 votes -
A fire killed 18,000 cows in Texas. It’s a horrifyingly normal disaster. (2023)
20 votes -
SCOTUS National Bank Act Preemption Ruling makes room for more state consumer protection regulations
5 votes -
Celebrities like Elon Musk and Taylor Swift might soon be able to hide their private jet flights from online sleuths
47 votes -
Because European sunscreens can draw on more ingredients, they can protect better against skin cancer
26 votes -
‘Deny, denounce, delay’: the battle over the risk of ultra-processed foods
26 votes -
Fecal microbiota transplant: Inside the black market for human poop
30 votes -
Raw milk easy to obtain despite bird flu warning, US FDA interstate ban
19 votes -
Fuel-guzzling ‘Yank Tanks’ face a costly future in Australia after new vehicle emissions changes approved
23 votes -
New rules to overhaul US electric grids could boost wind and solar power (gifted link)
9 votes -
Mortgage companies could intensify the next recession, US officials warn
24 votes -
Steam banned in Vietnam
User reports: https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/0/4362376335340911703/?ctp=2 Likely because Steam has not complied with local laws (in fact, they have no local presence at all on...
User reports: https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/0/4362376335340911703/?ctp=2
Likely because Steam has not complied with local laws (in fact, they have no local presence at all on Vietnam).
I do wonder if Steam is going to do anything. Complying with Vietnam's regulation is probably too burdensome to be worth the revenue, but on the other hand, Steam's promise with their DRM has always been that they would "unlock" the games if they had to shut down, and now they're shut down in a specific country.
Vietnamese Steam users have been sold products which they cannot play at all anymore, at least while following the laws of their Communist (so, totalitarian) regime. It's not a great situation for them.
Well, to be honest, they're probably going to do nothing. But I do wonder to what extent Valve, who knew they were not in compliance, should have not sold games at all in Vietnam? Similar to the Helldivers situation, surely they knew this shoe was dropping.
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How bridge engineers design against ship collisions
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US to require automatic emergency braking on new vehicles in five years
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New EPA regulation requires coal plants in the United States to reduce 90 percent of their greenhouse pollution by 2039
33 votes -
UK becomes first country to outlaw easily guessable default passwords on connected devices
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Ten times as much of this toxic pesticide could end up on your tomatoes and celery under a new US EPA proposal
29 votes -
Dozens of Texas water systems exceed new federal PFAS limits
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California sets nation-leading limit for carcinogenic chromium-6 in drinking water
17 votes