Interesting headline, but the article was relatively poorly written. For example, no mention was made of job sectors which are particularly at-risk for technology replacement in 10 years, nor, conversely, job sectors that you would expect to be low-risk for technology replacement e.g. plumbers, senior health care aides, etc. Instead there was more fluff than substance in the article.

I can see what Apple is trying to do, but I doubt that the robo-callers or scammers are conducting their scams from their iPhones.

What I think would be more helpful would be a button on the RECEIVER'S end of things called "report this number" where people can report scammers and spam callers to Apple. Apple could then use that info to flag incoming calls from those types of numbers as "Suspected spam. Take call anyway?" This way it would not matter whether the caller was using iPhone or a robo-call machine, it would help Apple users who are getting incoming calls from those numbers.

Yes, I already have my phone number already on the don't-call list! It doesn't help! The US don't-call list is not very effective. It sounds like the one in Belgium is much, much better. Scammers don't go by the law, and I feel like there is too little done here to stop them. I definitely wish there was more that could be done to report them. I've considered typing up a list of numbers that are scams or robo-calls and putting it up online to make a database. But then I heard that some of the scammers make it look like their phone number is something that it isn't really, and I would hate for an innocent number to go up on my database. So in the end, if I get repeated calls from a number that doesn't leave a message, I eventually block that number from my phone.

While reading this article, I was wondering why the author does not quit social media if they find it that terrible. The author provided an answer to this during the article, saying that social media was just too addictive.

This is a bit like someone who desperately wants to lose weight saying they're not going to do it because unhealthy foods are too addictive.

Because it's not satisfied with what it already knows about you?

I'd have to say that probably MORE than half of the calls I get appear to be scams. I basically don't answer the phone unless it's someone I know. Otherwise, they can leave a message.

I would have to say that this is one of the rare problems where fixing it results in making things easier for employers and everyone, than NOT fixing it. In other words, the fix results in everyone NOT having to have extra hassle. So if a problem can be fixed in such a way that it causes LESS work than continuing on with the status quo, why not fix it?!

I'm hoping this action by the EU will prompt other countries such as the US to follow suit.

I'm all for either sticking to non-DST year-round, or sticking to DST time year round, but basically sticking to one time. Hopefully when the EU does it, other countries will see it's not too complicated and will do it. The thing that really bugs me is that most of the year, it doesn't matter anyway - in summer, the morning and evening commutes are both happening in daylight; in winter they're both happening in the dark. In other words, the days are long enough in summer and short enough in winter not to make any real difference to whether we have daylight savings or not, anyway.

This article was so-so. They point out that going to bed late allows people to be productive late at night; at hours when they're less likely to get interruptions. This is very true. However, they also fail to acknowledge that early risers can also accomplish things early in the morning before standard work hours, without interruptions.

I did like the point they made that in early societies, having people with a range of circadian rhythms in a community was helpful, since there was always someone awake at any given point, to watch for predators etc. Overall though, I felt the article was more "fluff" than substance. It was interesting but could have made the exact same points while being condensed a lot more.

Exactly!! Put it up and allow ppl to point out flaw/loopholes (initially for free/bragging rights), then offer significant bug bounties, then make changes based on that. Still much cheaper than whatever they go through when the machines are hacked.

I agree, it's a big problem - if someone steals your phone, they have access to your authentication for your various accounts. I minimize what things are linked to my phone number, but even so, many accounts require you to have a phone number that they WILL use to send authentication texts etc. I'd love to see a solution like the one they proposed in the article.

Very scary stuff!

That is so scary, when a patient is fighting for her life, that she also has to deal with insurance companies who won't agree with the decisions of a trained oncologist. She's been paying insurance premiums exactly for the reason of getting life-saving treatment, after all.

This is scary. Hard to believe a city is literally sinking, but it is.

I know it's amazing, but it still sounds a little creepy to me. (Will they take over the world one day??)

I wish the article had made it clear whether Linux was installed alongside Windows, or as the only OS. That's a pretty important point.

Another reason I'm glad I made the switch to Linux.

Although I didn't forsee this, I'm not a fan at all of 23andMe, and this has just reinforced my (low) opinion of them. I'd never get any testing like that done, and if for some reason I wanted to, it would not be through 23andMe, and it would only be with genetic counseling done first.

Oh thanks! The links are great!! Anyone who hasn't seen the episode will otherwise have no clue what I'm talking about... so am grateful for the links. Yes - definitely a spine-chilling concept.

As far as I understood it, the European privacy laws relate to where the user is located, not the company or the data centers.