Bluesky’s Latest Update Makes It Harder for Someone to Take Your Name No more worrying about username squatters.

A new ‘ultra-secure’ phone carrier says it can make you harder to track Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge; Getty ImagesA new cell phone carrier is launching with an interesting pitch: it says it will offer secure cell service that limits how much personal data users give up, as reported earlier by 404 Media. The service, called Cape, is geared toward “high-risk” individuals like politicians, journalists, activists, a…

A new iOS 18 security feature makes it harder for police to unlock iPhones Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge; Getty ImagesThere is an apparently new iOS 18 security feature that reboots iPhones that haven’t been unlocked in a few days, frustrating police by making it harder to break into suspects’ iPhones, according to 404 Media. 404 Media, which first reported police warnings about the reboots on Thursday, writes that…

Traffic Jams: Carter Vail – ‘Harder To Kill’ Traffic Jams might be easy to kill, but they can be resurrected as well. Welcome back to a new, same old Jalopnik. Read more…

Progressives Urge Biden to Push Harder on ‘Greedflation’ It’s a moniker about corporate price increases that has bolstered some Democratic senators, and now the president is being encouraged to lean in on the issue for his economic messaging.

Trump’s Harder Line on Immigration Appears to Resonate With Many Americans As the 2024 presidential election ramps up, here is what polls say about public views on the growing number of migrants.

Today’s NBA is harder on LeBron James, Steph Curry than ever before LeBron James and Steph Curry are expected to maintain their playoff excellence. The reality is it’s never been harder for the aging superstars to sustain that success as they try to escape this week’s play-in tournament.

The Protocol: How to Engineer Harder Money, or Just Make Your Own Bitcoin’s supply growth is set to automatically drop by 50% when next week’s “halving” arrives, Ethereum is pondering a cut in ETH issuance, and meme coin issuers are just no-holds-barred spinning up new ones. Blockchain tech is enabling all sorts of monetary strategies.

Tesla’s Swedish Labor Situation Is Getting Harder To Ignore A Swedish trade union is demanding Tesla sign a collective bargaining agreement – something most employees in the Scandinavian country have – or workers will expand their strike, according to the Associated Press. The Austin, Texas-based non-union automaker doesn’t have any manufacturing plants in Sweden, but 130… Read more…

The UK just laid out new rules for the internet — it only gets harder from here Illustration by Hugo Herrera for The VergeAfter the Online Safety Act’s arduous multiyear passage through the UK’s lawmaking process, regulator Ofcom has published its first guidelines for how tech firms can comply with the mammoth legislation. Its proposal — part of a multiphase publication process — outlines how social media platforms, search …

How antisemitism and Islamophobia make reporting abuse harder for Jewish and Muslim women (The Conversation) — In minority faith groups that already face hate, women who have experienced harassment sometimes fear bringing negative attention to their community. The post How antisemitism and Islamophobia make reporting abuse harder for Jewish and Muslim women appeared first on Religion News Service.

What classic TV shows have scenes that are harder to get because they rely on outdated references? Doesn’t necessarily mean that the show is tainted. Plenty of shows like the Simpsons are full of parodies and references to movies I had never heard of, but the jokes are still funny. Other shows aren’t so good at it though, and if you don’t get the reference to a then topical event, person or media, you’re either confused or don’t get why atten…

LPT – 5 Chat-GPT prompts for Studying smarter, not Harder ChatGPT is not only helpful as a run-of-the-mill text generator or writing buddy. It can actually help you get smarter. Here are five ChatGPT prompts I use to kick my studying up a notch. Can you explain the concept of as if you were teaching it to a fifth-grader? Please use simple language and avoid jargon. Richard Feynman…

Are United making Hojlund’s life harder by asking him to do the (near) unprecedented? Hojlund is playing well for Man United at the moment, but the state of his new club (and the size of his transfer fee) is putting him under an unfair amount of pressure to deliver at a young age.

LPT: If you want to leave your mulch bags outside, make sure to slit the bags down the middle, so they’re harder to steal. submitted by /u/Reasonable_Exam_4759

Amazon tests new star ratings that are even harder to read Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeAmazon is testing a new way to show star ratings for products in search results that is more difficult to parse at a glance, as reported by Android Police. Under the new system, when you’re browsing search results, Amazon will show you an average star rating as a number, then a singular gold star, and then…

New Union Leaders Take a Harder Line Pushed by angry members, unions representing actors, autoworkers and UPS employees are becoming increasingly assertive under new leadership.

Stop talking and Start working Smarter not Harder submitted by /u/Probook4ever

Instagram is making it harder for people to spam you with DM requests Illustration by Kristen Radtke / The VergeInstagram is trying to make it more difficult for people you don’t follow to spam you with unwanted DM requests. After testing the feature in June, Instagram now only lets users you don’t follow send a one-message invite before they can start chatting with you. That message can also only contain text, so…

LPT It is a lot harder to say “no” to someone in person. A tip I have found is when you call doctors/dentists offices or if you need a refund or some bit of customer service… it is a lot easier for the person on the other end of the phone to just say “We don’t have an appointment” or “a refund is not possible”. But if you just show up at your doctor’s office… or just show up somewhere where you ne…