Ah, nothing like the right wing play of refusing to do what you are required to do by law and then getting upset when people remove you from power.

You are right. That's why making it HARDER for people to create new data that hasn't already been sold is an interesting choice.

But Google told us they only wanted an open space preserve for hiking enthusiasts!

Funny, my only reason to go to Reddit anymore is to lurk on my local soccer team's threads.

What words did you use to come to the conclusion that his doctoral studies are in philosophy? The story doesn't even say Ph.D., let alone the word philosophy. Even if it did say Ph.D., that is just a title and rarely has anything to do with philosophy. Engineers, Physicists, Mathematicians, etc all get Ph.D. titles when they go for a doctorate.

The timing doesn't sound in the least bit suspect.

Step 1: Sell Google access to all of your data, which is the only thing of value your company has.

Step 2: Google uses your data to bypass traffic away from you.

Step 3: Be confused why nobody is going to your site anymore.

Well, the story is basically he said/he said. Some reports say the kid was just humiliating the other kids, which got the other parents angry. The boy's parents shared (their chosen clips) video of him scoring goals without pushing anyone. Other reports talk about the boy's parents being belligerent and arguing with the ref and other parents, but there is no video of that. I think there is nothing to point at this being about race, even if there is something about other parents getting angry that their kids were feeling embarrassed and not having fun (still unclear on that, though).

I will say the video from the boy's parents has them celebrating like he scored in a world cup game instead of scoring at a 3 year olds' league game. That could rub some parents the wrong way.

I loved that book. Might be my favorite of his.

Those would be two very different books!

They didn't call the cops on a kid for being good at his sports, nor for the kid being black.

The kid was asked by the ref to stop pushing other kids, which the other parents supported. These parents got angry that their future-Messi was told to stop being so aggressive, so they got into an altercation with other parents and the ref. The parents started posting the ref on Instagram, so he walked away and called the cops.

I mean, it says the thieves are sending the hardware to China. That can mean anything from gaming black market to state-sponsored funneling of hardware to Chinese AI companies. It might be less Robin Hood and more... I don't know, some Jackie Chan movie where Triads are operating in the US and working with a Chinese diplomat to help some mega-corp.