#safety
Trump team wants to scrap car-crash reporting rule that Tesla opposes
The Trump transition team wants the incoming administration to drop a car-crash reporting requirement opposed by Elon #Musk’s #Tesla according to a document seen by Reuters, a move that could cripple the government’s ability to investigate and regulate the safety of vehicles with #automated-#driving systems.
Musk, the world's richest person, spent more than a quarter of a billion dollars helping #Trump get elected president in November. Removing the crash-disclosure provision would particularly benefit Tesla, which has reported most of the crashes – more than 1,500 – to federal safety regulators under the program.
#bribes #corruption #dictator #authoritarian #cars #automation #safety #crashes
Biden Asked Microsoft to “Raise the Bar on Cybersecurity.” He May Have Helped Create an Illegal Monopoly.
https://www.propublica.org/article/microsoft-white-house-offer-cybersecurity-biden-nadella
Reporting Highlights
- Raising the Bar: President Joe Biden asked tech companies to “raise the bar on cybersecurity.” So Microsoft offered the government free upgrades and the consultants to install them.
- Competitive Advantage: While the plan helped the government bolster cybersecurity, it also helped Microsoft tighten its grip on federal business and freeze out its competitors.
- Money for Nothing: Legal and contracting experts say the deals never should have come to pass, as they sidestep or even possibly violate federal procurement and antitrust laws.
#monopoly #monopolies #microsoft #propublica #cybersecurity #security #safety #biden #it #antitrust #antitrust-law
700 mine workers at Tabas mine resigned in protest against unsafe working conditions and heavy fines.
On September 31, in a big disaster, at least 53 mine workers died due to methane gas explosion in Tabas mine.
This disaster broke the record in terms of the number of people killed and was named the deadliest mining accident. Only in the six months leading to Mehr of this year, 20 mining accidents have occurred in Iran with at least 60 deaths.
During the explosion of the Tabas mine, the wagons that were supposed to extract the coal, this time, took out the lifeless bodies of the workers from the dark corridors of the mine.
Although the Tabas mine was sealed after the explosion, it has been a few days since this mine was reopened without any changes.
Now, 700 workers out of a total of 2,000 workers of this mine have resigned en masse in protest of the lack of work safety.
700 mine workers at Tabas mine resigned in protest against unsafe working conditions and heavy fines.
On September 31, in a big disaster, at least 53 mine workers died due to methane gas explosion in Tabas mine.
This disaster broke the record in terms of the number of people killed and was named the deadliest mining accident. Only in the six months leading to Mehr of this year, 20 mining accidents have occurred in Iran with at least 60 deaths.
During the explosion of the Tabas mine, the wagons that were supposed to extract the coal, this time, took out the lifeless bodies of the workers from the dark corridors of the mine.
Although the Tabas mine was sealed after the explosion, it has been a few days since this mine was reopened without any changes.
Now, 700 workers out of a total of 2,000 workers of this mine have resigned en masse in protest of the lack of work safety.
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#NTSB Asks For Urgent Safety Checks On #Boeing 737 Rudder System
Source: markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/ntsb-asks-for-urgent-safety-checks-on-boeing-737-rudder-system-1033803177
The warning has been given to Boeing and the Federal #Aviation Administration or #FAA in response to the potential for a jammed or restricted rudder control system on some B-737NG and #737MAX airplanes. These systems were supplied by component manufacturer Collins Aerospace.
#plane #airplane #economy #safety #security #Problem #USA #news
The Danger of Cheap Gadgets: The Rise Of Self-Cleaning, Cat-Killing Litter Boxes
Machines that automate the various tedious tasks that come with being a servant in a cat’s household — like feeding and cleaning Mr. Fluffles’ litter box — are generally a godsend, as they ensure a happy cat and a happy human. That is, unless said litter box-cleaning robot kills said cat. That’s the gruesome topic that [Philip Bloom], also known as the bloke of the One Man Five Cats channel on YouTube, decided to investigate after coming across a report about a certain Amazon-bought unit.
For some uses, one has to be really careful of trying to just save money. This is a good example of one such case.
See hackaday.com/2024/09/17/the-ri…
#Blog, #gadgets, #safety, #technology
My daughters have social anxiety issues and had lots of problems living in US.
Moving to Sweden has given them a taste of living in a safe and comfortable environment where they can be completely independent and feel comfortable to meet new people.
Through "international student" welcome program in Göteborg, they have met many interesting people from around the world, most of them older than them, in their 20s studying for masters degrees which is an added bonus to be able to meet young, ambitious, muliti culture people studying in different fields to help them explore their options and to learn from different opportunities young European students have.
This is a group picture from earlier when they went "island hoping", a free tour of few islands close to Göteborg and only thing they needed to bring was their lunch and desert to share.
I'm really proud of them, because they struggle to be in groups specially with people they don't know and "older .
And as my older daughter said last time we discussed her best feeling about these events was " NOT BEING AFRAID TO GET SHOT", which is a truly sad thing for a young woman to say after a weekend of fun.
But it's getting better every day and last sunday they walked to their apartment at 4AM because they missed the last bus. Coming home they ate breakfast before they went to bed.
While I like some of these approaches to be seen in #pixelfed, I thoroughly wonder how to make such things work across other federated platforms in a meaningful way...
♲ pixelfed - 2024-07-31 09:24:50 GMT
Everyone deserves to feel safe and respected online.That's why we're introducing new comment controls to Pixelfed next month.
This new safety feature puts you in charge of your interactions, creating a safer and more welcoming space for everyone.
Safety warnings as #Torness #nuclear plant sees increase in cracks
The cracks were detected in April 2024 and were “at the upper end of expectations”. The first three cracks were discovered at Torness in February 2022. That's risen to 46 cracks.
Spreading cracks could result in debris inhibiting the cooling of hot #radioactive fuel. This can lead to a reactor #meltdown, which can result in the escape of radioactivity into the environment.
The station was originally scheduled to close in 2023, and in 2016 its expected life was extended to 2030.
