tjoa

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SpaceX won’t remove all of xAI’s unpermitted turbines for another year in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] tjoa@feddit.org 79 points 3 weeks ago (7 children)

Last month, the Department of Justice sided with SpaceX in the NAACP’s lawsuit, saying the unpermitted turbines were a matter of “national, economic, and energy security.”

This says it all

New EU law requires devices to be repairable - Every phone, television or washing machine you buy in Europe must be easier to repair starting tomorrow. That’s when the European Right to Repair Act tak in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] tjoa@feddit.org 40 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

This is a step in the right direction love it. Although I got a reality check recently when I bought a washing machine and had a chat with the guy selling them new and used. He said that from 201X onwards basically the manufacturers constructed the insides of them in a single piece which is 350€ and with that it’s not economical to fix them. So yea technically they are repairable. But I have little hope that this will actually change something for consumers or the environment.