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  • Google is being sued after bad map directions led a man to his death

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    dewme said:
    Re: “… announced the lawsuit to members of the press at the site, where the bridge has now been barricaded off.”

    It seems to me that local highway maintenance authorities are fully responsible for ensuring that proper signage, warnings, and barricades are put in place that correspond to changing local conditions. When did Google Maps become responsible for assuring that the local conditions and road and infrastructure maintenance and safety concerns are maintained in an up-to-date state at all times?

    Google Maps is not an authoritative source of anything that it does not have direct control and responsibility for keeping up to date. It’s a convenience service, not a highway maintenance or public safety service. If a tree falls across a road Google is not responsible for updating its mapping service so drivers don’t run into the tree. It doesn’t matter if the bridge collapsed yesterday or ten years ago. Google has no responsibility at all. If their mapping service is out-of-date or deficient, like a paper map would be, it’s simply a sucky private service with no official responsibility whatsoever. If it sucks, stop using it.

    The local officials responsible for road maintenance should have put up proper signage , warnings, and barricades as soon as the bridge was in an unusable state. Maybe they could get members of the press help them put out public notices to inform the local citizens that the bridge was no longer usable. Is that not the reason why the press was invited to the presser, to help get the word out so no one else makes the same mistake the victim made? 

    Yes, this is a tragic event. But why turn it into a deep pockets money grab? 
    To be fair, both Google and local authority should be sued. 
    ronnwilliamlondon

  • China completely bans use of iPhone for government business

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    China is a US-imagined foreign adversary advocated by China haters for centuries. LOL
    BTW, NYC banned TikTok use for security reasons. In case you missed this domestic news. 
    9secondkox2Bart Y

  • New Apple Watch pops up in Bluetooth database

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    mayfly said:
    Who needs a faster watch? Who really? Speak up and let me know what a faster watch will do to improve your timekeeping or anything else for that matter?
    Faster is a misnomer. Faster means it can do more calculation. My wife's series 6 sleep app cannot track sleep stages minute by minute. My series 8 can. 
    netroxmuthuk_vanalingam

  • Lawmakers urged to block TSMC worker visas over Arizona plant construction

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    goofy1958 said:
    hmurchison said:
    Hiring Americans is part of the deal otherwise ...we don't need you here. 
    How short-sighted of you. They are only bringing help from Taiwan on a temporary basis until they can get all of the positions filled by Americans.
    They will get Green Cards which allow them to become permanent resident. 
    iOS_Guy80williamlondon

  • SEC sues Apple Car exec over securities rules at former employer

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    MacPro said:
    Apple lay off around 200 employees related to an Apple Car project. And one of them was sued for stealing secrets. Can you link these things? 
    You lost me, this guy is working at Apple still.  Oh wait, you don't mean Krantz.
    Read this "Project Titan has had a problem holding on to leadership in recent years. One executive even left the Apple Car project after only six months on the job."
    williamlondon