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General Motors has temporarily halted sales of the brand new Chevy Blazer EV after some of the first vehicles shipped have encountered a number of software problems. The automaker says it is “working quickly to roll out a fix, and owners will be contacted with further information on how to schedule their update.” It didn’t offer a time frame for the stop-sale order, though it claims a “limited number” of vehicles are affected. The Blazer EV only just had its official launch a few weeks ago, but…

Apple has been forced to stop repairing out of warranty Apple Watches, starting from the Watch Series 6 during the period when it is banned from selling Apple Watches. This is to comply with the US ITC order banning them from selling Apple Watches Series 9 and Ultra 2…

Google announced changes to the way it harvests your location data this week that will finally put a stop to its compliance with geofence warrants, a police surveillance technique that many say circumvents the Constitution.No Google AI Search, I Don’t Need to Learn About the “Benefits of Slavery” On Tuesday, the company published a blog post explaining that over the next year, Google Maps will stop sending data about your every move back to the mothership. Instead, Google Maps will keep the location data stored on your…

General Motors has announced a mass layoff of 1,314 workers at two Michigan plants, including one that produces the Chevy Bolt EV, which the company has discontinued, for now at least. US autoworkers have been hit hard in the past week, with Stellantis also announcing that it is laying off thousands of workers from its Jeep plants in Detroit and Toledo, Ohio.  GM says it plans to cut 945 jobs from the assembly plant in Lake Orion due to the company ending its production of the Bolt EV and EUV…

Car manufacturers continue pushing out EVs, and the government keeps offering incentives, but accessing charging stations is still a barrier for many people considering purchasing an EV. To that end, last year, General Motors partnered with Pilot Travel Centers and EVgo to install up to 500 charging stations at Pilot Flying J rest stops, and the first ones are now open.Currently, there are 17 charging stations open across 13 states, with GM estimating that number will jump to at least 25 before the end of 2023 — with 100…

Equally contributing to maintaining a household is widely considered to be the key to a healthy and lasting relationship. It boosts understanding and empathy and prevents resentment from building up.Some researchers even believe that it’s not about dividing the tasks—as in, I do laundry and you cook dinner—but about sharing them. That is, both partners take on a similar load of different tasks. That might mean doing the cooking and cleaning interchangeably every other day or divvying up the tasks in any other way that…

Simon Pegg has been working with Tom Cruise for almost two decades. Fans may know that in the Mission: Impossible films, Pegg plays Benji Dunn, an IMF technician who helps Cruise's Ethan Hunt achieve the, well, impossible. The action franchise has continued for a while, and rumors suggest that M:I 8 may be the end for the series, or at least Cruise’s tenure with it. Now, Pegg is weighing in on what he sees for the Top Gun actor’s post-Mission career, and if he thinks that he will get to be a part of it. The Shaun of the…

Walmart said it had stopped advertising on Elon Musk’s X, joining the parade of major marketers that have left the social-media platform in recent weeks.The retail behemoth said the halt—in the middle of its critical holiday shopping season—wasn’t due to a change in its advertising policies, but about how well advertisements on X have performed.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8 Walmartsaid it had stopped advertising on Elon Musk’s X, joining the parade…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain An inquiry into the death of a 19-year-old soldier in the British army found that relentless sexual harassment by her line manager was "almost certain" to have been a causal factor in her death. Royal Artillery Gunner Jaysley-Louise Beck took her own life after receiving more than 4,500 messages…

After securing second place in the 2023 ODI World Cup, Mohammed Shami, who secured numerous wickets in the series was on his way to Nainital when he saved a life. Shami posted a story on his Instagram account with a video today showing how he helped a family in a Ford EcoSport that fell from a mountain. In the short video shared by Shami, you can see a Ford EcoSport off the hill resting against a tree. Mohammed Shami who was on his way to the hill station saw the accident happening in front of him. He quickly stopped…