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Most drivers fear MOT rules relaxation will risk lives
Why is the Government still allowing diesel drivers to be ripped off as they fill up?
Pumps poser
WHY is the Government still allowing diesel drivers to be ripped off as they fill up?
Wholesale prices are at a 15-month low.
Freezing fuel duty won’t make a difference to Britain’s drivers, if petrol forecourts keep profiteering[/caption]
But retailers now pocket 19p a litre profit instead of 9p last year.
Freezing fuel duty, as the Chancellor did, makes no difference to White Van Man if forecourts carry on profiteering.
The RAC says if just one major retailer did the right thing and cut prices to justifiable levels, rivals would follow suit.
But that is exactly the effect the Government could bring about permanently with a new Pumpwatch regulator to monitor and publicise prices.
Why did the Budget not mention it?
Out to Africa
FOR all the carping at the “unworkability” of the Rwanda migrants scheme, the African country has the capacity to take thousands who have landed here illegally.
But we suspect only a fraction of those places will be needed.
The concept of a deterrent confuses the Left.
But once small-boat migrants realise they are buying tickets to Rwanda, via Dover, they will go elsewhere.
Channel crossings will dry up.
Denmark and Germany are mulling such schemes too.
But Labour remains so opposed it has absurdly declared Rwanda a “failure” before it has begun.
Blinkered ideology increasingly over-rules solutions in Keir Starmer’s party.
France erupts
IMAGINE if the Tories suddenly raised the retirement age two years without a vote, defying parliament and triggering riots.
The Left would explode.
They would brand Rishi Sunak a fascist, hit him with paralysing lawsuits and public shamings in Parliament.
To Twitter’s halfwits he would be “worse than Hitler”.
But this is President Macron we are talking about — photogenic poster boy for the Remoaner delusion of the liberal, inclusive EU.
He gets a free pass.
As it happens, we agree with Macron.
Tragic though it is to imagine the French having to work beyond 62, the new 64 limit is still lower than most.
If their pension system’s going bust, well, c’est la vie.
Licence to kill
A RISE of 8.2 per cent in the BBC licence could be the last straw for a skint public.
That is the forecast hike in 2024 in line with inflation after a two-year freeze.
Millions are increasingly outraged at paying a mandatory tax on their TV in this modern era of multi-channel choice and subscription streaming.
It is madness that this broadcaster is still funded using a model devised a century ago.
So is the idea that the BBC cannot get by on the £3.7billion currently extracted from us each year and gifted to it by the State
Three million drivers’ licence delays since 2020, report finds
Grab Nvidia and AMD’s new GPU drivers here to save your CPU and maybe even your Windows install
UK weather – Brits hit by snow travel chaos with warnings to drivers as Met Office issue alerts for next three days
BRITS have been hit with snow travel chaos as yet another cold snap sweeps across the UK.
Forecasters have placed much of England, Scotland and Northern Ireland under a snow and ice yellow weather warning for the next three days.
Wintery snowy scenes in the North Yorkshire village of Goathland[/caption]
Snow falls in Tynemouth in the North East[/caption]
Snow on the Tommy statue on North Shields Fish Quay[/caption]
Wednesday’s alert covers most of southern England, including London and much of the North.
Meanwhile, Scotland could even see up to seven inches of snow in northern areas.
And another white stuff warning covers the entirety of Northern Ireland.
The Met Office warns: “Ice and some snow leading to difficult travel conditions in places.
“Some roads and railways likely to be affected with longer journey times by road, bus and train services. Some injuries from slips and falls on icy surfaces.
“Probably some icy patches on some untreated roads, pavements and cycle paths.”
They say there is also a chance that rural communities could be cut off for several days.
And people should be prepared for long interruptions to power supplies, gas, water, telephone and mobile phone coverage.
The UK will be covered in warnings until Friday – and Brits up and down the country on Tuesday woke up to the first bout of snow.
The mercury is set to plunge minus 15C in some isolated Scottish glens this week.
People in southern England and South Wales can expect to wake up to snow on Wednesday but it is unclear whether it will settle, the Met Office said.
Snow is more likely to settle when it moves across much of northern England, Northern Ireland and much of Scotland on Thursday.
Met Office spokesman Stephen Dixon said snow should fall where cold Arctic air moving south towards the UK meets warmer air moving up from the South West.
He added: “As we move into the weekend as that low pressure has moved out from the East, there is a further band of rain likely to move from the South West, which could knock against cooler air and create sleet showers.
“Next week there will be a gradual warming back to something a little bit more typical for the time of year.”
Thursday’s weather warning covers much of the country[/caption]
Heavy snow in Aberdeen has left cars stuck[/caption]
Cars driving through snowfall in Stokenchurch, Buckinghamshire[/caption]
Meet UniUni, Shein’s last-mile solution delivered by gig drivers
When we talk about e-commerce logistics, we think of an industry controlled by entrenched players like Amazon, FedEx and national postal systems. At the start of the pandemic in 2019, a brave startup from Vancouver, British Columbia, decided to take on the incumbents with a new model — last-mile delivery using an Uber-esque network. During […]
Meet UniUni, Shein’s last-mile solution delivered by gig drivers by Rita Liao originally published on TechCrunch
iPhone Driver’s License Feature Slow to Expand, Only Available in Three States
Unfortunately, states have been slow to adopt the feature since it was first announced in September 2021, with Wallet app IDs only supported in Arizona, Colorado, and Maryland so far. Apple shared a list of additional states committed to supporting the feature in the future, but none of the states in the list have revealed any plans yet.
Which U.S. states support the feature?
- Arizona (as of March 2022)
- Maryland (as of May 2022)
- Colorado (as of November 2022)
Which U.S. states are committed to supporting the feature?
In March 2022, Apple said the additional nine states listed below would “soon” allow residents to add their driver’s license or state ID to the Wallet app, but it’s unclear exactly when each state plans to roll out support for the feature.
- Connecticut
- Georgia
- Hawaii
- Iowa
- Kentucky
- Mississippi
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Utah
Apple said the feature would also be supported in Puerto Rico.
In 2021, Apple Wallet VP Jennifer Bailey said the company was “already in discussions with many more states” and working to offer the feature nationwide in the future. Apple has yet to announce any plans to expand the feature to other countries.
Note that some states like Florida and Louisiana offer iPhone driver’s licenses through their own state-operated apps, separate from this Wallet app feature.
Where can IDs in the Wallet app be used?
Driver’s licenses and state ID cards stored in the Wallet app can currently be used at select TSA checkpoints within select U.S. airports:
- Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI)
- Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)
- Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX)
- Denver International Airport (DEN)
Apple says travelers should refer to TSA checkpoint signage to confirm availability of the feature.
For more details about IDs in the Wallet app, read our previous coverage.
This article, “iPhone Driver’s License Feature Slow to Expand, Only Available in Three States” first appeared on MacRumors.com
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Intel Arc GPU Re-Review: New Drivers, New Performance?
Ever since Intel Arc GPUs launched, driver updates have kept coming with the promise of solid performance gains. It’s now time to test those claims and see if reality matches up with the hype.