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HP Accused of Bricking Scanners #1688


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HP Once Again Screws Consumers.
In a scandalous twist, HP faces heavy criticism for allegedly bricking the scanner functions on their multifunction printers when the ink runs low. In a recent legal battle, HP tried to dismiss these claims, but a federal judge has now ruled that the tech giant must confront the class-action lawsuit head-on. Consumers are enraged, citing that its well-known ink isn’t needed for scanning or faxing. The real shocker? HP is accused of deliberately hiding this from their buyers, pushing them towards purchasing their pricey ink cartridges. Not to mention making it hard to have third-party ink. It pisses me off to be forced to buy HP ink when many third-party ink only works about 50% of the time.
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Show Notes:





* Astronomers find an impossibly massive exoplanet
* –Tech firms are slowing layoffs
* –SpaceX’s Crew-7
* –A look back at the Atari 800
* –A 142-year-old astronomy building in Michigan
* –Bing Chat
* –Netflix
* –Slack had some significant issues
* –Microsoft to hold a “special event.”
* –Anonymous file-sharing site has shut down
* –Elon is killing “Environmental Twitter.”
* –Google and AI Magic
* –
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