Monthly Archives: November 2022

Lyft, Redwood Materials partner to recycle shared e-bike and e-scooter batteries

Lyft is partnering with Redwood Materials, a battery recycling company founded by ex-Tesla co-founder JB Straubel, to ensure the batteries from its fleets of shared electric bikes and scooters don’t end up in landfill at their end of life. The news, reported by The Verge, comes the same week that Lyft ended its dockless bike…

Windows Subsytem for Linux is now available for everyone

Microsoft has announced the general availability of the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), which is now available in its full form in the Microsoft Store. Previously available in Preview form, WSL allows developers using their favourite laptop for programming to run a GNU/Linux environment without the overheads of a traditional virtual machine or dualboot setup,…

I quit my job as a Southwest customer-service rep because I couldn’t handle the holidays for another year. It’s hell for everyone involved.

“It’s bag after bag, customer after customer, many in a hurry to get to their destination for the holidays. It’s a lot,” says a former Southwest customer-service representative. George Rose/Getty Images A former customer-service representative for Southwest Airlines shared why they left. They say the lead-up to the holidays brings too many customers for few…