They have been doing this for the last thirty years. Trump is ending it.
Posts by SundogUK
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US govt's science foundation purges 37 divisions, equity unit among casualties
Trump wants to fire quarter of NASA budget into black hole – and not in a good way
Trump promises protection for TikTok, for which he has a ‘warm spot in my heart’
India’s services giants brace for impact as US tariffs bite their customers
Assassin's Creed maker faces GDPR complaint for forcing single-player gamers online

Re: Sorry, I don't care
It's not only about data collection. The requirement also means it is impossible to play the game off-line, if you are somewhere with limited or no internet connection.
As a counter example, Bethesda games requires a periodic check-in online for licensing purposes but is happy to let you play off-line otherwise.
As ChatGPT scores B- in engineering, professors scramble to update courses
Sustainability still not a high priority for datacenter industry
European biz calls for Euro tech for local people
Elon Musk makes another cut – to his time at DOGE

As the article actually says:
"Musk may have had little choice in terms of timing. As a "special government employee," Musk is allowed to hold his position for 130 days. If counted from the January 20 creation of DOGE, Musk's appointment would end no later than May 30."
DOGE isn't going away and will continue the good work but Musk's involvement is legally limited to 130 days.
Trump blinks: 'Substantially' lower China tariffs promised
Bad trip coming for AI hype as humanity tools up to fight back
America's National Science Foundation tells DEI, misinfo studies: You're fired
Ex-Meta exec tells Senate Zuck dangled US citizen data in bid to enter China
UK's attempt to keep details of Apple 'backdoor' case secret… denied
EU: These are scary times – let's backdoor encryption!
One of the last of Bletchley Park's quiet heroes, Betty Webb, dies at 101
Trump yanks CHIPS Act cash unless tech giants pony up more of their own dough

Re: So that's a "Demand for money backed by a threat of force."
The Biden administration caused the spike in egg prices by enforcing a draconian and completely unnecessary cull of chickens during a bird-flu scare. Neither Canada or Mexico, who were equally at risk, did this and are now enjoying a lucrative trade selling eggs to the US.
LLM providers on the cusp of an 'extinction' phase as capex realities bite
UK govt data people not 'technical,' says ex-Downing St data science head
OTF, which backs Tor, Let's Encrypt and more, sues to save its funding from Trump cuts
Ex-NSA boss: Election security focus helped dissuade increase in Russian meddling with US
AWS sued by product manager who says she was laid off for being an older woman
Accenture: DOGE's federal procurement review is hurting our sales

Re: Envy
"All that stuff EU bureaucrats did"
You have heard of Pournelle's Iron Law...
"In any bureaucracy, the people devoted to the benefit of the bureaucracy itself always get in control and those dedicated to the goals that the bureaucracy is supposed to accomplish have less and less influence, and sometimes are eliminated entirely."
Datacenters near Heathrow seemingly stay up as substation fire closes airport

Re: How?
"And to our current useless government... Stop fscking around with benefits that you know deep down will hit those most in need the worst and get our crumbling infrastructure fixed."
Getting our 'crumbling infrastructure fixed' will cost money we don't have. 'Fucking around with benefits' is how you get that money.