The Daily Populous

Friday March 22nd, 2024 evening edition

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Joe Biden mocked Donald Trump's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic at a fundraiser on March 21, suggesting the former president "injected bleach" to fight the virus.

Joe Biden, left, giving a speech at Intel Ocotillo Campus in Chandler, Arizona, on March 20.

Donald Trump, right, speaking at a Buckeye Values PAC rally in Vandalia, Ohio, on March 16.

The two are... Joe Biden, left, giving a speech at Intel Ocotillo Campus in Chandler, Arizona, on March 20.

In a statement shared by email, a representative for Donald Trump told Newsweek: "Crooked Joe Biden continues to show how mentally unfit he is to be president every single day.".

ET: This article has been updated to include comment from a spokesperson for Donald Trump. »

State Farm discontinuing 72,000 home policies in California in latest blow to state insurance market

Authored by apnews.com
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“State Farm General takes seriously our responsibility to maintain adequate claims-paying capacity for our customers and to comply with applicable financial solvency laws,” it continued.

The California Department of Insurance said State Farm will have to answer question from regulators about its decision to discontinue coverage.

“We need to be confident in State Farm’s strategy moving forward to live up to its obligations to its California customers.”. »

Dragon’s Dogma 2 PC Launch Flooded with Microtransactions and Performance Issues

Authored by raiderking.com
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The long awaited arrival of Dragon’s Dogma 2 has been a complete failure for the PC fanbase, as the game is teeming with performance issues and greedy microtransactions.

Released on March 21 to Mostly Negative reviews on Steam, DD2 has managed to accumulate more than 4,500 negative reviews 8 hours after launch.

Players were first greeted with a long list of microtransactions, which range from $1 to $5. »

Formula 1 chief appalled to find team using Excel to manage 20,000 car parts

Authored by arstechnica.com
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Starting in early 2023, Williams team principal James Vowles and chief technical officer Pat Fry started reworking the F1 team's systems for designing and building its car.

As they started figuring out new processes and systems, they encountered what they considered a core issue: Microsoft Excel.

The Williams car build workbook, with roughly 20,000 individual parts, was "a joke," Vowles recently told The Race. »