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  1. @darwinwoodka The company most famously associated with this was #Hertz. #WrongfulArrest #Lawsuit #Settlement

    A widely reported problem involved Hertz mistakenly reporting rental cars as stolen, then failing to remove those reports after the cars were found and rented to other customers. In some cases, innocent renters were pulled over, arrested, and even jailed while driving cars they had legally rented.

    The issue became significant enough that Hertz agreed to pay about $168 million in settlements to resolve hundreds of wrongful-arrest claims.

    theguardian.com/us-news/2022/d

    cbsnews.com/news/hertz-custome

    motor1.com/news/625733/hertz-t

    washingtonpost.com/business/20

  2. Sjukt störigt!

    Jag ska lämna in bilen på omlackering i morgon på grund av parkeringsskada.
    Får hyrbil via Hertz, som försäkringsbolaget betalar.
    Nu har Hertz reserverat 2000 kronor på mitt kort (som jag var tvungen att ange för att kunna checka ut hyrbilen). Pengarna får jag tillbaka först ”några dagar efter” att allt är reglerat.

    Dåligt, #Hertz!

  3. Europas #Stromnetz bleibt stabil, wenn Erzeugung und Verbrauch bei 50 #Hertz im Gleichgewicht sind.

    Über das #Verbundsystem gleichen Länder Schwankungen mit #Regelleistung aus. Bei starken Abweichungen drohen automatische Abschaltungen bis hin zum #Blackout.

    Der Wiederaufbau erfolgt mit schwarzstartfähigen Kraftwerken. Selbst Ereignisse wie Fußballspiele können die Netzlast um hunderte Megawatt erhöhen.

    heise.de/hintergrund/Zielwert-

    #Energie #Infrastruktur #energy

  4. Europas #Stromnetz bleibt stabil, wenn Erzeugung und Verbrauch bei 50 #Hertz im Gleichgewicht sind.

    Über das #Verbundsystem gleichen Länder Schwankungen mit #Regelleistung aus. Bei starken Abweichungen drohen automatische Abschaltungen bis hin zum #Blackout.

    Der Wiederaufbau erfolgt mit schwarzstartfähigen Kraftwerken. Selbst Ereignisse wie Fußballspiele können die Netzlast um hunderte Megawatt erhöhen.

    heise.de/hintergrund/Zielwert-

    #Energie #Infrastruktur #energy

  5. Europas #Stromnetz bleibt stabil, wenn Erzeugung und Verbrauch bei 50 #Hertz im Gleichgewicht sind.

    Über das #Verbundsystem gleichen Länder Schwankungen mit #Regelleistung aus. Bei starken Abweichungen drohen automatische Abschaltungen bis hin zum #Blackout.

    Der Wiederaufbau erfolgt mit schwarzstartfähigen Kraftwerken. Selbst Ereignisse wie Fußballspiele können die Netzlast um hunderte Megawatt erhöhen.

    heise.de/hintergrund/Zielwert-

    #Energie #Infrastruktur #energy

  6. Europas #Stromnetz bleibt stabil, wenn Erzeugung und Verbrauch bei 50 #Hertz im Gleichgewicht sind.

    Über das #Verbundsystem gleichen Länder Schwankungen mit #Regelleistung aus. Bei starken Abweichungen drohen automatische Abschaltungen bis hin zum #Blackout.

    Der Wiederaufbau erfolgt mit schwarzstartfähigen Kraftwerken. Selbst Ereignisse wie Fußballspiele können die Netzlast um hunderte Megawatt erhöhen.

    heise.de/hintergrund/Zielwert-

    #Energie #Infrastruktur #energy

  7. Europas #Stromnetz bleibt stabil, wenn Erzeugung und Verbrauch bei 50 #Hertz im Gleichgewicht sind.

    Über das #Verbundsystem gleichen Länder Schwankungen mit #Regelleistung aus. Bei starken Abweichungen drohen automatische Abschaltungen bis hin zum #Blackout.

    Der Wiederaufbau erfolgt mit schwarzstartfähigen Kraftwerken. Selbst Ereignisse wie Fußballspiele können die Netzlast um hunderte Megawatt erhöhen.

    heise.de/hintergrund/Zielwert-

    #Energie #Infrastruktur #energy

  8. @atpfm Perhaps to fold into the “metric bit” — let’s do a PSA on everybody’s casual mistake on “hurts” like @caseyliss

    Or like this weatherman reading a script about digital transmission: youtube.com/clip/UgkxGGYK8VNn4

    This is Dr Heinrich Hertz — don’t worry, he’s 100 years older than you and he only discovered radio waves, but you don’t have to remember his first name, let alone try to say it

    You don’t even need to say his last name properly — in German, it might sound like an American says “hats” — and good news, you don’t even have to use a capital “h”!

    It’s just “hertz”, but there’s no “hert”. It’s zero hertz, 1 hertz, 2 hertz, however many hertz.

    Abbreviation is Hz. (Capital is required).

    Out of all of the scientists immortalised into units, I am most jealous for this one — he had the fortune to name a unit of time, albeit an inverse one — but if you’re going to be an inverted fundamental unit, then being an inside-out second of time: that’s pretty cool.

    (Meanwhile, the “decibel” named after Alexander Graham Bell is a real mess, a unitless misapplied mess, but if anybody should measure telephonics then it’s pretty cool to be a “bell” just for the nominative determinism) reference: youtu.be/U6IKXUUydas

    Not Fun Fact: Even though Dr Hertz’s family became Lutheran in the 1830s, decades before his birth, a whole century later the Nasties tried to pull a swift one and change the “Hz” unit into the “Helmholtz”, after another scientist. Professor von Helmholtz had no say in this either, having died a few decades earlier, and might have hated it too — he was into Kant and moral philosophy, closer to Marx if anything.

    #Hertz #Hz

  9. This is incredibly accurate to the point it barely qualities as satire. Hertz will not have the car you reserved and will absolutely charge you extra money for whatever they happen to have. mcsweeneys.net/articles/im-in-

    #hertz

  10. #RotationalFrequency, also known as rotational speed or rate of rotation (symbols ν, lowercase Greek nu, and also n), is the frequency of rotation of an object #aroundAnAxis. Its #SIUnit is the #reciprocalSeconds (s−1); other common #unitsOfMeasurement include the #hertz (Hz), #cyclesPerSecond (cps), and #revolutionsPerMinute (rpm). Rotational frequency can be obtained dividing #angularFrequency, ω, by a full #turn (2π #radians): ν=ω/(2π rad).

  11. Après les livres et les télés, Amazon va maintenant vous vendre des voitures d'occasion
    mac4ever.com/191345
    #Mac4Ever #Amazon #Hertz

  12. Amazon Autos now selling used Hertz vehicles, expanding inventory beyond Hyundai partnership - Beyond being a rental car company, Hertz is also a large used car dealer, selling... - geekwire.com/2025/amazon-autos #transportation #amazonautos #usedcars #amazon #hertz #cars

  13. Perturbed by the apparent mistake, the user tried to speak to employees and managers at the Hertz counter, but none were able to help, and all "pointed fingers at the 'AI scanner.'" They were told to contact customer support — but even that proved futile after representatives claimed they "can’t do anything." #Hertz #AI #Tech futurism.com/hertz-ai-damage-s

  14. Just like a teenage thinking he is ready for the fortunate 500 corporate job. “Jumping the gun” to claim to be “first look at me”

    #chatgpt #AI #Hertz #news

    “This isn't just an issue for people who rent cars; look at it as a sign of things to come, as companies — and governments — around the world start using AI to replace human labor, even when the tech isn't remotely ready for primetime.” #Futurism
    futurism.com/hertz-ai-damage-s

  15. Scannati dall'intelligenza artificiale! Gestire i falsi positivi nella realtà è una sfida o un mezzo per generare extraprofitti?

    La #Hertz ha iniziato a usare gli scanner di #UVeye per ispezionare i veicoli post noleggio, ma il sistema è troppo preciso e addebita costi per imperfezioni microscopiche che nessun essere umano avrebbe notato.

    danslesalgorithmes.net/stream/

    @aitech

  16. The Drive: This Is What Happens When Hertz’s AI Scanner Finds Damage on Your Rental. “When he returned the car, he did so with a 1-inch scuff on the driver’s side rear wheel. Patrick says he was alerted to the damage ‘minutes’ after dropping the VW off, and with it, charges for the blemish: $250 for the repair, $125 for processing, and another $65 administrative fee. That’s $440 all […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/06/the-drive-this-is-what-happens-when-hertzs-ai-scanner-finds-damage-on-your-rental/

  17. Der US-Autovermieter #Hertz setzt auf #KI-gestützte Bilderkennung, um #Mietwagen bei der Rückgabe auf #Schäden zu prüfen. Kunden klagen über intransparente hohe Rechnungen. winfuture.de/news,151891.html?

  18. Hertz's #AI has officially replaced human interaction with a soulless #cyborg that thinks a scuff is worth $440! 🤖💸 Forget the friendly customer service—it’s all about paying ASAP or facing the wrath of Skynet's rental division. 😂
    thedrive.com/news/this-is-what #Hertz #CustomerService #Skynet #RentalTech #🤖 #HackerNews #ngated

  19. Well, I now know at least one thing that pushes the Fediverse's inhabitants' "talk" button. >250 boosts in something like 12 hours...

    Sheesh. "Notifications" probably shouldn't be measured in integer hertz.

    #hertz #notifications

  20. @Lydie
    Rental car companies need to understand "wear and tear"... There is a point where an imperfection is to be expected... A one inch scratch on a wheel? FFS

    #car #rental #hertz #ai

  21. Si vous louez une Tesla chez Hertz, pensez à faire le plein d’essence avant de la ramener
    mac4ever.com/189484
    #Mac4Ever #Hertz #Tesla