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Ukraine’s digital minister has reported concerns about the country’s overreliance on Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite internet system amid the war with Russia, The New York Times reports.

OceanGate’s cofounder wants to send 1,000 people to a floating colony on Venus by 2050, and says we shouldn’t stop pushing the limits of innovation::Guillermo Söhnleinm told Insider he has wanted to make humanity a multi-planet species since he was 11 years old, and that OceanGate was part of that ambition.

Guillermo Söhnleinm told Insider he has wanted to make humanity a multi-planet species since he was 11 years old, and that OceanGate was part of that ambition.

AI researchers say they’ve found ‘virtually unlimited’ ways to bypass Bard and ChatGPT’s safety rules::The researchers found they could use jailbreaks they’d developed for open-source systems to target mainstream and closed AI systems.

OpenAI just admitted it can’t identify AI-generated text. That’s bad for the internet and it could be really bad for AI models.::In January, OpenAI launched a system for identifying AI-generated text. This month, the company scrapped it.

Tesla was dealing with 2,000 cases a week amid a surge in driving-range complaints from frustrated customers, report says /::Elon Musk’s EV company aimed to shut down customer complaints about driving range, Reuters reported, citing people familiar with the matter.

Tesla was so swamped with complaints about driving ranges that it created a secret team to cancel owners’ service appointments, source says::To suppress the volume of complaints the automaker created a secret “Diversion Team” in Las Vegas to cancel appointments, Reuters reported.

Car companies like Honda, BMW, and Hyundai are banding together to build an EV-charging network bigger than Tesla’s Supercharger empire::Tesla has been building out its Supercharger network for over a decade. Now legacy car companies are taking a page from Elon Musk’s playbook.

Microsoft and Google may have to surrender people’s data to Saudi Arabia after signing huge deals there::Saudi Arabia is seeking to be an innovation hub, but activists are warning that tech firms could be complicit in the repression of dissidents.

‘Android’s now better than iOS’: Instagram boss weighs in on the age-old iPhone vs. Android debate::Instagram head Adam Mosseri’s best tech “hot take”? He believes Google’s Android platform has surpassed Apple’s iOS.

A brewery is making beer with recycled wastewater, purified using a process developed by NASA::The company relies on the same recycling methods that NASA uses to allow astronauts to drink water in space.

People put down deposits for every electric truck in development, leaving dealers in the lurch when they eventually cancel all but one::When an electric truck customer doesn’t show up to pick up their order, dealer are left with a car that might be hard to sell to someone else.

Meet the latest way the superrich prove they’re really, totally worried about the environment: $10 million electric superyachts::Electric cars? The superrich have already moved on to electric yachts.

Leaked Google pay data reveals the highest salaries the tech giant pays in engineering, sales, and more::Insider obtained an internal Google spreadsheet that shows how much employees were paid in 2022 — and which roles at the tech giant paid best.

Amazon saved children’s voices recorded by Alexa even after parents asked for it to be deleted. Now it’s paying a $25 million fine.::“For too long, Amazon has treated children’s sensitive data as its own property,” Josh Golin, executive director of Fairplay, said in a statement.

87% of classic video games are ‘critically endangered.’ As a millennial, I’m worried it means a huge chunk of my childhood will disappear.::Games don’t stay on store shelves forever and are constantly falling out of commercial distribution.

Tech bros and Wall Street billionaires are indulging anti-vaxxer RFK Jr.'s presidential dreams::Twitter founder Jack Dorsey and hedge fund Bill Ackman have both shown support for the controversial candidate.