Plastic Waste in the Fuel Tank? (solar.lowtechmagazine.com)
Consumer societies produce enough plastic waste to power at least 10% of motorized road traffic. Dutch designer Gijs Schalkx grabbed the opportunity and now drives his car on the plastic waste he collects.
Sodium-ion battery breakthroughs may be key to our electric future (www.techspot.com)
After robotaxi dragged pedestrian 20 feet, Cruise founder and CEO resigns (arstechnica.com)
Sam Altman to return as CEO of OpenAI (www.theverge.com)
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Ransomware Awareness Part 3— Fixing (medium.com)
Judge finds evidence that Tesla, Musk knew about Autopilot defect that led to killing of Florida man (www.reuters.com)
Bryant Walker Smith, a University of South Carolina law professor, called the judge’s summary of the evidence significant because it suggests “alarming inconsistencies” between what Tesla knew internally, and what it was saying in its marketing....
Microsoft hires former OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and co-founder Greg Brockman (www.theverge.com)
Well, this escalated quickly. So is this the end, or will the mods create an OpenAI megathread? ;)
Why does this kind of screen chenge color at different angles? (lemmy.zip)
Inside the Operation to Bring Down Trump’s Truth Social (www.wired.com)
The North Atlantic Fella Organization is trying to shut down Trump’s flailing social media platform before the 2024 election—by shitposting.
US telecom regulator wants to bar cable TV early-termination fees (www.reuters.com)
This 3D-printed soft robotic hand has 'bones,' 'ligaments,' and 'tendons' (www.popsci.com)
X sues watchdog group Media Matters after report on ads next to Nazi posts (www.theguardian.com)
European Parliament Just Approved Fair Parts Pricing and a Ban on Parts Pairing (ifixit.com)
USB worm unleashed by Russian state hackers spreads worldwide (arstechnica.com)
ChatGPT iPhone App's Voice Chat Feature Now Free to All Users (www.macrumors.com)
YouTube limits Video Viewing for Ad blocker Users (samrome58.substack.com)
Twitter Is Throttling Patreon Links, Creators Say It Undermines Their Livelihood (themarkup.org)
Hints are so yesterday. Pro tip for Xmas if your loved ones aren't privacy nerds (twitter.com)
Adobe’s $20 billion bid for Figma in peril after EU warning (www.theverge.com)
Company that created ChatGPT is thrown into turmoil after Microsoft hires its ousted CEO (apnews.com)
280 million e-bikes are slashing oil demand far more than electric vehicles (arstechnica.com)
A secret Google deal let Spotify completely bypass Android’s app store fees (www.theverge.com)
Google fought to keep the Spotify numbers private during its antitrust fight with Epic, saying they could damage negotiations with other app developers who might want more generous rates. Google’s User Choice Billing program, launched in 2022, is typically described as shaving about 4 percent off Google’s Play Store...