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Experts Detail Multi-Million Dollar Licensing Model of Predator Spyware; apparently, rebooting Android or iOS don't always remove the spyware (thehackernews.com)

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7.1 million miles, 3 minor injuries: Waymo’s safety data looks good (arstechnica.com)

7.1 million miles, 3 minor injuries: Waymo’s safety data looks good::Waymo says its cars cause injuries six times less often than human drivers.

This JavaScript code hit 50K online banking sessions in 2023 (www.theregister.com)

Social media platform X suffers global outages (www.bbc.com)

Social media platform X suffers global outages::Users were unable to view posts on the social media site for just over an hour.

Republicans slam broadband discounts for poor people, threaten to kill program (arstechnica.com)

Republicans slam broadband discounts for poor people, threaten to kill program::Thune, Cruz complain that $30 discounts go to people who “already had broadband.”

Forcasting Air Quality Impacts of Precribed Burns With AI (researchinenglish.com)

After a 15-Month Figma and Adobe Withdraw Proposed Acquisition After Regulatory Hurdles (www.figma.com)

Fifteen months into the regulatory review process, Figma and Adobe no longer see a path toward regulatory approval of our proposed acquisition.

Dropbox removed ability to opt your files out of AI training (news.ycombinator.com)

Dropbox removed ability to opt your files out of AI training::undefined

Tesla blamed drivers for failures of parts it long knew were defective (www.reuters.com)

Wheels falling off cars at speed. Suspensions collapsing on brand-new vehicles. Axles breaking under acceleration. Tens of thousands of customers told Tesla about a host of part failures on low-mileage cars. The automaker sought to blame drivers for vehicle ‘abuse,’ but Tesla documents show it had tracked the chronic...

Are BLUFFS attacks still a vulnerability to the average Bluetooth user? (www.bluetooth.com)

I recalled reading about this at the beginning of this month, I haven’t seen any updates on a fix or anything. Figured I’d ponder it with you folks over here....

Europe is looking to fight the flood of Chinese electric vehicles. But Europeans love them (apnews.com)

Cobalt - download social media without ads, trackers (cobalt.tools)

cobalt is your go-to place for downloads from social and media platforms. zero ads, trackers, or other creepy bullshit. simply paste a share link and you’re ready to rock!...

Largest Dataset Powering AI Images Removed After Discovery of ‘Suspected’ Child Sexual Abuse Material (www.404media.co)

Tesla blamed drivers for failures of parts it long knew were defective | Tens of thousands of customers told Tesla about a host of part failures on low-mileage cars. The automaker sought to blame d... (www.reuters.com)

Tesla blamed drivers for failures of parts it long knew were defective | Tens of thousands of customers told Tesla about a host of part failures on low-mileage cars. The automaker sought to blame d…::undefined

Apple loses attempt to halt Apple Watch sales ban (www.theverge.com)

Apple loses attempt to halt Apple Watch sales ban::Apple has lost its bid to delay an import ban on the Watch Series 9 and Watch Ultra 2. In a filing on Wednesday, the ITC denied Apple’s motion to stay the ban.

Police to be able to run face recognition searches on 50m driving licence holders | Facial recognition | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)

Steve Jobs Rigged The First iPhone Demo By Faking Full Signal Strength And Secretly Swapping Devices Because Of Fragile Prototypes And Bug-Riddled Software (finance.yahoo.com)

• Steve Jobs faked full signal strength and swapped devices during the first iPhone demo due to fragile prototypes and bug-riddled software....

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