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Some Walmart employees say customers are getting hostile at self-checkout — and they blame anti-theft tech::When Walmart’s anti-theft self-checkout tech alerts an employee of a missed scan, it can cause some uncomfortable situations.

Montana Judge: TikTok ban likely a ‘fundamental constitutional violation’::A federal judge has put on hold a Montana law that would ban TikTok from operating in the state while the case is being litigated.

Microsoft is planning an ‘Advanced Windows Settings’ panel for Windows power users::Tired of Windows 11’s default options? Check out these mock-ups for an Advanced Windows Settings panel and have your voice heard.

Canada says Google will pay $74 million annually to Canadian news industry under new online law::Canada’s government says it has reached a deal with Google for the company to contribute $100 million Canadian dollars annually to the country’s news industry

Robinhood CEO defends payment for order flow, says practice is ‘here to stay’::That’s despite calls from notable consumer trading advocates and regulators for a ban on the practice.

Drivers Tend To Kill Pedestrians At Night. Thermal Imaging May Help.::Pedestrian automatic emergency braking (AEB), which may become mandatory on U.S. cars in the future, tends to not perform well in the dark.

HP Smart app mysteriously appears on non-HP Windows PCs | Microsoft is investigating::undefined

How Googlers cracked an SF rival’s tech model with a single word | A research team from the tech giant got ChatGPT to spit out its private training data::A research team from Bay Area tech giant Google got OpenAI’s ChatGPT to spit out its private training data in a new study.

Basically: you ask for poems forever, and LLMs start regurgitating training data:...

The LAPD Is Using Controversial Mass Surveillance Tracking Software::Cobwebs Technologies’ WebLoc software allows police to track individuals using geolocation signals displayed on a map interface.

Tesla falls on long wait for Cybertruck payoff, hefty price tag / Tesla shares fell more than 3% on Friday::Tesla’s pricier-than-expected Cybertruck pickup, which offers driving ranges that fell well short of what CEO Elon Musk had promised, has deeply disappointed some but fascinated others with its futuristic, SUV-like feel.

Hirox, a leading provider of 3D digital microscope technology, has painstakingly created the world’s largest 3D scan, a super-detailed 108-gigapixel scan of Johannes Vermeer’s iconic painting, “Girl with a Pearl Earring.”

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Broadcom to lay off over 1,200 Bay Area tech workers following $69B VMware deal::Broadcom to lay off over 2,000 employees after acquiring Bay Area tech company VMware in a $69B deal.

Not all ads are created equally sleazy. The privacy harms from surveillance ads, though real, are often hard to pin down. But there's another kind of ad – or "ad" that picks your pocket every time you use an ecommerce site....