Tesla warns that a federal probe into whether it exaggerated the range of its cars may lead to a 'material adverse impact on our business' (fortune.com)
Huawei anti-porn filter may be active non-Chinese devices. [UPDATED]
UPDATE: Crisis Averted....
Nvidia says U.S. speeded up new export curbs on AI chips (www.reuters.com)
I have never seen an ad in the past 6 years. I use android phone, windows PC and Android TV. Keen to hear when was the last time you saw an AD ?
Millions of smart meters will brick it when 2G and 3G turns off (www.theregister.com)
Millions of smart meters will brick it when 2G and 3G turns off::Public Accounts Committee demands timetable for replacements, because things have run so smoothly so far…
Japan Becomes 1st Country Ever To Fire Electromagnetic Railgun From An Offshore Vessel (www.eurasiantimes.com)
Japan Becomes 1st Country Ever To Fire Electromagnetic Railgun From An Offshore Vessel::Japan has successfully test-fired a medium-caliber maritime electromagnetic railgun from an offshore platform, as it continues to advance its defenses in the face of burgeoning regional security threats.
Fears of employee displacement as Amazon brings robots into warehouses (www.theguardian.com)
Inside ICE’s Database for Finding ‘Derogatory’ Online Speech (www.404media.co)
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has used a system called Giant Oak Search Technology (GOST) to help the agency scrutinize social media posts, determine if they are “derogatory” to the U.S., and then use that information as part of immigration enforcement, according to a new cache of documents reviewed by 404 Media.
The Risk of RISC-V: What's Going on at SiFive? (morethanmoore.substack.com)
Ian Cutress muses upon rumors around SiFive, the forerunner of high-performance RISC-V cores.
Over 10 Years After It Was Announced, Star Citizen’s Single-Player Squadron 42 Is ‘Feature Complete’ - IGN (www.ign.com)
Over 10 Years After It Was Announced, Star Citizen’s Single-Player Squadron 42 Is ‘Feature Complete’ - IGN::Star Citizen developer Cloud Imperium Games has said Squadron 42, the single-player portion of its controversial space sim, is finally “feature complete”, over a decade after it was announced.
Strong ad sales, stable enterprise spending wind beneath Big Tech earnings (www.reuters.com)
Spain arrests 34 cybercriminals who stole data of 4 million people (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
Matter 1.2 is a big move for the smart home standard (www.theverge.com)
US Govt Speeds Up Export Restrictions for Nvidia's GPUs (www.tomshardware.com)
Millions of Workers Are Training AI Models for Pennies (www.wired.com)
Japan launches antimonopoly probe into Google's search dominance (www.reuters.com)
Encrypted traffic interception on Hetzner and Linode targeting the largest Russian XMPP (Jabber) messaging service — (notes.valdikss.org.ru)
XMPP (Jabber) instant messaging protocol encrypted TLS connection wiretapping (Man-in-the-Middle attack) of jabber.ru (aka xmpp.ru) service’s servers on Hetzner and Linode hosting providers in Germany. The attacker has issued several new TLS certificates using Let’s Encrypt service which were used to hijack encrypted...
A month after a pig heart transplant, man works to regain strength with no rejection so far (www.ctvnews.ca)
A month after a pig heart transplant, man works to regain strength with no rejection so far::It’s been a month since a Maryland man became the second person to receive a transplanted heart from a pig — and hospital video released Friday shows he’s working hard to recover.
This new data poisoning tool lets artists fight back against generative AI (www.technologyreview.com)
Microsoft opens early access to AI assistant for infosec, Security Copilot (www.theregister.com)
Copilotization of all things continues… as helper offers incident reports to share with the boss and more
Black Mirror creator unafraid of AI because it’s “boring” (www.avclub.com)
Black Mirror creator unafraid of AI because it’s “boring”::Charlie Brooker doesn’t think AI is taking his job any time soon because it only produces trash
‘Pause Ads’ Creep Onto Hulu, Peacock and Max as Streamers Seek New Revenue (variety.com)
‘Pause Ads’ Creep Onto Hulu, Peacock and Max as Streamers Seek New Revenue::Big streaming services like Hulu, Max and Peacock are relying more heavily on ‘pause ads’ that show up when a user halts a binge session
Tiktok's most popular painter sends followers after art critic for negative review of gallery exhibit (news.artnet.com)
Meet Snapdragon X Elite: Qualcomm Touts Big AI, Compute Gains on Arm Laptop CPUs (www.pcmag.com)
Oryon (pronounced like “Orion,” the star system) in its initial offering is a 12-core Arm CPU core, custom-designed by Qualcomm, built on 64-bit architecture and 4nm process technology. It’s the successor to the Kryo used in Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3 (5nm process) and earlier 8cx efforts....
Supreme Court allows White House to fight social media misinformation (scrippsnews.com)
Supreme Court allows White House to fight social media misinformation::Justices said the Biden Administration could continue to pressure social media firms over misleading content while a lawsuit progresses.
