You Don’t Need to Use Airplane Mode on Airplanes (gizmodo.com)
No, electric vehicle sales aren’t dropping. Here’s what’s really going on (www.cnn.com)
No, electric vehicle sales aren’t dropping. Here’s what’s really going on::Tesla has been slashing prices. Ford just cut the price of its Mustang Mach-E, too, plus it cut back production of its electric pickup. And General Motors is thinking about bringing back plug-in hybrids, arguably a step back from EVs.
OpenAI: 'The New York Times Paid Someone to Hack Us' * TorrentFreak (torrentfreak.com)
Biden signs executive order to stop Russia and China from buying Americans’ personal data | The bulk sale of geolocation, genomic, financial and health data will be off-limits to “countries of conc... (www.engadget.com)
Biden signs executive order to stop Russia and China from buying Americans’ personal data | The bulk sale of geolocation, genomic, financial and health data will be off-limits to “countries of conc…::President Joe Biden has signed an executive order that aims to limit the mass-sale of Americans’ personal data to...
Hackers for sale: what we've learned from China's massive cyber leak (www.theguardian.com)
A massive data leak from a Chinese cybersecurity firm has offered a rare glimpse into the inner workings of Beijing-linked hackers. Analysts say the leak is a treasure-trove of intel into the day-to-day operations of China’s hacking programme, which the FBI says is the biggest of any country.
Tumblr and Wordpress to Sell Users’ Data to Train AI Tools (www.404media.co)
Tumblr and Wordpress are preparing to sell user data to Midjourney and OpenAI, according to a source with internal knowledge about the deals and internal documentation referring to the deals....
Stop putting your wet iPhone in rice, says Apple. Here’s what to do instead (www.theguardian.com)
What you should not do:...
Leaks for Windows 11 laptop with Snapdragon X Elite show a CPU that’s a serious threat to Apple’s M3 (www.techradar.com)
Leaks for Windows 11 laptop with Snapdragon X Elite show a CPU that’s a serious threat to Apple’s M3::Is Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X Elite the laptop processor to watch for 2024?
The Download: tiny TikTok-style soap operas, and how algorithms change us. (www.technologyreview.com)
Owner of WordPress and Tumblr reportedly in talks to sell user content to train AI (www.notebookcheck.net)
EMO: Emote Portrait Alive - Generating Expressive Portrait Videos with Audio2Video Diffusion Model (humanaigc.github.io)
AI-Generated Kara Swisher Biographies Flood Amazon (www.404media.co)
Why Read Swisher’s Burn Book when you can read KARA SWISHER : The Heroic Biography of a defining force in Tech Journalism (The Silicon Valley’s most powerful tech journalist).
Here's why the $3,500 Apple Vision Pro headset is so expensive (www.cnbc.com)
The $3499 Apple Vision Pro reportedly costs $1542 to make....
Amazon and SpaceX are quietly trying to demolish national labor law — American workers could lose workplace protections that they’ve had for almost a century (techcrunch.com)
Amazon and SpaceX are quietly trying to demolish national labor law — American workers could lose workplace protections that they’ve had for almost a century::Amazon alleged in a legal filing published Friday morning that the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is unconstitutional. SpaceX and Trader Joe’s –
Plasma scientists develop computer programs that could reduce the cost of microchips and stimulate American manufacturing (www.pppl.gov)
Google confirms Gmail is “here to stay” amid speculation over plans to scrap the email service (www.itpro.com)
Google confirms Gmail is “here to stay” amid speculation over plans to scrap the email service::Claims that Google plans to sunset Gmail were a hoax, so there’s no need to panic
[Mental Outlaw] How Sim Swap Hackers Steal Millions (odysee.com)
Apple Cancels Electric Car Project (www.macrumors.com)
Apple Cancels Electric Car Project::Apple has canceled all plans to release an autonomous, electric vehicle, reports Bloomberg. Apple has been working on an Apple Car for more than a…
Newsmast brings curated 'communities' to the open source Twitter/X alternative Mastodon | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
Underwater internet cables in Red Sea reportedly damaged (www.theregister.com)
Amazon to spend $1 billion on startups that combine AI with robots (arstechnica.com)
Amazon’s $1 billion industrial innovation fund is to step up investments in companies that combine artificial intelligence and robotics, as the ecommerce giant seeks to drive efficiencies across its logistics network....
Tumblr, WordPress data to be sold for training AI tools (www.newsbytesapp.com)
Substack says it will not remove or demonetize Nazi content (www.theverge.com)
More than 200 Substack authors asked the platform to explain why it’s “platforming and monetizing Nazis,” and now they have an answer straight from co-founder Hamish McKenzie:...
Doctors Concerned About Neuralink's First Patient (futurism.com)
• Concerns rise as Neuralink fails to provide evidence of brain implant success, raising safety and transparency questions....
Tesla has been polluting water in Germany for a long time, which is why its plant may be closed. (gadgettendency.com)
Tesla has been polluting water in Germany for a long time, which is why its plant may be closed.::The possible suspension of production at the plant of the American automaker Tesla due to a clear excess of permissible environmental pollution standards is
