‘Boycott Tesla’ ads to air during Super Bowl — “Tesla dances away from liability in Autopilot crashes by pointing to a note buried deep in the owner’s manual, that says Autopilot is only safe on fr... (www.washingtonpost.com)
‘Boycott Tesla’ ads to air during Super Bowl — “Tesla dances away from liability in Autopilot crashes by pointing to a note buried deep in the owner’s manual, that says Autopilot is only safe on fr…::undefined
US regulators crack down on AI playing doctor in healthcare (www.theregister.com)
US regulators crack down on AI playing doctor in healthcare::Code might get things wrong for patients but we must think of the corporate profits
My jaw hit the floor when I watched an AI master one of the world's toughest physical games in just six hours (www.techradar.com)
US regulators crack down on AI playing doctor in healthcare (www.theregister.com)
ExpressVPN bug leaks DNS requests for Windows users with split tunneling: (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
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AMD Quietly Funded A Drop-In CUDA Implementation Built On ROCm: It's Now Open-Source (www.phoronix.com)
The FCC says AI voices in robocalls are illegal (www.npr.org)
The FCC says AI voices in robocalls are illegal::undefined
Microsoft revives aggressive Windows 11 upgrade campaign with intrusive popups for Windows 10 users (www.techspot.com)
Disney+ Drops 1.3 Million Subscribers Amid Price Hike, Streaming Loss Shrinks by $300 Million (variety.com)
Disney+ Drops 1.3 Million Subscribers Amid Price Hike, Streaming Loss Shrinks by $300 Million::Disney+ lost 1.3 million subscribers in the final quarter of 2023 amid a hefty price hike that went into effect last fall
'World's biggest casino' app exposed customers' personal data (techcrunch.com)
Twitter goes down in Pakistan amid Election Results delay (pakobserver.net)
Twitter goes down in Pakistan amid Election Results delay::As Pakistanis are looking for results and updates about the general elections, the polling for which concluded on Thursday, people are facing disruption of X, former Twitter, services. Users of microblogging platform reported outage across the country with internet...
Biden administration announces $5 billion commitment for research and development of computer chips (abcnews.go.com)
Biden administration announces $5 billion commitment for research and development of computer chips::It will advance President Biden’s goals of driving R&D in the U.S.
The unsettling scourge of obituary spam (www.theverge.com)
‘What do you mean, the tower is gone?’: thieves steal 200ft structure from Alabama radio station | Alabama (www.theguardian.com)
‘What do you mean, the tower is gone?’: thieves steal 200ft structure from Alabama radio station | Alabama::Small radio station forced to go silent after ‘unbelievable’ theft of giant tower, which would cost over $100,000 to replace
Ubisoft video game workers to strike for fair wages in France (uniglobalunion.org)
Ubisoft video game workers to strike for fair wages in France::Ubisoft video game workers to strike for fair wages in France.
Martin Hellman: We’re playing Russian roulette (www.infoworld.com)
Martin Hellman achieved legendary status as co-inventor of the Diffie-Hellman public key exchange algorithm, a breakthrough in software and computer cryptography. That invention and his ongoing work in cryptography and digital signatures earned him a Turing award in 2015. He has since followed that up with a second act devoted...
Apple Vision Pro Owners Are Struggling to Figure Out What They Just Bought (nymag.com)
Real-time, AI monitoring at work: Major brands are snooping on employee conversations (www.techspot.com)
Fearing social media backlash, companies are using all kinds of euphemisms to avoid being straightforward about layoffs — ‘right-sized’, ‘org changes’, ‘simplified operating model’ (fortune.com)
Fearing social media backlash, companies are using all kinds of euphemisms to avoid being straightforward about layoffs — ‘right-sized’, ‘org changes’, ‘simplified operating model’::Managers are running out of ways to say you no longer have a job, but the way the bad news is delivered is more important than ever.
Rumored 'Big-Block' Duramax Diesel Could Be 8.3L and We’re Off the Rails Now (www.thedrive.com)
Rumored ‘Big-Block’ Duramax Diesel Could Be 8.3L and We’re Off the Rails Now::You’d expect diesel engines to get smaller as time goes on, but recent reports claim GM’s truck power plant could grow by more than a liter.
Google’s use of student data could effectively ban Chromebooks from Denmark schools (www.theverge.com)
Firefox will have a built-in ‘fake reviews detector’ — Amazon is in trouble (mashable.com)
Canada to ban the Flipper Zero to stop surge in car thefts (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
Canada to ban the Flipper Zero to stop surge in car thefts::The Canadian government plans to ban the Flipper Zero and similar devices after tagging them as tools thieves can use to steal cars.
Brazil Hits 92% Renewable Energy Milestone (www.riotimesonline.com)
Brazil Hits 92% Renewable Energy Milestone::On February 7, Brazil marked a landmark achievement, powering 92.4% of its electricity from renewable sources.
