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Your Car Is Tracking You. Abusive Partners May Be, Too.::Apps that remotely track and control cars are being weaponized by abusive partners. Car manufacturers have been slow to respond, according to victims and experts.

Israel grants Intel $3.2 billion for new $25 billion chip plant::undefined

2024 could be the year the PC finally dumps x86 for Arm, all thanks to Windows 12 and Qualcomm’s new chip::We’ve already reported on Qualcomm’s new 12-core Arm uberchip, the Snapdragon X Elite, and its claims of x86-beating performance and efficiency. But it takes two to tango when it comes a maj

China Tries To Censor Data About Nearly 1 Billion People in Poverty::Chinese government censors tried to control discussions about the country’s economy this week.

Electric School Buses More Than Doubled In USA From March 2022 To June 2023::Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! According to the World … [continued]

US wants to contain China’s chip industry. This startup shows it won’t be easy::undefined

Apple wants AI to run directly on its hardware instead of in the cloud::iPhone maker wants to catch up to its rivals when it comes to AI.

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Top AI expert ‘completely terrified’ of 2024 election, shaping up to be ‘tsunami of misinformation’::“I can’t prove that," says Oren Etzioni, professor emeritus at the University of Washington. “I hope to be proven wrong. But the ingredients are there.”

We Aren’t Posting on Social Media as Much Anymore. Will We Ever?::Users say excessive ads, bots and misinformation have sucked the fun out of sharing publicly.

China uses AI to generate propaganda on YouTube: From ultra-thin chips to infrastructure, content gushes about Chinese accomplishments.::undefined

Linux is the only OS to support diagonal PC monitor mode — dev champions the case for 22-degree-rotation computing::A Linux developer has eschewed boring traditional landscape and portrait monitor orientations and is championing diagonal modes, with 22 degrees claimed to be the sweet spot.

Analysis | Testing Tesla’s Autopilot recall, I don’t feel much safer — and neither should you::undefined

Original toot in Spanish says: “OK, so I need some alternatives to Google Maps, because I just decided seconds ago to stop using it after I got proposed a trip with a completely unnecessary detour which adds two extra minutes just because it pass by a gas station that sponsors this trip.”

Driverless car startup Cruise’s no good, terrible year::undefined

AI-created “virtual influencers” are stealing business from humans::Brands are turning to hyper-realistic, AI-generated influencers for promotions.

Behold—the Best Space Images of 2023::This year’s most interesting space images include infrared views of galactic “bones,” an asteroid’s double moon, Jupiter’s giant polar vortex, and more

UK firm develops jet fuel made from human poo | The starting material is generated in excess and available in plenty. It is a win-win for everyone that the waste is repurposed.::undefined

Tech stocks just wrapped up one of their best years in past two decades after 2022 slump::The Nasdaq climbed 43% in 2023, one of the sharpest rally for the tech-heavy index in 20 years.

• Medical device maker Masimo is confident it can win its legal battle against Apple over a feature on the Apple Watch, citing previous victories against True Wearables, a startup run by a former Apple executive....

2023 was the year that GPUs stood still::A new GPU generation did very little to change the speed you get for your money.