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Starting August 7th, advertisers that haven’t reached certain spending thresholds will lose their official brand account verification. According to emails obtained by the WSJ, brands need to have spent at least $1,000 on ads within the prior 30 days or $6,000 in the previous 180 days to retain the gold checkmark identifying...

Tesla was so swamped with complaints about driving ranges that it created a secret team to cancel owners’ service appointments, source says::To suppress the volume of complaints the automaker created a secret “Diversion Team” in Las Vegas to cancel appointments, Reuters reported.

Not sure if this is a good place for this post or not, but here goes....

#Meta is giving its answer to OpenAI’s GPT-4 away for free. The move could intensify the generative AI boom by making it easier for entrepreneurs to build powerful new AI systems....

Alexandra Elbakyan is a hero!

Bill that Would Stop the Government Buying Data Without a Warrant Passes Key Hurdle | The Fourth Amendment is Not for Sale Act passed the House Judiciary Committee, bringing it one step closer to b…::The Fourth Amendment is Not for Sale Act passed the House Judiciary Committee, bringing it one step closer to becoming law. The...

Netflix lists $900,000 AI job as actors and writers continue to strike::Will this pair of Hollywood strikes ever end? It looks like the big corporations are digging in for a long battle, illustrated by Netflix’s recent job posting for a machine learning platform product manager.

Maine plans to use offshore wind for half its energy needs by 2040::Maine will procure at least 3,000 megawatts of electricity from offshore wind turbines by 2040 under a bill signed Thursday by Democratic Gov. Janet Mills, enough to power about half of the state’s electricity load.

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hmm, strange article tbh, not sure what to say about it, i wouldnt trust the govt with anything though

Hackers are using open source software that’s popular with video game cheaters to allow their Windows-based malware to bypass restrictions Microsoft put in place to prevent such infections from occurring....

Boeing has now lost $1.1 billion on Starliner, with no crew flight in sight::“We’re not really ready to talk about a launch opportunity yet.”

The upward push of generation has led to a wave of innovation and disruption in more than a few industries, resulting in the unbundling of conventional trade

Tesla was dealing with 2,000 cases a week amid a surge in driving-range complaints from frustrated customers, report says /::Elon Musk’s EV company aimed to shut down customer complaints about driving range, Reuters reported, citing people familiar with the matter.

The AI boom is screwing over Gen Z | ChatGPT is commandeering the mundane tasks that young employees have relied on to advance their careers.::ChatGPT is commandeering the tasks that young employees rely on to advance their careers. That’s going to crush Gen Z’s career path.

Findings were published here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/…/adma.202302345