White House to weaken climate-fighting fuel efficiency targets for 2030 (arstechnica.com)
White House to weaken climate-fighting fuel efficiency targets for 2030::The plan faced opposition from OEMs, car dealers, and the United Auto Workers.
Film Companies Seek ‘Torrenting History’ Related to Redditor (torrentfreak.com)
India may block Proton Mail (techcrunch.com)
Air Canada must pay damages after chatbot lies to grieving passenger about discount | Airline tried arguing virtual assistant was solely responsible for its own actions (www.theregister.com)
Air Canada must pay damages after chatbot lies to grieving passenger about discount | Airline tried arguing virtual assistant was solely responsible for its own actions::Airline tried arguing virtual assistant was solely responsible for its own actions
‘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
Who makes money when AI reads the internet for us? (www.engadget.com)
I lost my job after AI recruitment tool assessed my body language, says make-up artist (www.msn.com)
I lost my job after AI recruitment tool assessed my body language, says make-up artist::A make-up artist says she lost her job at a leading brand after an AI recruitment tool that used facial recognition technology marked her down for her body language.
Mark Zuckerberg says sorry to families of children who committed suicide — after rejecting suggestion to set up a compensation fund to help the families get counseling (arstechnica.com)
Mark Zuckerberg says sorry to families of children who committed suicide — after rejecting suggestion to set up a compensation fund to help the families get counseling::CEOs of Meta, TikTok, Snap, Discord, and X testified at hearing on child safety.
Pharmaceutical companies hiked the price of 775 drugs this year so far, including Ozempic and Mounjaro — exceeding the rate of inflation (arstechnica.com)
Pharmaceutical companies hiked the price of 775 drugs this year so far, including Ozempic and Mounjaro — exceeding the rate of inflation::Meanwhile, Senate to consider subpoenas to force pharma CEOs testify on prices.
Elizabeth Holmes barred from federal health programs for 90 years (arstechnica.com)
Elizabeth Holmes barred from federal health programs for 90 years::The former Theranos CEO is barred from receiving payments from federal health program.
Wayfair lays off 13% of its workforce weeks after telling employees to work harder (www.cnn.com)
Wayfair lays off 13% of its workforce weeks after telling employees to work harder::Wayfair is laying off 1,650 employees, amounting to 13% of its global workforce, as the online home goods retailer struggled to rebound following its success amid pandemic lockdowns.
Apple to over 100 California employees: Move to Texas or lose your job (www.chron.com)
Apple to over 100 California employees: Move to Texas or lose your job::Most of the team working on key Siri operations is already based in the Texas captial’s Apple campus. Others in San Diego are receiving al ultimatum.
A mother used her EV to power her son’s dialysis machine amid storms and a blackout | Electric vehicles with bidirectional charging can be life-saving, especially in times of power cuts and natural... (www.zmescience.com)
A mother used her EV to power her son’s dialysis machine amid storms and a blackout | Electric vehicles with bidirectional charging can be life-saving, especially in times of power cuts and natural…::Electric vehicles with bidirectional charging can be life-saving, especially in times of power cuts and natural disasters.
China’s BYD is selling more electric cars than Tesla (www.cnn.com)
China’s BYD is selling more electric cars than Tesla::BYD overtook Tesla to become the world’s biggest electric car company in the final quarter of 2023.
Spotify (un)wrapped: Unpacking recommender algorithms (ubyssey.ca)
Intel's comeback appears on track — CEO Gelsinger says 18A process node performance is 'a little bit ahead' of TSMC's N2, but Intel's process arrives a year earlier than TSMC's (www.tomshardware.com)
What are some essential browser extensions for "quieting down" the internet? (www.staygrounded.online)
FDA approves cure for sickle cell disease, the first treatment to use CRISPR (www.nbcnews.com)
Judge finds ‘reasonable evidence’ Tesla knew self-driving tech was defective (www.theguardian.com)
Judge finds ‘reasonable evidence’ Tesla knew self-driving tech was defective::Ruling clears way for lawsuit brought against company over fatal crash in 2019 in which Stephen Banner was killed near Miami
Why Apple is working hard to break into its own iPhones (www.independent.co.uk)
Privacy is Priceless, but Signal is Expensive (www.blobstreaming.org)
Introducing the Nextcloud AI Assistant - local, privacy-respecting, and fully open source 🎉 (youtu.be)
Europe Reluctantly Chooses SpaceX to Launch Its GPS Satellites (gizmodo.com)
Europe Reluctantly Chooses SpaceX to Launch Its GPS Satellites::Elon Musk’s SpaceX is set to undertake its first launch of European satellites equipped with classified technology, specifically for the Galileo system.