Rabbit R1 AI box revealed to just be an Android app (arstechnica.com)
Rabbit R1 AI box is actually an Android app in a limited $200 box, running on AOSP without Google Play....
Wi-Fi jamming to knock out cameras suspected in nine Minnesota burglaries -- smart security systems vulnerable as tech becomes cheaper and easier to acquire (www.tomshardware.com)
Amazon's drone delivery program is the joke it always sounded like. (news.yahoo.com)
Only one item can be delivered at a time. It can’t weigh more than 5 pounds. It can’t be too big. It can’t be something breakable, since the drone drops it from 12 feet. The drones can’t fly when it is too hot or too windy or too rainy....
Honda says making cheap electric vehicles is too hard, ends deal with GM (arstechnica.com)
Honda says making cheap electric vehicles is too hard, ends deal with GM::The platform was to use GM’s Ultium batteries.
New Vaccine Can Completely Reverse Autoimmune Diseases Like Multiple Sclerosis, Type 1 Diabetes, and Crohn’s Disease (scitechdaily.com)
Researchers from Pritzker Molecular Engineering, under the guidance of Prof. Jeffrey Hubbell, demonstrated that their compound can eliminate the autoimmune response linked to multiple sclerosis. Researchers at the University of Chicago's Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (PME) have developed
Ubisoft Exec Says Gamers Need to Get 'Comfortable' Not Owning Their Games for Subscriptions to Take Off (www.ign.com)
Ubisoft Exec Says Gamers Need to Get ‘Comfortable’ Not Owning Their Games for Subscriptions to Take Off::An executive at Assassin’s Creed maker Ubisoft has said gamers will need to get “comfortable” not owning their games before video game subscriptions truly take off.
Fear of cheap Chinese EVs spurs automaker dash for affordable cars (www.reuters.com)
Firefox to become first mobile browser to support desktop extensions later this year (blog.mozilla.org)
Source: blog.mozilla.org/…/prepare-your-firefox-desktop-e…...
Shopping app Temu is “dangerous malware,” spying on your texts, lawsuit claims (arstechnica.com)
Sam Altman Says AI Using Too Much Energy, Will Require Breakthrough Energy Source (futurism.com)
"There's no way to get there without a breakthrough," OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said, arguing that AI will soon need even more energy.
X Purges Prominent Journalists, Leftists With No Explanation (www.vice.com)
Leaks confirm low takeup for Windows 11 (www.theregister.com)
Leaks confirm low takeup for Windows 11::Time to rethink Windows 10 support cycle then?
A new smartphone again? Rethink unhealthy culture of frequent upgrades (www.straitstimes.com)
SO. MUCH. THIS.
YouTube looks to be testing server-side ad injection to counter ad blockers (9to5google.com)
YouTube is testing server-side ad injection to counter ad blockers, integrating ads directly into videos to make them indistinguishable from the main content....
China Installed More Solar Panels Last Year Than the U.S. Has in Total (www.ecowatch.com)
China Installed More Solar Panels Last Year Than the U.S. Has in Total::China installed more new solar capacity last year than the total amount ever installed in any other country.
YouTube is increasing Premium prices in multiple countries, right after an ad-blocker crackdown | You either pay rightfully for the video content you consume, or you live with the ads. (www.androidauthority.com)
YouTube is increasing Premium prices in multiple countries, right after an ad-blocker crackdown | You either pay rightfully for the video content you consume, or you live with the ads.::Google is increasing the prices of YouTube Premium and YouTube Music Premium subscriptions in some regions, right after blocking ad-blockers.
Police in England installed an AI camera system along a major road. It caught almost 300 drivers in its first 3 days. (www.businessinsider.in)
Police in England installed an AI camera system along a major road. It caught almost 300 drivers in its first 3 days.::An AI camera system installed along a major road in England caught 300 offenses in its first 3 days.There were 180 seat belt offenses and 117 mobile phone
Roku has patented a way to show ads over anything you plug into your TV (arstechnica.com)
A patent application from the company spotted by Lowpass describes a system for displaying ads over any device connected over HDMI, a list that could include cable boxes, game consoles, DVD or Blu-ray players, PCs, or even other video streaming devices. Roku filed for the patent in August 2023 and it was published in November...
Pornhub goes dark in Arkansas after age verification law kicks in (www.theverge.com)
Pornhub goes dark in Arkansas after age verification law kicks in::Pornhub operator MindGeek has blocked all users in Arkansas from the site after the state’s new age verification law went into effect.
Elon Musk and company take @x handle from its original user. He got zero dollars for it. (mashable.com)
Massive explosion rocks SpaceX Texas facility, Starship engine in flames (interestingengineering.com)
Asking ChatGPT to Repeat Words ‘Forever’ Is Now a Terms of Service Violation (www.404media.co)
A key feature of NFTs has completely broken / Web3 was supposed to make sure the original artist always got paid. Not so much anymore. (www.theverge.com)
The world's 280 million electric bikes and mopeds are cutting demand for oil far more than electric cars (theconversation.com)
Court Bans Use of 'AI-Enhanced' Video Evidence Because That's Not How AI Works (gizmodo.com)
A judge in Washington state has blocked video evidence that’s been “AI-enhanced” from being submitted in a triple murder trial. And that’s a good thing, given the fact that too many people seem to think applying an AI filter can give them access to secret visual data.
