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Apple co-founder calls out ‘hypocrisy’ of politicians calling for TikTok ban | CNN Business (edition.cnn.com)

1 in 5 new car sales globally were EVs in 2023, and that's curbed oil demand – IEA (electrek.co)

Vending machine error reveals secret face image database of college students (arstechnica.com)

Facial-recognition data is typically used to prompt more vending machine sales.

Microsoft sneaks ads into the new Outlook for Windows (www.ghacks.net)

EV Batteries Are Dangerous to Repair. Here’s Why Mechanics Are Doing So Anyway (www.scientificamerican.com)

Fixing car and e-bike batteries saves money and resources, but challenges are holding back the industry

Data poisoning: how artists are sabotaging AI to take revenge on image generators (theconversation.com)

Data poisoning: how artists are sabotaging AI to take revenge on image generators::As AI developers indiscriminately suck up online content to train their models, artists are seeking ways to fight back.

The salaries of Wikimedia executives are sparking an online debate about tech sector wages (www.businessinsider.com)

Nothing pulls its iMessage app from the Play Store following privacy disaster (www.androidpolice.com)

Nothing Chats, a rival to apps like Beeper and AirMessage, advertised itself as a secure platform for sending messages to iMessage users....

$6.2B in profit wasn't enough: Nvidia hikes GeForce Now prices for Canada and Europe (www.theregister.com)

3D-printed carrot does not rely on large areas of land or maintenance costs, can be cheaper (www.aljazeera.com)

Google Chrome now targets ads based on your browser history, here's how to turn that off (www.techspot.com)

Google is gradually introducing a new method for delivering targeted ads in Chrome that aims to bypass the controversy surrounding cookies by using browsing history instead. This...

They’ve grown up online. So why are our kids not better at detecting misinformation? (www.thestar.com)

They’ve grown up online. So why are our kids not better at detecting misinformation?::Recent studies have shown teens are more susceptible than adults. It’s a problem researchers, teachers and parents are only beginning to understand.

Too many users abused unlimited Dropbox plans, so they’re getting limits (arstechnica.com)

Too many users abused unlimited Dropbox plans, so they’re getting limits::Some people have taken “as much space as you need” too literally.

Junk websites filled with AI-generated text are pulling in money from programmatic ads (www.technologyreview.com)

Junk websites filled with AI-generated text are pulling in money from programmatic ads::More than 140 brands are advertising on low-quality content farm sites —and the problem is growing fast.

People are getting fed up with all the useless tech in their cars (www.theverge.com)

For the first time in 28 years of JD Power’s car owner survey, there is a consecutive year-over-year decline in satisfaction, with most of the ire directed toward in-car infotainment.

Netflix axes its $10 ‘Basic’ plan in the US and UK (www.engadget.com)

Airbnb is adding cleaning fees to a new 'total price' of bookings in search results after people complained listings were misleading (www.businessinsider.com)

Airbnb is adding cleaning fees to a new ‘total price’ of bookings in search results after people complained listings were misleading::Airbnb’s CEO said that he’s heard guests “loud and clear” that pricing on the platform isn’t transparent and “checkout tasks are a pain.”

Cars Are Rolling Computers Now. So What Happens When They Stop Getting Updates? (www.wired.com)

Google's "Manifest V2" Chrome extension phaseout next month is expected to impact the original uBlock Origin extension, which still uses the V2 framework and has 37 million users (www.theregister.com)

The new MV3 architecture reflects Google’s avowed desire to make browser extensions more performant, private, and secure. But the internet giant’s attempt to do so has been bitterly contested by makers of privacy-protecting and content-blocking extensions, who have argued that the Chocolate Factory’s new software...

Google fires 28 employees after protest over Israel cloud contract (www.theverge.com)

Google fired 28 employees in connection with sit-in protests at two of its offices this week, according to an internal memo obtained by The Verge. The firings come after 9 employees were suspended and then arrested in New York and California on Tuesday....

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