Twitter violated contract by failing to pay millions in bonuses, US judge rules (www.nbcnews.com)
Twitter violated contract by failing to pay millions in bonuses, US judge rules::WASHINGTON — Twitter violated contracts by failing to pay millions of dollars in bonuses that the social media company, now called X Corp, had promised its employees, a federal judge ruled on Friday.
7.1 million miles, 3 minor injuries: Waymo’s safety data looks good (arstechnica.com)
7.1 million miles, 3 minor injuries: Waymo’s safety data looks good::Waymo says its cars cause injuries six times less often than human drivers.
Social media platform X suffers global outages (www.bbc.com)
Social media platform X suffers global outages::Users were unable to view posts on the social media site for just over an hour.
The Epic question: How Google lost when Apple won | How is Google running an illegal monopoly with the Play store — while Apple’s App Store is in the clear? (www.theverge.com)
The Epic question: How Google lost when Apple won | How is Google running an illegal monopoly with the Play store — while Apple’s App Store is in the clear?::How is Google running an illegal monopoly with the Play store — while Apple’s App Store is in the clear?
Firefox Nightly for Android lets you install add-ons from files (www.ghacks.net)
7 Months Inside an Online Scam Labor Camp (www.nytimes.com)
US moves to choke China’s role in electric vehicle supply chain (www.ft.com)
US moves to choke China’s role in electric vehicle supply chain::Strict new IRA tax credit rules aim to boost domestic industry but could slow transition from petrol
Tesla falls on long wait for Cybertruck payoff, hefty price tag / Tesla shares fell more than 3% on Friday (www.reuters.com)
Tesla falls on long wait for Cybertruck payoff, hefty price tag / Tesla shares fell more than 3% on Friday::Tesla’s pricier-than-expected Cybertruck pickup, which offers driving ranges that fell well short of what CEO Elon Musk had promised, has deeply disappointed some but fascinated others with its futuristic, SUV-like feel.
Montana Judge: TikTok ban likely a 'fundamental constitutional violation' (www.kpax.com)
Montana Judge: TikTok ban likely a ‘fundamental constitutional violation’::A federal judge has put on hold a Montana law that would ban TikTok from operating in the state while the case is being litigated.
UK watchdog slams the brakes on Adobe’s $20 billion bid for Figma (www.theverge.com)
Okta Says Hackers Stole Data for All Customer Support Users (www.bloomberg.com)
Chrome pushes forward with plans to limit ad blockers in the future (www.malwarebytes.com)
Chrome pushes forward with plans to limit ad blockers in the future::Google has set a date for the introduction of Manifest V3 which will hurt the capabilities of many ad blockers.
Binance users pull over $1 billion from the exchange after CEO leaves, pleads guilty (www.cnbc.com)
Binance users pull over $1 billion from the exchange after CEO leaves, pleads guilty::Binance has seen outflows amounting to more than $1 billion in the past 24 hours, not including bitcoin, according to data from blockchain analysis firm Nansen.
Many Popular Censorship Circumvention Tools Deleted or Archived since November 2, 2023 (lemmy.nz)
github.com/net4people/bbs/issues/303
TikTok ‘aggressively’ removing content praising Osama bin Laden after letter goes viral (thehill.com)
TikTok ‘aggressively’ removing content praising Osama bin Laden after letter goes viral::The social media platform TikTok said it is “aggressively” removing content that praises Osama bin Laden’s 2002 “Letter to America.” The letter, published about a year after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, was bin...
YouTube cracks down on synthetic media with AI disclosure requirement (arstechnica.com)
WhatsApp backups on Android will soon count toward your Google Account storage (9to5google.com)
Judge rules it's fine for car makers to intercept your text messages (www.malwarebytes.com)
Judge rules it’s fine for car makers to intercept your text messages::A judge has refused to bring back a class action lawsuit against four car manufacturers because the privacy violation did not meet the WPA standard.
Exxon will mine lithium for electric vehicle batteries in Arkansas (arstechnica.com)
Exxon will mine lithium for electric vehicle batteries in Arkansas::With EV incentives tied to domestic battery content, US lithium mines are needed.
Pebble, a startup that tried and failed to take on Twitter, finds new life on Mastodon | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
Is Anything Still True? On the Internet, No One Knows Anymore (www.wsj.com)
Is Anything Still True? On the Internet, No One Knows Anymore::New tools can create fake videos and clone the voices of those closest to us. ‘This is how authoritarianism arises.’
Advertisers Don’t Want Sites Like Jezebel to Exist (www.404media.co)
Advertisers Don’t Want Sites Like Jezebel to Exist::The ‘Brand Safety’ and ‘Suitability’ industries have financially crushed the news business by keeping ads away from articles that its ‘sentiment analysis’ algorithms think will make people sad or upset.