Tesla’s Share of U.S. Electric Car Market Falls Below 50% (archive.ph)
A new report estimates that the company led by Elon Musk accounted for just under half of all battery-powered vehicles sold in the second quarter of the year.
Child Advocates Back Surgeon General's Call for Tobacco-Like Warnings on Social Media (www.commondreams.org)
The Incognito Mode Myth Has Fully Unraveled (www.wired.com)
Firefox saw an increase in users (~50% in Germany and ~30% in France) following Apple’s default browser changes in the EU, as did Brave. (www.theverge.com)
Firefox spokesperson Christopher Hilton tells The Verge that the browser has seen a more than 50 percent jump in users in Germany and a nearly 30 percent increase in France....
Google is the new IBM (www.businessinsider.com)
Google is the new IBM::Years of being one-upped on AI and cracking down on innovation turned the poster child for Silicon Valley cool into a dinosaur.
DVD-like optical disc could store 1.6 petabits (or 200 terabytes) on 100 layers (www.techspot.com)
Florida House of Representatives approves bill to ban social media for kids under 16 (www.goodmorningamerica.com)
Google updates Chrome's Incognito Mode disclaimer to admit it is tracking users (www.ghacks.net)
Pika Labs new generative AI video tool unveiled — and it looks like a big deal (www.tomsguide.com)
Pika Labs new generative AI video tool unveiled — and it looks like a big deal::The new Pika 1.0 tool comes after a $55 million funding round for the generative AI company and is a big step up in AI video production.
Jailbroken AI Chatbots Can Jailbreak Other Chatbots (www.scientificamerican.com)
Job losses likely at VW as the people’s car brand becomes uncompetitive (arstechnica.com)
Apple will honor California's 'right to repair' rules nationwide (www.engadget.com)
Fighting pedophilia at the expense of our privacy: The EU rule that could break the internet (english.elpais.com)
US issues first ever fine for space junk to Dish Network (www.bbc.com)
Can you melt eggs? Quora’s AI says “yes,” and Google is sharing the result (arstechnica.com)
Incorrect AI-generated answers are forming a feedback loop of misinformation online.
The Internet Is About to Get Much Worse (www.nytimes.com)
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Plex Will Block Media Servers at Abuse Prevalent Hosting Company (torrentfreak.com)
Unity will quietly waive controversial fees if developers switch to its ad monetisation service - report (www.eurogamer.net)
A fresh report into Unity's hugely-controversial decision to start charging developers when their games are downloaded has thrown fresh light on the situation....
IBM selling The Weather Channel and the rest of its weather business (www.cnbc.com)
IBM selling The Weather Channel and the rest of its weather business::IBM will sell The Weather Company to Francisco Partners, a tech-focused private equity firm, for an undisclosed sum, it announced Tuesday.
YouTube Channel Linus Tech Tips’ Inaccuracies And Sexual Harassment Allegations, Explained (www.forbes.com)
All women pictured are A.I. generated (files.catbox.moe)
Proton launches LLM and crypto wallet (proton.me)
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