B.C. police secretly took DNA from Kurdish community in tea-cup sting to solve murder::Undercover police investigating the murder of a 13-year-old girl in British Columbia disguised themselves as tea marketers to secretly collect the DNA of about 150 Kurdish community members, court recordings reveal.
Apple to Remove Blood-Oxygen Sensor From Watch to Avoid U.S. Ban::Tech giant’s withdrawal of technology may end cloud hanging over $18 billion smartwatch business
AI cameras being set up on highways to catch drivers who throw trash out of their car windows::The decision to install cameras in UK lay-bys aims to prevent littering but one campaign group described the approach as “meaningless.”
Adblock: Google did not slow down and lag YouTube performance with ad blocker on - Neowin::According to several user reports online, Google was apparently slowing YouTube down if it detected adblockers. However, Adblock has now confirmed that such is not the case at all.
Taylor Swift fans scammed by fake AI-generated endorsement for Le Creuset cookware::Deepfake ad showed an AI-generated Swift saying she was ‘thrilled’ to be handing out free cookware sets
Formula E team fires its AI-generated female motorsports reporter, after backlash: “What a slap in the face for human women that you’d rather make one up than work with us.”::px-captcha
Amazon has been listing products with the title, ‘I’m sorry, I cannot fulfil this request as it goes against OpenAI use policy’::Products have appeared on the platform with odd titles that are seemingly related to OpenAI’s usage policy.
US Slashes Planned Drilling to Push Offshore Wind::Exploring the U.S.’s major shift to offshore wind farms, a key step in greening energy policy and shaping a sustainable future.
Korea unveils plan to build $472 billion dollar mega chip cluster::Korea will build the world’s biggest semiconductor cluster in Gyeonggi Province by 2047 as Samsung Electronics, SK hynix and other chip companies plan to invest a total of 622 trillion won ($471 billion) to build 16 new fabs, creating more than 3 million jobs,...
YouTube is loading slower for users with ad blockers yet again::YouTube users have noticed annoying delays and some features disabled when using ad blockers.