TikTok to be fined for breaching children’s privacy in EU (www.theguardian.com)
TikTok to be fined for breaching children’s privacy in EU::Action by regulator follows £12.7m fine by UK for illegally processing data of 1.4m children under 13
Google Messages signs onto cross-platform encrypted group chat standard (www.theverge.com)
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Waymo is bringing its robotaxi service to Austin (techcrunch.com)
Waymo is bringing its robotaxi service to Austin
Engineers create battery alternative using cement and carbon black (www.dezeen.com)
Unlike batteries, which rely on materials in limited supply, the technology could be produced cheaply using materials that are readily available. Possible to charge electric cars while they are travelling across it.
Astell&Kern A&ultima SP3000 digital audio player review (www.ecoustics.com)
'Limitless' energy: how floating solar panels near the equator could power future population hotspots (theconversation.com)
‘Limitless’ energy: how floating solar panels near the equator could power future population hotspots::New research shows densely populated countries in Southeast Asia and West Africa could harvest effectively unlimited energy from solar panels floating on calm tropical seas near the equator.
MIT scientists propose power storage using cement blocks (www.datacenterdynamics.com)
Plan to commercialize supercapacitors in the next few years
‘Incredibly suspicious’: A union is accusing Google of violating labor law by retaliating against workers for organizing (fortune.com)
Meet Window Snyder, the trailblazer who helped secure the internet and billions of devices (techcrunch.com)
“For 25 years, Window has been quietly changing the security industry with her pioneering work at Apple, Mozilla, Fastly, and Intel, among others....
“AI” Hurts Consumers and Workers -- and Isn’t Intelligent (techpolicy.press)
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Pixel Binary Transparency: verifiable security for Pixel devices - Google Security Blog (security.googleblog.com)
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ICO slams Meta's plan not to ask the British for permission to advertise (stackdiary.com)
Meta has been chastised by the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for its decision not to seek explicit consent from UK users for targeted advertising.
‘Incredibly suspicious’: A union is accusing Google of violating labor law by retaliating against workers for organizing (fortune.com)
‘Incredibly suspicious’: A union is accusing Google of violating labor law by retaliating against workers for organizing::More than 70% of a proposed bargaining unit were told in July that they will lose their jobs, say organizers.
FCC slaps $300M fine on “largest illegal robocall operation” it’s ever seen (arstechnica.com)
Microsoft shuts down Cortana, Apple should do the same with Siri (9to5mac.com)
Microsoft shuts down Cortana, Apple should do the same with Siri::Cortana is Microsoft’s virtual assistant, which was introduced in 2014 back when Windows Phone was still a thing. Similar to…
The Velomobile: High-Tech Bike Or Low-Tech Car? (www.lowtechmagazine.com)
Waymo To Serve Austin; Cruise In Nashville And The Myth Of Geofences (www.forbes.com)
FCC fines robocaller a record $300M after blocking billions of their scam calls (techcrunch.com)
FCC fines robocaller a record $300M after blocking billions of their scam calls::The FCC ordered a record $300 million forfeiture, but whether and when that money will be paid is, as always, something of an open question.
Kickstarter Demands Proof of Humanity, Requires New Projects to Disclose AI Use (www.pushsquare.com)
The first hydrogen-powered planes are taking flight (www.canarymedia.com)
The first hydrogen-powered planes are taking flight::undefined
Linux surpasses the Mac among Steam gamers (arstechnica.com)
Tesla sued for false advertising after allegedly exaggerating EV ranges / The proposed class action accuses Tesla of fraud (www.engadget.com)
Tesla sued for false advertising after allegedly exaggerating EV ranges / The proposed class action accuses Tesla of fraud::A lawsuit accuses Tesla of false advertising for allegedly exaggerating EV ranges…
Hollywood’s Fight Against A.I. Will Affect Us All: Screenwriters, actors, authors, and artists are fighting to ensure that human beings are not shunted to the margins of our culture. (newrepublic.com)
Hollywood’s Fight Against A.I. Will Affect Us All: Screenwriters, actors, authors, and artists are fighting to ensure that human beings are not shunted to the margins of our culture.::Screenwriters, actors, authors, and artists are fighting to ensure that human beings are not shunted to the margins of our culture.
Political Milestones for AI - Schneier on Security (www.schneier.com)
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.
