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UK fossil fuel use drops to lowest level since 1957::undefined

cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/10406488...

And here we go again, another bOING 737 Max.

Star Citizen Introducing a $48,000 Ship Bundle, but Only for Players Who Have Already Spent $10,000::Star Citizen developer Cloud Imperium Games is releasing a ship bundle for its controversial space simulator that costs an eye-watering $48,000.

• Disney retracts copyright claim on a YouTuber’s “Steamboat Willie” video, allowing it to be monetizable and shareable worldwide....

Quite a controversial decision… I love Kagi though, but I don’t understand why they would want to drag Brave into this.

Half Of All Skills Will Be Outdated Within Two Years, Study Suggests::AI will redirect jobs and career prospects, but its impact on jobs and tasks is murky.

Resecurity has uncovered a cybercriminal group known as “GXC Team”, which specializes in crafting tools for online banking theft, ecommerce fraud, and internet scams. Around November 11th, 2023, the group’s leader, operating under the alias “googleXcoder”, made multiple announcements on the Dark Web. These posts...

Cheap and They Don’t Snitch: Drones Are the New Drug Mules::Drones are on the rise in the drug world with smugglers using them to shift product across borders, into prisons - and soon to a street near you.

As per a report from India Today, Uber Flex introduces a range of nine pricing choices for riders when booking a ride, departing from the conventional dynamic pricing model. Within these options, one price is designated as the default or starting price. Once a rider picks a particular fare from these nine alternatives, this...

I figured this may lead to an interesting discussion in the comments....

Inspired by Isaac Asimov’s Three Laws of Robotics, Google wrote a ‘Robot Constitution’ to make sure its new AI droids won’t kill us::AutoRT, a data gathering AI system for robots, has safety prompts inspired by Isaac Asimov’s Three Laws of Robotics that it applies while deciding what task to attempt.

Alaska Air Grounds Boeing 737 Max-9 Fleet After Fuselage Blowout::Alaska Airlines will ground its entire fleet of Boeing Co. 737 Max-9 aircraft after a fuselage section in the rear part of the brand-new jet blew out shortly after takeoff.

Tesla Cybertruck gets less than 80% of advertised range in YouTuber’s test::A YouTuber took Tesla’s Cybertruck on a ride to see if it can actually hit its advertised 320-mile range, only to find out that its could only reach 79% of the target. When YouTuber Kyle Conn…

YouTube demonetizes public domain ‘Steamboat Willie’ video after copyright claim::undefined

• Apple rejects Hey calendar app for not allowing non-paying users to do anything within the app....

From my previous comment, it looks like NHTSA is moving faster than I predicted. We’re now at step 1, with this Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking....