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Wheels falling off cars at speed. Suspensions collapsing on brand-new vehicles. Axles breaking under acceleration. Tens of thousands of customers told Tesla about a host of part failures on low-mileage cars. The automaker sought to blame drivers for vehicle ‘abuse,’ but Tesla documents show it had tracked the chronic...

Tesla’s recall of 2 million cars relies on a fix that may not even work::Tesla agreed to the recall last week after a federal investigation the system to monitor drivers was defective and required a fix.

Biden urged to stop EU ‘unfairly’ targeting American tech::5 out of 6 ‘gatekeepers’ are US-based so regulators across pond are just being mean to us, say lawmakers

And pull themselves up by their bootstraps as usual?

Xfinity waited 13 days to patch critical Citrix Bleed 0-day. Now it’s paying the price::Data for almost 36 million customers now in the hands of unknown hackers.

UK plan to digitise wills and destroy paper originals “insane” say experts::Department hopes to save £4.5m a year by digitising – then binning – about 100m wills that date back 150 years

This is genius....

Mercedes-Benz debuts turquoise exterior lights to indicate the car is self-driving | A visual indicator for other drivers::undefined

Republicans slam broadband discounts for poor people, threaten to kill program::Thune, Cruz complain that $30 discounts go to people who “already had broadband.”

Not to editorialize, but I think this is kind of a crazy article. Sharing for the laughs and the discussuon.

World’s largest electric cable close to power, could light 1.4 million homes | A high voltage direct current cable will connect UK homes with fresh green energy from the wind farms of Denmark.::undefined

Rite Aid is banned for five years from using artificial intelligence (AI) facial recognition to try to curb shoplifting, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said Tuesday. In a press release, the age…

Apple to stop selling its latest smartwatches after losing patent case to rival that says ‘even the world’s most powerful company must abide by the law’::Sales of the Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 will be halted on the company’s online store on Dec. 21 and at its physical retail locations beginning on Christmas Eve.

Quest Pro Now Has Tongue Tracking Too::Quest Pro’s face tracking now includes your tongue, though developers will need to implement it.

GM dealer chatbot agrees to sell 2024 Chevrolet Tahoe for $1::undefined

The Rings of Uranus Glow in Epic JWST Photo::The James Webb Space Telescope caught its second glimpse of the year of Uranus and its bright-shining rings