Tesla profits nosedive as more job cuts announced (www.bbc.com)
Tesla has seen its profits more than halve this year, and says it will bring forward the launch of new models after announcing thousands of job cuts to try to reverse its fortunes....
You can now buy a flame-throwing robot dog for under $10,000 (arstechnica.com)
The future is going to be great!
Fisker now expects to go bankrupt within 30 days (www.arenaev.com)
US government reportedly ponders crimping China's use of RISC-V (www.theregister.com)
I'm giving up — on open source - Blog (nutjs.dev)
Sustainable open source will stay a dream
Senate passes TikTok ban bill, sending it to Biden, who has already committed to signing it (www.theverge.com)
Senate passes bill forcing TikTok’s parent company to sell or face ban, sends to Biden for signature. Biden expected to sign on Wed. (apnews.com)
Senate Passes Bill That Could Ban TikTok, Biden Expected to Sign (www.rollingstone.com)
Tesla’s in its flop era (www.theverge.com)
When Tesla releases its first quarter earnings this afternoon, the company’s CEO Elon Musk will field the usual questions about new products, new factories, and progress toward its futuristic vision of self-driving cars and robot workers. But Musk will also face increasingly urgent questions about its current state of affairs...
The Man Who Killed Google Search (www.wheresyoured.at)
Edward Zitron has been reading all of google’s internal emails that have been released as evidence in the DOJ’s antitrust case against google....
You can now buy a flame-throwing robot dog for under $10,000 (arstechnica.com)
Ex-Amazon AI exec claims she was asked to ignore IP law (www.theregister.com)
4K Chromecast with Google TV sequel is coming with new remote (9to5google.com)
Elon Musk is a pigeon CEO, 'he comes, sh*ts all over us, and goes', says former Tesla manager (electrek.co)
Tesla Cybertruck turns into world's most expensive brick after car wash (www.theregister.com)
Bulletproof? Is it waterproof? Ts&Cs say: ‘Failure to put Cybertruck in Car Wash Mode may result in damage’
Google search boss warns employees of 'new operating reality,' urges them to move faster (www.cnbc.com)
At a recent all-hands meeting, Google search head Prabhakar Raghavan told employees that the world is changing and they have to adjust.
Framwork announces $18M in Funding! + Framework’s Series A-1 and Community Participation (frame.work)
The blog post...
Proton Mail adds Dark Web Monitoring to its data leak detection service (alternativeto.net)
AI Is Poisoning Reddit to Promote Products and Game Google With 'Parasite SEO' (www.404media.co)
It’s the End of the Web as We Know It (www.theatlantic.com)
Paedophiles create nude AI images of children to extort from them, says charity | Internet safety | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
Internet Watch Foundation has found a manual on dark web encouraging criminals to use software tools that remove clothing. The manipulated image could then be used against the child to blackmail them into sending more graphic content, the IWF said.
TechScape: No WhatsApp in China, no TikTok in the US, and the return of Llama | Technology | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
While Apple removed the platform from App Stores without a squeak of public protest, its battle with the EU rages on....
Tesla slashes vehicle and self-driving-ish software prices as shares plummet (www.theregister.com)
Google fires more workers after CEO says workplace isn’t for politics (wapo.st)
Instagram Advertises Nonconsensual AI Nude Apps (www.404media.co)
Instagram is profiting from several ads that invite people to create nonconsensual nude images with AI image generation apps, once again showing that some of the most harmful applications of AI tools are not hidden on the dark corners of the internet, but are actively promoted to users by social media companies unable or...
