Tesla Lied To Customers, Blaming Them For Shoddy Parts The Company Knew Were Defective (www.techdirt.com)
Tesla Lied To Customers, Blaming Them For Shoddy Parts The Company Knew Were Defective::Back in July, Reuters released a bombshell report showing that not only has Tesla aggressively lied about its EV ranges for the better part of the last decade, it created teams whose entire purpose was to lie to customers about it when they...
This GPT-powered robot chemist designs reactions and makes drugs — on its own (www.nature.com)
A system called Coscientist scours the Internet for instructions, then designs and executes experiments to synthesize molecules.
Apple wants AI to run directly on its hardware instead of in the cloud (arstechnica.com)
Apple wants AI to run directly on its hardware instead of in the cloud::iPhone maker wants to catch up to its rivals when it comes to AI.
Substack says it will not remove or demonetize Nazi content (www.theverge.com)
More than 200 Substack authors asked the platform to explain why it’s “platforming and monetizing Nazis,” and now they have an answer straight from co-founder Hamish McKenzie:...
Lapsus$: GTA 6 hacker sentenced to life in hospital prison (www.bbc.co.uk)
Lapsus$: GTA 6 hacker sentenced to life in hospital prison::Judge says hacker remains a high risk through his skills and motivation to carry out cyber-crime.
Mozilla decides Trusted Types is a worthy security feature (www.theregister.com)
• Mozilla plans to implement Trusted Types in Firefox to reduce web attacks relying on injected code....
Unblocking User Freedom: the right to use adblockers - FSFE (fsfe.org)
• Companies are restricting user freedom by limiting the use of adblockers and controlling online content interaction....
Single-use e-cigarettes contain batteries that last hundreds of cycles despite being discarded (techxplore.com)
Scientist Discover How to Convert CO2 into Powder That Can Be Stored for Decades (www.scientificamerican.com)
Windows 10 end of life could prompt torrent of e-waste as 240 million devices set for scrapheap (www.itpro.com)
Windows 10 end of life could prompt torrent of e-waste as 240 million devices set for scrapheap::As Windows 10 end of life approaches, analysts are concerned that millions of devices will be scrapped due to incompatibility
Austin, we have a problem! Tesla descends into battery hell (www.saltwire.com)
Elon Musk says prototypes are easy, production is hell. And when it comes to the long-awaited Cybertruck, Tesla's hell is its pioneering 4680 battery....
Nuclear energy is more expensive than renewables, CSIRO report finds (www.abc.net.au)
Nuclear energy is more expensive than renewables, CSIRO report finds::Renewable energy provides the cheapest source of new energy for Australia, a new draft report from the CSIRO and energy market operator has found.
Experts Detail Multi-Million Dollar Licensing Model of Predator Spyware; apparently, rebooting Android or iOS don't always remove the spyware (thehackernews.com)
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Apple halts sales of Apple Watch Series 9 & Apple Watch Ultra 2 due to patent infringement.
American automakers are losing the race to make more fuel-efficient vehicles (www.theverge.com)
Someone Convinced a ChatGPT-Powered Chevy Dealer to Sell $81K Tahoe for Just $1 (www.autoevolution.com)
Someone Convinced a ChatGPT-Powered Chevy Dealer to Sell $81K Tahoe for Just $1::ChatGPT has taken the world by surprise with its new-generation capabilities, stepping in to help people write code, do homework, and complete an essay i…
You're Supposed To Be Glad Your Tesla Is A Brittle Heap Of Junk (defector.com)
Forcasting Air Quality Impacts of Precribed Burns With AI (researchinenglish.com)
With AI scraping everything, would it make sense to add copyright notices to comments on the fediverse? CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Deed
Artists have complained about their artwork being stolen, people are arguing about threads.net stealing their data on despite this being a public forum, Reddit, Twitter, Github and other platforms are putting up walls to to stop AI bots from scraping everything....
GM’s CarPlay replacement software is off to a disastrous start - 9to5Mac (9to5mac.com)
GM’s CarPlay replacement software is off to a disastrous start - 9to5Mac::I don’t need to remind you that GM is ditching CarPlay starting with its 2024 model year EVs. We’ve covered…
7.1 million miles, 3 minor injuries: Waymo’s safety data looks good (arstechnica.com)
7.1 million miles, 3 minor injuries: Waymo’s safety data looks good::Waymo says its cars cause injuries six times less often than human drivers.
Microsoft is discontinuing Windows Mixed Reality (www.theverge.com)
Apple Develops Breakthrough Method for Running LLMs on iPhones (www.macrumors.com)
Are BLUFFS attacks still a vulnerability to the average Bluetooth user? (www.bluetooth.com)
I recalled reading about this at the beginning of this month, I haven’t seen any updates on a fix or anything. Figured I’d ponder it with you folks over here....