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Research Firm Claims Most cars still cost more to charge than to fill up with gas (www.businessinsider.com)

Iran shuts down biggest e-com company after female employees seen without hijab (english.alarabiya.net)

Iran shuts down biggest e-com company after female employees seen without hijab::undefined

The 115F Heat Is Killing Phones in Sardinia (www.bloomberg.com)

The 115F Heat Is Killing Phones in Sardinia::undefined

Space is starting to look like the better mining operation | Mining in space might be less environmentally harmful than mining asteroids on Earth. (arstechnica.com)

Space is starting to look like the better mining operation | Mining in space might be less environmentally harmful than mining asteroids on Earth.::Mining in space might be less environmentally harmful than mining asteroids on Earth.

Music Publishers Sue Amazon-backed AI Platform for Copyright Infringement (www.rollingstone.com)

Cloudflare, Google, and Amazon explain what’s behind the largest DDoS attacks ever (www.theverge.com)

Epic's Layoffs Should Be Blamed On A Quixotic Pursuit Of The Metaverse (www.forbes.com)

Epic has rocked the video game industry by laying off 16% of its workforce, nearly 900 people. While layoffs and studio closures and game cancellations are all too common in the industry, this was worse than usual, given the context in which they took place.

Nearly 500 smartphone brands have left the market since 2017 (www.techspot.com)

Nearly 500 smartphone brands have left the market since 2017::undefined

India fails to re-establish communication with its Moon probe (efe.com)

India fails to re-establish communication with its Moon probe::undefined

Weekly data: the global power sector saved $521bn in 2022 thanks to fuel savings from renewables (www.energymonitor.ai)

NYPD using drones to check out noisy backyard parties over Labor Day weekend (arstechnica.com)

NYPD using drones to check out noisy backyard parties over Labor Day weekend::Critic says it may violate NYC’s Public Oversight of Surveillance Technology Act.

Welcome to 404 Media (New Magazine from former VICE Motherboard staff) (www.404media.co)

ULTRARAM may be a silly name but it's the holy grail for memory tech and means your PC could hibernate for over 1,000 years (www.pcgamer.com)

I once speculated to a friend about 15 years ago that eventually solid state storage space would be so fast that it could serve as active memory. I can’t wait to tell him.

The Fear Of AI Just Killed A Very Useful Tool (www.techdirt.com)

I do understand why so many people, especially creative folks, are worried about AI and how it’s used. The future is quite unknown, and things are changing very rapidly, at a pace that can feel out…

[EFF Article] The Impending Privacy Threat of Self-Driving Cars (www.eff.org)

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ChromeOS is splitting the browser from the OS, getting more Linux-y (arstechnica.com)

It looks like Google’s long-running project to split up ChromeOS and its Chrome browser will be shipping out to the masses soon. Kevin Tofel’s About Chromebooks has spotted flags that turn on the feature by default for ChromeOS 116 and up. 116 is currently in beta and should be live in the stable channel sometime this month....

Epic lays out Google’s alleged “bribe and block” monopoly strategy in trial opening (arstechnica.com)

You can no longer activate new Windows 11 builds with Windows 7 or 8 keys (www.neowin.net)

You can no longer activate new Windows 11 builds with Windows 7 or 8 keys::Bad news for those planning to activate Windows 11 with a Windows 7 or 8/8.1 key: users noticed that the latest Windows 11 preview builds no longer allow activation with old license keys.

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