DOJ probing Tesla’s EV range after reports of exaggerated numbers | Tesla has allegedly been canceling service appointments from customers who are discovering their vehicles are not getting as much... (www.theverge.com)
DOJ probing Tesla’s EV range after reports of exaggerated numbers | Tesla has allegedly been canceling service appointments from customers who are discovering their vehicles are not getting as much…::Tesla disclosed that the Department of Justice is seeking information about the company’s vehicle range after reports...
Ukrainian activists hack Trigona ransomware gang, wipe servers (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
Indian authorities raid fake tech support rings after tipoff from Amazon and Microsoft (www.theregister.com)
Indian authorities raid fake tech support rings after tipoff from Amazon and Microsoft::Also went after crypto-crooks who sought money to buy miners for fake token
FBI says North Korea deployed thousands of IT workers to get remote jobs in US with fake IDs (www.businessinsider.com)
FBI says North Korea deployed thousands of IT workers to get remote jobs in US with fake IDs::North Koreans are using fake IDs and learning IT skills to sneak their way into remote American jobs, according to the FBI and Justice departments.
Google spends $10 billion a year to ensure it's your go-to online search engine, DOJ says (www.businessinsider.com)
Google spends $10 billion a year to ensure it’s your go-to online search engine, DOJ says::Google shells out billions to be the default search engine on Apple’s smartphones and on web browsers such as Mozilla’s Firefox, the DOJ said.
Apple security updates could be banned by British government (9to5mac.com)
Everyone in the tech industry facepalms almost every time legislators try to pontificate on technology, but the British government appears to be trying to set a new record. After putting iMessage and FaceTime at risk, the government is now suggesting that it might ban some Apple security updates.
Congress Is Pushing An Online Safety Bill Supported By Anti-LGBTQ Groups (www.vice.com)
Microsoft cuts ties with the Surface Duo after just 2 Android version updates (www.windowscentral.com)
Microsoft is done supporting the original Surface Duo, three years after it first launched on September 10. The company has stated from the very start that the Surface Duo would receive just three years of OS updates, meaning today is the last day that Microsoft has to stay true to its word....
Attendees at Bored Ape NFT event report vision loss and extreme pain (www.theverge.com)
It’s likely because some light fixtures that emit a ton of UV light also look “cool” and get used in the wrong setting. They’re supposed to be for stuff like disinfection. Looks like the bulbs outlining the dj both could be the issue. It wouldn’t be any of the professional fixtures. (Pic in comments because I don’t...
Microsoft CEO Nadella's compensation drops... to $48M — CEO to employee pay ratio hits 250 to 1 (www.theregister.com)
Microsoft CEO Nadella’s compensation drops… to $48M — CEO to employee pay ratio hits 250 to 1::Try to hold back your tears as CEO to employee pay ratio hits: 250 to 1
Inside ShadowDragon, The Tool That Lets ICE Monitor Pregnancy Tracking Sites and Fortnite Players (www.404media.co)
ShadowDragon tracks BabyCenter, a website for people expecting children, as well as social media sites specifically for Black people, bodybuilders, and the fetish community.
Beepy, a palm-sized Linux hacking playground (hackaday.com)
Welsh government to write to Duolingo after updates to course 'paused' (news.sky.com)
Wales’s minister for education and the Welsh language said he will write to the company to see how the government might be able to support the course’s continued development.
4 Big Tech giants have plowed over $1 trillion into stock buybacks in 10 years — more than Tesla or Meta's entire market value (markets.businessinsider.com)
4 Big Tech giants have plowed over $1 trillion into stock buybacks in 10 years — more than Tesla or Meta’s entire market value::Apple poured over $600 billion into buybacks in the decade to March 31, exceeding Alphabet, Microsoft, and Meta’s combined spending.
GPUs from all major suppliers are vulnerable to new pixel-stealing attack (arstechnica.com)
GPUs from all six of the major suppliers are vulnerable to a newly discovered attack that allows malicious websites to read the usernames, passwords, and other sensitive visual data displayed by other websites, researchers have demonstrated in a paper published Tuesday....
Uber was supposed to help traffic. It didn’t. Robotaxis will be even worse (www.sfchronicle.com)
Uber was supposed to help traffic. It didn’t. Robotaxis will be even worse::px-captcha
Meta is so unwilling to pay for news under a new Canadian law that it's starting to block it on Facebook and Instagram in that country (fortune.com)
Meta is so unwilling to pay for news under a new Canadian law that it’s starting to block it on Facebook and Instagram in that country::The rollout of the news ban on Facebook and Instagram for users in Canada will take place over the next few weeks.
Framework Laptop 16: our exclusive hands-on - theverge.com (www.theverge.com)
“Reviews of the original Framework Laptop 13 were a little skeptical; my colleague Monica repeatedly pointed out that an upgradable laptop’s value “hinges on future support.” But in 2022, her headline was “promises kept.” And this year, as Framework shipped its third set of CPU upgrades for the Framework 13 while...
$5 billion Google lawsuit over ‘incognito mode’ tracking moves a step closer to trial | Judge Yvonne Gonzalez-Rogers denied Google’s push for a summary judgment in a lawsuit over the way it tracked... (www.theverge.com)
$5 billion Google lawsuit over ‘incognito mode’ tracking moves a step closer to trial | Judge Yvonne Gonzalez-Rogers denied Google’s push for a summary judgment in a lawsuit over the way it tracked…::Google’s push for a summary judgment in a lawsuit over tracking internet activity even after users activated Chrome’s...
Max users grandfathered into $15.99 ad-free plan lose 4K, HDR next month (arstechnica.com)
Max users grandfathered into $15.99 ad-free plan lose 4K, HDR next month::Number of devices you can stream from simultaneously is decreasing, too.
Elon Musk says 'we dug our own grave' with the Cybertruck as he warns Tesla faces enormous production challenges (www.businessinsider.com)
Elon Musk says ‘we dug our own grave’ with the Cybertruck as he warns Tesla faces enormous production challenges::Tesla CEO Elon Musk said Wednesday that the Cybertruck’s unique design means the company faces immense challenges in scaling production.
Uber, Grubhub and DoorDash must pay NYC delivery workers an $18 minimum wage (www.engadget.com)
Uber, Grubhub and DoorDash must pay NYC delivery workers an $18 minimum wage::New York Acting Supreme Court Justice Nicholas Moyne rejected a bid by Uber, DoorDash and Grubhub to block a bill requiring a minimum wage for app-based delivery workers.
Chrome, Firefox and other browsers affected by critical WebP vulnerability (siliconangle.com)
E-Bike Industry Blames Consumers For Fires In Effort To Undermine ‘Right To Repair’ Laws (www.techdirt.com)
Countless companies and industries enjoy making up scary stories when it comes to justifying their opposition to making it easier to repair your own tech. Apple claims that empowering consumers and bolstering independent repair shops will turn states into “hacker meccas.” The car industry insists that making it easier and...