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Tesla sued for false advertising after allegedly exaggerating EV ranges / The proposed class action accuses Tesla of fraud::A lawsuit accuses Tesla of false advertising for allegedly exaggerating EV ranges…

Hollywood’s Fight Against A.I. Will Affect Us All: Screenwriters, actors, authors, and artists are fighting to ensure that human beings are not shunted to the margins of our culture.::Screenwriters, actors, authors, and artists are fighting to ensure that human beings are not shunted to the margins of our culture.

Pornhub goes dark in Arkansas after age verification law kicks in::Pornhub operator MindGeek has blocked all users in Arkansas from the site after the state’s new age verification law went into effect.

China wants to limit teens to using their phones for just an hour a day to fight rising ‘internet addiction’::The Cyberspace Administration of China announced proposed regulations for children’s smartphone usage, including a “minor mode” with time limits.

HBO Max was renamed Max, and Warner Bros. Discovery lost subscribers::Warner Bros. Discovery lost 1.8 million subscribers in the second quarter of 2023 following HBO Max’s rebrand to Max. The company now has 95.8 million subscribers across all of its services.

Content moderators who worked on ChatGPT say they were traumatized by reviewing graphic content: ‘It has destroyed me completely.’::Moderators told The Guardian that the content they reviewed depicted graphic scenes of violence, child abuse, bestiality, murder, and sexual abuse.

Researchers jailbreak a Tesla to get free in-car feature upgrades::A group of researchers found a way to hack a Tesla’s hardware with the goal of getting free in-car upgrades, such as heated rear seats.

Call of Duty now shows you when a cheater has been booted right in the kill feed::Activision will let everyone know when a Call of Duty cheater has been booted from a lobby. It’s the latest in a multi-year crackdown on cheaters.

New algorithm spots its first “potentially hazardous” near-Earth asteroid — and it’s 600 feet long::The algorithm will eventually be used at the Vera C. Rubin Observatory​, a survey telescope being built in Chile.

For the first time researchers restore feeling and lasting movement in man living with quadriplegia:: In a first-of-its-kind clinical trial, bioelectronic medicine researchers, engineers and surgeons at Northwell Health’s The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research have successfully implanted microchips into the brain of a...

BMW tests next-gen LiDAR to beat Tesla to Level 3 self-driving cars::Tesla’s autonomous vehicle tech has been perennially stuck at Level 2 self-driving, as BMW and other rivals try to leapfrog to Level 3.

Incandescent light bulbs are officially banned in the U.S.::America’s ban on incandescent light bulbs, 16 years in the making, is finally a reality. Well, mostly.

Movie extras worry they’ll be replaced by AI. Hollywood is already doing body scans::undefined

Internet providers that won FCC grants try to escape broadband commitments::“Coalition of RDOF Winners” lobbies FCC but won’t reveal its full member list.

Hacking group Cult of the Dead Cow plans system to encrypt social media and other apps::undefined

After fears that Europe’s space scope was toast, its first images look mighty fine - Here’s looking at Euclid::Here’s looking at Euclid

Phoenix heat wave broke record for electricity demand again and again and again::Phoenix’s hottest month in history led to multiple record-breaking days for electricity usage.

IRS vows to digitize all taxpayer documents by 2025::All documents will be digitized as soon as they arrive at the IRS.

China considers limiting kids’ smartphone time to two hours per day | Younger children would face even stricter terms.::China is mulling a two-hour daily limit on phone screen time for anyone under 18…

Estate of Henrietta Lacks reaches settlement with biotech company for nonconsensual use of her cells in medical research::The family of Henrietta Lacks, a Black woman whose cells have been used for scientific research for decades, reached a settlement Tuesday with the biotech company Thermo Fisher Scientific, the family’s...

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.

All news in Canada will be removed from Facebook, Instagram within weeks: Meta::The company says it is removing news for all Canadian users over the course of the next few weeks

Tech experts are starting to doubt that ChatGPT and A.I. ‘hallucinations’ will ever go away: ‘This isn’t fixable’::Experts are starting to doubt it, and even OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is a bit stumped.

Uber CEO balks after a reporter tells him the cost of his 2.9-mile Uber ride: ‘Oh my God. Wow.’::undefined

Linus Torvalds suggests disabling AMD’s ‘stupid’ fTPM to solve a persistent stuttering issue | The problem affects Ryzen-based PCs running both Windows and Linux::undefined

Superconductor Breakthrough Replicated, Twice, in Preliminary Testing::It’s been a rough few days in the condensed matter physics realm following claims of the world’s first room-temperature superconductor being achieved. However, work to verify and replicate the results

Reddit beats film industry, won’t have to identify users who admitted torrenting::Court quashes subpoena for names of users who talked torrenting in 2011 thread.

How to implement a 4-day workweek for the whole organization | MIT Sloan::Author Andrew Barnes explains the benefits of a workweek with 100% of normal pay, 80% of typical work hours, and 100% productivity.

National Lab (LBNL) results support LK-99 as a room-temperature ambient-pressure superconductor::A recent report of room temperature superconductivity at ambient pressure in Cu-substituted apatite (`LK99’) has invigorated interest in the understanding of what materials and mechanisms can allow for high-temperature...

An Asian MIT student asked AI to turn an image of her into a professional headshot. It made her white with lighter skin and blue eyes.::Rona Wang, a 24-year-old MIT student, was experimenting with the AI image creator Playground AI to create a professional LinkedIn photo.

Scientists Create New Material Five Times Lighter and Four Times Stronger Than Steel::Researchers have developed a highly robust material with an extremely low density by constructing a structure using DNA and subsequently coating it in glass. Materials possessing both strength and lightness have the potential to enhance...

A New US Plant Will Use Captured CO2 to Make Millions of Gallons of Jet Fuel::Replacing half of a plane’s regular fuel with CO2-derived fuel can result in 90 percent fewer lifecycle emissions.

Heat pumps sold so fast in Maine, the state just upped its target::undefined

Top Meta executive said the company’s name change was a success because it beat out coverage of the ‘Facebook Papers’ revelations::Meta’s Chris Cox explained to employees the company’s rebrand succeeded in driving press coverage amid whistleblower disclosures.

First U.S. nuclear reactor built from scratch in decades enters commercial operation in Georgia::ATLANTA — A new reactor at a nuclear power plant in Georgia has entered commercial operation, becoming the first new American reactor built from scratch in decades.

Google-Owned YouTube Makes Millions From Channels Pushing Climate Disinformation: Analysis::“It’s time for YouTube to step up, detox its platform, and protect the integrity of the fight against the climate crisis,” said Ekō’s campaign director.

Moon mining gains momentum as private companies plan for a lunar economy::A number of entrepreneurial groups have shared their strategies to turn the moon into a hustle and bustle world of marketable services.

NASA mistakenly severs communication to Voyager 2 | Thankfully the probe regularly phones home to fix this sort of mess::Thankfully the probe regularly phones home to fix this sort of mess

Nintendo Reportedly Plans to Release Next-Gen Console During Second Half of 2024::Nintendo will release its next-gen console during the second half of 2024, according to a new report.

A.I. is on a collision course with white-collar, high-paid jobs — and with unknown impact::Technology has disrupted many workplaces. Artificial intelligence like ChatGPT may have an outsized impact on higher-paid office jobs, experts said.

Government fears AI could be used to spread fake news in run up to elections::undefined

China’s tech crackdown cost over $1 trillion. But the economy is in such deep trouble that the country’s cozying up to its tech firms again.::Local governments in China are wooing deals with tech giants to build on the so-called “platform economy,” per the SCMP.

The Blue Flash: How a careless slip led to a fatal accident in the Manhattan Project::One day in Oppenheimer’s Manhattan Project, a brief, casual moment of carelessness killed one scientist and severely injured another.

Maryland police are using drones from a Chinese company that were banned in four states::One Maryland officer told a local news station that they have searched for other manufacturers of drones and none live up to the quality of DJI.

Disney has announced it will stop releasing DVDs and Blu-ray discs in Australia.::undefined

Limitless ‘white’ hydrogen under our feet may soon shatter all energy assumptions::undefined

Gene therapy eyedrops restored a boy’s sight. Similar treatments could help millions::Dr. Alfonso Sabater pulled up two photos of Antonio Vento Carvajal’s eyes. One showed cloudy scars covering both eyeballs. The other, taken after months of gene therapy given through eyedrops, revealed no scarring on either eye.

Call of Duty bans more than 14,000 cheaters in 24 hours::undefined