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MrBeast Investigation Reportedly Uncovers A "Long History" Of Insider TradingFacial Recognition That Tracks Suspicious Friendliness Is Coming to a Store Near YouDid OpenAI just spend more than $10 million on a URL?Jeff Bezos and OpenAI invest in robot startup Physical Intelligence at $2.4 billion valuationAmazon gets FAA approval for new delivery drone as it begins tests in ArizonaMozilla is eliminating its advocacy division, which fought for a free and open webLyft partners with May Mobility, Mobileye to bring autonomous vehicles to the appSales surge for dystopian books after Trump election victoryScientists uncover 'saltshaker' breakthrough in quest for limitless energy — here's how it could transform the futureWeird and Wacky:
Thousands go to fake AI-invented Dublin Halloween parade‘Most Mysterious Song on the Internet’ Finally IdentifiedTech Rec:
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TikTok owner sacks intern for sabotaging AI projectStudy finds LLMs can identify their own mistakesHow to take Apple’s hearing test with the AirPods Pro 2The Strava problem: how the fitness app was used to locate the world’s most powerful peopleBodyguards inadvertently expose French President Macron’s location on StravaPutin's Whereabouts Exposed Via Bodyguards' Strava AppChick-fil-A targets families with entertainment-focused mobile appChick-fil-A isn’t launching a streaming service. It’s actually way bigger than thatOpenAI launches ChatGPT search, competing with Google and MicrosoftRussia fines Google $20,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000Tesla on Full Self-Driving Mode Plows Through Deer Without Even Slowing DownWoman Annoyed When Tesla With No Driver Suddenly Smashes Into Her CarResearchers develop transparent solar cells that can supply energy from glass on buildings and cars — here's how it worksWeird and Wacky:
Victory Is Sweet: We Can Now Fix McDonald’s Ice Cream MachinesGen Alpha keeps tripping and falling over their own Crocs, so schools are banning the shoes over safety concernsPhD student finds lost city in Mexico jungle by accident -
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The Feds Are Coming for John Deere Over the Right to RepairSam's Club just opened its first new location in 7 years. It doesn't have any checkout lanes.Walmart-owned Sam’s Club tests a future without checkout linesAI Detectors Falsely Accuse Students of Cheating—With Big ConsequencesUS to probe Tesla’s ‘Full Self-Driving’ system after pedestrian killed in low visibility conditionsPennsylvania Gov. Shapiro: Law enforcement should 'take a look at' Elon Musk voter payments‘Blade Runner 2049’ Producers Sue Elon Musk Over ‘Robotaxi’ ImageryT-Mobile, AT&T oppose unlocking rule, claim locked phones are good for usersWeird and Wacky:
Airport Imposes Hug Time Limit, Suggests Moving PDA To Parking LotCuddle time capped: New Zealand airport limits goodbye hugs to 3 minutesTech Rec:
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Tesla’s Optimus bot makes a scene at the robotaxi eventTesla Optimus bots were remotely operated at Cybercab event - Los Angeles Times Tesla’s long-awaited robotaxi reveal prompts skepticism about tech, timelinesSpaceX’s Starship rocket completes fifth test flight, lands booster in dramatic catchGoogle’s AI podcast generator NotebookLM just got a major update – and now you can play the producerClick-To-Cancel: FTC Makes Cancelling Subscriptions EasierNetflix raises prices as password boost fades Student was punished for using AI—then his parents sued teacher and administratorsGoogle Flights adds a ‘cheapest’ tab in a huge assist to bargain hunters everywhereNASA has a problem, and it's offering up to $3 million if you have a solutionGoogle Chrome’s uBlock Origin phaseout has begunWeird and Wacky:
Rivian halloween surprise update goes Back to the Future, Knight Rider, moreWinamp deletes entire GitHub source code repo after a rocky few weeksTech Rec:
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Hurricane Helene devastates quartz mines critical for worldwide semiconductor manufacturingHurricane Helene takes out 370 cell towers; 103 on backup powerThree Mile Island Nuclear Plant Will Restart to Power Microsoft AIYou can get an at-home flu ‘shot’ starting next yearCards Against Humanity sues SpaceX, alleging trespassing near Texas borderUber Caught Overcharging? How Having Credits in Your Account Might Be Costing YouBiden proposes banning Chinese vehicles, 'connected car' technology from US roadsCalifornia governor vetoes bill requiring speeding alerts in new cars"That's crazy" - Fans react as tech YouTuber Marques Brownlee launches $50 per year wallpaper app for iOS and AndroidHere’s how much Disney Plus will charge to share your passwordDisney+ Is Cracking Down on Password Sharing, but Here’s How to Do It AnywayYour mom can now set you Fortnite time limitsEpic is suing Google — again — and now Samsung, tooOpenAI Raises $6.6 Billion in Funding at $157 Billion ValuationMeta acquires the Threads.com domain name -
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Self-driving Waymo vehicles coming to Atlanta in Uber app in 2025FDA approves Apple AirPods as hearing aidsCraig Wright said he invented bitcoin — lawyers proved him wrongAmazon tells employees to return to office five days a weekMozilla exits the fediverse and will shutter its Mastodon server in DecemberUber to Verify Riders’ Identities in Driver Safety PushCraigslist Founder Pledges $100 Million to Boost U.S. CybersecurityDisney to Stop Using Slack Following Hack That Exposed Company DataWeird and Wacky:
Police Department Spends $150,000 for a Tesla Cybertruck, Faces Instant BacklashTech Rec:
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WhatsApp will send messages to other apps soon — here’s how it will lookFord seeks patent for tech that listens to driver conversations to serve adsHuawei's first tri-fold phone starts at an eye-watering $2,800McDonald’s rolls out self-serve cash kiosks that could make human cashiers obsoleteAI ruling on jobless claims could make mistakes courts can’t undo, experts warnHistoric Newspaper Uses Janky AI Newscasters Instead of Human JournalistsOpenAI Releases o1 Model, With Human-Like Reasoning CapabilitiesOpenAI reportedly in talks to raise at $150B valuationNearly 40 states back surgeon general’s social media warning labelsAdam Neumann’s Climate Company Is Issuing Refunds After Failing To Launch Crypto TokenSpaceX performs historic first spacewalk with Polaris Dawn crewWeird and Wacky:
Man Arrested for Creating Fake Bands With AI, Then Making $10 Million by Listening to Their Songs With BotsInternet picks “werewolf clawing off its own shirt” as new Michigan “I Voted” stickerF1 Racer Lando Norris Just Drove a McLaren P1 Made of LegosTeenager builds robot to solve Rubik's Cube -
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How “personhood credentials” could help prove you’re a human onlineThat Chase Bank ‘Glitch’ Was Actually Massive Check FraudChase warns against using system glitch to filch cash: it’s ‘fraud, plain and simple’People trying to access Elon Musk’s X in Brazil face daily fines greater than their annual wageMusk’s Starlink Defies Order to Block X in BrazilAfter seeing Wi-Fi network named “STINKY,” Navy found hidden Starlink dish on US warshipBluetooth 6.0 has more security and precision for tracking and findingStrange Noises Are Coming from Inside Boeing’s Starliner SpacecraftMicrosoft's 'Recall' feature can't be uninstalled after allApple, Nvidia Are in Talks to Invest in OpenAIIlya Sutskever’s startup, Safe Superintelligence, raises $1BWeird and Wacky:
Did your car witness a crime? Police may be coming for your TeslaRussian 'spy whale' found dead off NorwayScientists Grew a Mushroom Into This Robot to Act as Its BrainTech Rec:
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Mark Zuckerberg regrets not pushing back on Biden’s COVID “pressure” campaignInstagram Is Bringing Back Myspace's Profile MusicMeta is working on mixed-reality glasses, but they’re probably years awayJustice Department Sues RealPage for Algorithmic Pricing Scheme that Harms Millions of American RentersGoogle Chrome Hit by Yet Another Zero-Day Exploit, Update NowWho is Pavel Durov and what is Telegram?Australia’s ‘right to disconnect’ laws are here. Does this mean no more work intrusions on personal time?Amazon launches annual grocery subscription planZoom Docs Is Here. Is It Any Good?NASA decides to keep 2 astronauts in space until February, nixes return on troubled Boeing capsuleSpaceX 'go' to launch private Polaris Dawn spacewalk mission on farthest human spaceflight since ApolloBypassing airport security via SQL injectionTesla Chargers Are Still Closed to Most Electric CarsWhen EV startups shut down, will their cars still work?Weird and Wacky:
Mayoral candidate vows to let VIC, an AI bot, run Wyoming’s capital cityStudy: Air purifier use at daycare centres cut kids' sick days by a thirdTech Rec:
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Startup using blockchain to prevent copyright theft by AI is valued over $2 billion after fresh fundingExclusive: Apple, Google wallets to carry California driver's licensesEpic Games Challenges Apple’s Dominance With New iOS App StoreRussia tells citizens to switch off home surveillance because the Ukrainians are comingX ordered to pay €550,000 to Irish employee fired for not replying to Elon Musk’s yes-or-resign ‘extremely hardcore’ ultimatumInstagram is testing vertical profile grids — and knows that might mess up layoutsChick-Fil-A Hatches Plans For Streaming Service As Reality TV Comes Home To RoostChick-fil-A to open first restaurant with 'elevated drive-thru': See what it looks likeWeird and Wacky:
No Joke: The Onion Thinks Print Is the Future of MediaAirbnb Guest Racks Up $1,500 Energy Bill by Mining $100K in CryptoBeastie Boys dismantled their ‘Paul’s Boutique’ gold record plaque to find it didn’t contain their own musicTech Rec:
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Google pulls the plug on uBlock Origin, leaving over 30 million Chrome users susceptible to intrusive adsMy experience with Google's new 'Add Me' feature: Take a pic of your friends and end up in the group shotWaymo robotaxi parking lot is waking neighbors with nightly honkingAI Trained on Old Scientific Papers Makes Discoveries Humans MissedElon Musk’s X just sued a nonprofit advertising group out of existenceJudge orders CDC to stop deleting emails of departing staff, calling it ‘likely unlawful’We received internal Trump documents from ‘Robert.’ Then the campaign confirmed it was hacked.Researchers discover potentially catastrophic exploit present in AMD chips for decadesIntel issues statement on microcode update that addresses CPU instability and crashing errors — claims patch has negligible performance impacts, future processors not impactedWeird and Wacky:
Electric bandages could heal wounds fasterChuck E. Cheese targets inflation-weary families with a bargain subscription programTech Rec:
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‘Google Is a Monopolist,’ Judge Rules in Landmark Antitrust CaseThe Google TV Streamer might be the Apple TV 4K rival we’ve been waiting forAfter nine years, Google’s Nest Learning Thermostat gets an AI makeover
Elon Musk’s Neuralink Device Is Implanted in a Second PatientElon Musk revives lawsuit against OpenAI, Sam Altman in federal courtX files antitrust suit against advertising groups over ‘systematic illegal boycott’
Colin Kaepernick Pisses Off Comics Industry with AI Comics DealVideo game actors are officially on strike over AIAutomattic launches AI writing tool that aims to make WordPress blogs more readable and succinctNvidia Caught Stealing Mind-Boggling Quantity of YouTube Videos to Train AI
Apple’s new Safari feature removes distracting items from websitesMicrosoft fires back at Delta after massive outage, says airline declined ‘repeated’ offers for helpThird-party cookies have got to goThe Personal Check Is Disappearing. Here's What Comes NextWeird and Wacky:
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Google Olympics ad sparks new ire over generative AI
Delta CEO says CrowdStrike-Microsoft outage cost the airline $500 millionCyberattack hits blood-donation nonprofit OneBloodThere is no fix for Intel’s crashing 13th and 14th Gen CPUs — any damage is permanentIntel Will Cut Over 15,000 Jobs Amid Struggles to Turn Itself Around
ID Scanners Can Change How Your Local Bar Treats You—and Whether It Lets You InAmazon is legally responsible for recalling dangerous products sold on its site, agency findsUS court blocks Biden administration net neutrality rulesCourts Close the Loophole Letting the Feds Search Your Phone at the Border
MIT Engineers Create Hydrogen Fuel From Soda Cans, Seawater, and CaffeineYou can (and should) stop charging your phone when it hits 80 percentWeird and Wacky:
Stop Destroying VideogamesA Swiss Town Banned Billboards. Zurich, Bern May Soon FollowWear This AI Friend Around Your NeckI Regret to Inform You That Elon Musk Has Accepted Nicolas Maduro’s Fight... -
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CrowdStrike Explains What Went Wrong Days After Global Tech OutageCrowdStrike global outage to cost US Fortune 500 companies $5.4bnCrowdStrike broke Debian and Rocky Linux months ago, but no one noticedCrowdStrike offers a $10 apology gift card to say sorry for outageAfter years of uncertainty, Google says it won’t be ‘deprecating third-party cookies’ in ChromeGoogle Chrome is no longer ‘deprecating third-party cookies’Elon Musk sets new date for Tesla robotaxi reveal, calls everything beyond autonomy ‘noise’Switzerland now requires all government software to be open sourceNetflix has 80 games in development, will release one per monthReport: Apple beginning serious work on a foldable iPhoneFerrari extends cryptocurrency payment system to Europe after US launchWiz walks away from $23 billion deal with Google, will pursue IPOPolice Drone Nabs Vehicle Burglary Suspect in Santa Monica as ‘Futuristic’ Surveillance Becomes RealityJupiter's Great Red Spot Could Disappear Within 20 YearsWeird and Wacky:
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Major airlines, medical systems affected by mass IT outage for Windows usersWidespread technology outage disrupts flights, banks, media outlets and companies around the worldHow false nostalgia inspired noplace, a Myspace-like app for Gen ZGoogle near deal to acquire cybersecurity startup Wiz for $23 billionFirefox privacy issuesUS court temporarily puts net neutrality rules reinstatement on holdWeird and Wacky:
Cave discovered on Moon could be home for humansSoft Robot Can Amputate and Reattach Its Own LegsDune-inspired spacesuit recycles astronauts’ urine into drinkable waterDune-Inspired Spacesuit Recycles Urine Into Clean Drinking WaterTalking to a palace guard in Simpsons charactersTech Rec:
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UChicago Prof. Shirley Meng’s Laboratory for Energy Storage and Conversion creates world’s first anode-free sodium solid-state battery – a breakthrough in inexpensive, clean, fast-charging batteriesNASCAR shows off an EV prototypeMicrosoft’s Notepad gets spellcheck and autocorrect 40 years after launchSpotify is going to let you leave comments on podcast episodesGoogle One ‘Dark web reports’ coming to all Google Account holders from late JulyAmazon Claims It Achieved 100% Renewable Energy Target In 2023—Here’s What It Means
Crew of NASA’s earthbound simulated Mars habitat emerge after a yearSpaceX Wins $843 Million Contract to Bring Down Space Station
OpenAI breach is a reminder that AI companies are treasure troves for hackersEvolve Bank says ransomware gang stole personal data on millions of customersAT&T says nearly all of its cell customers' call and text records were exposed in massive breach
Linksys Velop routers send Wi-Fi passwords in plaintext to US serversYour Apple Watch or Fitbit may be a breeding ground for E. coli and staph bacteria. Here’s how to clean your fitness trackerScary Google Chrome AccessTesla’s Share of U.S. Electric Car Market Falls Below 50% -
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American researchers built world's most precise and sturdy atomic clock everTech company unveils tiny spheres that outperform solar panels using both sun and artificial light — and the company says they could hit 60 times the current capacityKien, the most-delayed video game in history, released after 22 yearsJapan declares victory in effort to end government use of floppy disksA polyester-dissolving process could make modern clothing recyclableFederal judge partially blocks U.S. ban on noncompetesJudge blocks Mississippi law that required age verification on social mediaTwilio says hackers identified cell phone numbers of two-factor app Authy usersRedbox’s owner files for bankruptcy after repeatedly missing payments and payrollWeird and Wacky:
I Accidentally Discovered My Identical Twin on TikTokTech Rec:
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Threads finally launches its API for developersGilead Shot Prevents All HIV Cases in Trial of African WomenAI Develops "Ground-Breaking" New Magnet Free Of Rare Earth MetalsHow the laptop could become the battery — new revolutionary carbon-based material means your laptop chassis could become a power source, eliminating the need for a traditional batteryA supermarket trip may soon look different, thanks to electronic shelf labelsUber will pay you $1,000 to ditch your car for five weeks
US bans sale of Kaspersky software citing security risk from RussiaFive Men Convicted of Operating Illegal Streaming Service JetflicksNew York governor signs bill regulating social media algorithms, in a US firstLockBit claims the hack of the US Federal ReserveCar dealerships in North America revert to pens and paper after cyberattacks on software providerFor Tesla’s futuristic new Cybertruck, a fourth recallWeird and Wacky:
Electricity prices in France turn negative as renewable energy floods the gridReflective Monolith In Las Vegas Removed By Police—What We Know About The Strange Structure And Others Like ItBamahenge – Elberta, Alabama - Atlas ObscuraTech Rec:
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It’s time to BeAcquired for €500 millionMetallica is headlining Fortnite’s next concertChina Introduces Photonic Chip Capable of Processing Hundred Billion Pixels in Just 6 NanosecondsArtifact’s DNA Lives on in Yahoo’s Revamped AI-Powered News AppLinkedIn’s AI job coach can write your cover letters and edit your resuméTDK claims insane energy density in solid-state battery breakthrough
Waymo issues software and mapping recall after robotaxi crashes into a telephone poleTesla in self-drive mode slams into police car in Orange CountyElon Musk threatens to ban iPhones and Macs at his companiesEU directive to see 'no caps get left behind' on drink containers from next montWeird and Wacky:
How long have you been in there?! A popular tourist destination in China has installed toilet timers. Reactions are mixedTech Rec:
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Signal Opposes UK ProposalNew York passes legislation to ban 'addictive' social media algorithms for kidsFCC’s $8 Billion Phone Subsidy Survives Supreme Court Challenge
Tokyo hopes new Tinder-like match making app will curb population declineNokia CEO makes world's first 'immersive' phone callHumane warns AI Pin owners to ‘immediately’ stop using its charging case
Apple blocks PC emulator from being available in iOS App Store and third-party app storesForget LastPass: Apple unveils 'Passwords' manager app at WWDC 2024Introducing Apple Intelligence, the personal intelligence system that puts powerful generative models at the core of iPhone, iPad, and MacWeird and Wacky:
University Suspends Students for AI Tool It Gave Them $10,000 Prize to MakeTech Rec:
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