More Wordpress & WPEngine shots fired; hate mail; European road organizations reject the Cybertruck; EU fines against X; civil rights commission pans FART (facial recognition technology); FCC looking into broadband caps; NYT tells Perplexity to stop using its content; AI writing police reports; Instagram becoming Myspace; TikTok knows damn well how bad their product is; Google, Amazon go nuclear for their AI; the Diplomat; Lincoln Lawyer; Shrinking; Silo; Apple digital car keys; new Amazon kindles; robot vacuum hacked; Ham license update; fridges; old songs on road trips.
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IN THE NEWS
European Road Safety Orgs Are Terrified of the Cybertruck
The EU’s Fines Against Elon Musk May Be Much Larger Than Anticipated
Civil Rights Commission Pans Face Recognition Technology
FCC launches a formal inquiry into why broadband data caps are terrible
The New York Times tells Perplexity to stop using its content
From Elon Musk to cop car chases, how a software engineer launched a police AI startup
Prosecutors in Washington State Warn Police: Don’t Use Gen AI to Write Reports
Instagram is introducing profile cards to help users find new friends
TikTok is reportedly aware of its bad effects on teen users
Google strikes a deal with a nuclear startup to power its AI data centers
Amazon goes nuclear, to invest more than $500 million to develop small modular reactors
NASA's Europa Clipper mission is on its way to Jupiter
MEDIA CANDY
Apple TV+ announces sixth season for “Slow Horses,” starring Gary Oldman
Shrinking on Apple TV+ gets early season 3 pickup
Silo — Season 2 Official Trailer | Apple TV+
APPS & DOODADS
Apple may be adding digital car key support for specific Volvo, Polestar and Audi vehicles
Google is purging ad-blocking extension uBlock Origin from the Chrome Web Store
Adobe starts rolling out generative AI video tools in beta
Adobe shows off 3D rotation tool for flat drawings
Amazon announces first Kindle ever with color screen, retailing for $279
Robot vacuums spew racial slurs at owners in wake of hack
Walk the Distance app deleted...
THE DARK SIDE WITH DAVE
WP Engine asks court to stop Matt Mullenweg from blocking access to WordPress resources
She'll Be Coming Around The Mountain
I’ve Been Working On The Railroad
Clementine (Live) - Tom Lehrer
This Land Is Your Land (Live) - The Clancy Brothers
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