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Luminar, maker of lidar for autonomous driving, lays off 20 percent of its workforce

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Luminar, which makes lidar sensors for autonomous driving systems, announced today plans to lay off 20...
Luminar, which makes lidar sensors for autonomous driving systems, announced today plans to lay off 20 percent of its workforce amid a broader restructuring of its production process. The company, which just announced shipments of its next-generation laser sensors to Volvo, said that it will transition to an “asset ...
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Environmental journalism is under attack

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Attacks against environmental journalists have risen dramatically across the world, according to a report released by...
Attacks against environmental journalists have risen dramatically across the world, according to a report released by UNESCO to commemorate World Press Freedom Day.UNESCO and the International Federation of Journalists surveyed 905 journalists across 129 countries. Between 2009 and last year, more than 70 percent of...
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Here’s the letter from 14 senators slamming TSA facial recognition in airports

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The TSA’s been planning to expand facial recognition to a whopping 430 US airports over the...
The TSA’s been planning to expand facial recognition to a whopping 430 US airports over the next several years — but a bipartisan group of 14 senators is now challenging that. Facial recognition “poses significant threats to our privacy and civil liberties, and Congress should prohibit TSA’s development and deployme...
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More details emerge about Apple’s plans for AI in iOS 18

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Apple CEO Tim Cook has made it clear that AI features are coming soon, and a...
Apple CEO Tim Cook has made it clear that AI features are coming soon, and a new report from AppleInsider offers more details about what we might see in the next version of iOS. One of the big focuses will be on Siri, which will reportedly gain the ability to analyze and summarize texts within the Messages app.Apple...
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Tesla’s Supercharger layoffs couldn’t have come at a worse time

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Bounced emails. Stalled projects. Delayed adapters. These are the immediate effects of Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s...
Bounced emails. Stalled projects. Delayed adapters. These are the immediate effects of Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s “absolutely hard core” approach to cost cutting, which has resulted in at least 500 layoffs from the company’s Supercharger business, including the division’s top executive, Rebecca Tinucci.The timing couldn’...
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Helldivers 2 will require Steam players to link to a PSN account

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Hisense is launching a $999 CanvasTV as a cheaper rival to Samsung’s Frame

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Hisense is launching the CanvasTV, a matte television designed to display artwork and photos, letting it...
Hisense is launching the CanvasTV, a matte television designed to display artwork and photos, letting it blend in with the rest of your decor when not in use. If it sounds similar to The Frame by Samsung, that’s because it is — but the difference is that the CanvasTV’s starting price is several hundred dollars cheap...
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The conspiracy theory behind Florida’s lab-grown meat ban

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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a bill on Wednesday banning the sale of lab-grown meat in...
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a bill on Wednesday banning the sale of lab-grown meat in the state. The legislation is a clear handout to the state’s cattle industry: the state’s commissioner of agriculture said it was about protecting “our incredible farmers and the integrity of American agriculture.” But DeS...
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AT&T Turbo will boost your service for $7 per month

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AT&T has a new optional feature for some of its plans. It’s called Turbo, and for...
AT&T has a new optional feature for some of its plans. It’s called Turbo, and for $7 per month, it provides “better speed and stability” for a line of service by upgrading your data plan to “performance data.” AT&T pitches it as an add-on to help with demanding applications, like gaming. Okay, but what exactly is “p...
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Apple’s earnings show that, yeah, it’s really time for some new iPads

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Less than a week ahead of its much-anticipated iPad hardware event, Apple shared its Q2 2024...
Less than a week ahead of its much-anticipated iPad hardware event, Apple shared its Q2 2024 earnings today, and the numbers paint a predictable picture for the increasingly dated tablet line. iPad revenue fell substantially yet again (by 17 percent year over year) amid the longest-ever wait for new models — somethi...
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Here are the best AirPods deals you can get right now

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If you know where to look, you can often score discounts on Apple’s ever-popular AirPods. Since...
If you know where to look, you can often score discounts on Apple’s ever-popular AirPods. Since Apple launched the third-gen AirPods at the end of 2021, we’ve seen the starting price of the second-gen, entry-level model consistently dip below $100. And now that the second-gen AirPods Pro have been on the market for ...
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FCC asks for more money to help telecom providers replace Huawei and ZTE gear

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The Federal Communications Commission is asking for more funding to help internet service providers rip and...
The Federal Communications Commission is asking for more funding to help internet service providers rip and replace equipment made by Huawei and ZTE. In a letter to Congress, FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel says the government has only allocated $1.9 billion to reimburse providers, which is $3.08 billion less than the...
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Seagate’s 2TB Xbox Storage Expansion Card gets its best discount yet

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If your main gaming platform is the Xbox Series X or S and you have a...
If your main gaming platform is the Xbox Series X or S and you have a particularly deep library, bring it in for a hug. The markups on its proprietary storage cards are exorbitant, but regular discounts are starting to make them a little more affordable. For example, Seagate’s 2TB Storage Expansion Card is on sale f...
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When notifications pick the wrong time to remind us of something

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My breaking point with promotional emails and desktop alerts finally happened a few weeks ago. I...
My breaking point with promotional emails and desktop alerts finally happened a few weeks ago. I woke up at 7AM to an automated Legacy.com email with my friend’s death-a-versary in the subject line. The email itself was annoying enough, but what it said made it a cold, thoughtless annoyance: “Being remembered matter...
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Amazon CEO Andy Jassy broke labor laws by saying workers are “better off” without a union

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Amazon CEO Andy Jassy violated labor laws when making “coercive statements” about unions during interviews conducted...
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy violated labor laws when making “coercive statements” about unions during interviews conducted in 2022, a judge for the National Labor Relations Board ruled on Wednesday. The ruling, which stems from a complaint filed in October 2022, cites three instances in which Jassy commented negatively ab...
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After 16 years, Ecobee is shutting down support for the original smart thermostat

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Ecobee is discontinuing support for the very first smart thermostat. As of July 31st, 2024, the...
Ecobee is discontinuing support for the very first smart thermostat. As of July 31st, 2024, the Ecobee Smart Thermostat and the Ecobee Energy Management System (EMS) thermostats will no longer be able to be controlled remotely or use any smart integrations. Basically, anything that requires an internet connection wi...
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FDA qualifies Apple Watch’s AFib history for use in clinical studies

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The Apple Watch’s atrial fibrillation (AFib) history feature, which records and alerts the wearer’s relevant heart...
The Apple Watch’s atrial fibrillation (AFib) history feature, which records and alerts the wearer’s relevant heart events, has been qualified to join the FDA’s Medical Device Development Tools (MDDT) program — a first for a “digital health technology.” That means the Apple Watch is now usable in clinical studies tha...
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Passkeys: all the news and updates around passwordless sign-ins

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The need to remember lengthy, complicated passwords to sign in to your accounts could soon be...
The need to remember lengthy, complicated passwords to sign in to your accounts could soon be a thing of the past thanks to passkeys: a new login technology that replaces passwords with the authentication mechanisms built into your own devices. Unlike passwords or PINs, which can be stolen, they link access to the w...
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The drinking fountain button is tragically misunderstood

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Buttons feel magical. You press here, and invisible connections make something happen elsewhere. But “magical” is...
Buttons feel magical. You press here, and invisible connections make something happen elsewhere. But “magical” is probably not how I’d describe most public drinking fountains.Button of the MonthIn today’s digital age, it sometimes feels like hardware has taken a back seat to the software that drives our devices. But...
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Google worker fired over protest says he wasn’t even protesting

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A software engineer who was fired from Google in connection to internal protests at the company’s...
A software engineer who was fired from Google in connection to internal protests at the company’s offices says the company retaliated against him for merely watching the demonstration against an Israeli defense contract.The former employee, who asked to remain anonymous, said he went to the lounge on the 10th floor ...
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Tesla layoffs hit Supercharger team just as it’s poised to take over EV charging

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Tesla was on the cusp of taking over electric vehicle charging in the US — then,...
Tesla was on the cusp of taking over electric vehicle charging in the US — then, the layoffs came. Today, multiple outlets reported that the company has laid off hundreds of employees, just weeks after cutting 10 percent (approximately 14,000 people) of its global workforce. Tesla’s Supercharger division was said to...
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Binance founder’s sentencing hearing

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Amazon expands enterprise AI play with wider availability of its Q chatbot

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Amazon is doubling down on enterprise AI with the release of its AI chatbot Q, even...
Amazon is doubling down on enterprise AI with the release of its AI chatbot Q, even as its competitors angle to offer more consumer-facing products. Amazon announced Q in November and made it available only to a small number of users. In a post, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy writes that bringing Q to more people will help s...
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Binance founder Changpeng Zhao sentenced to four months in prison

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Binance founder Changpeng Zhao was sentenced to four months in prison for failing to establish adequate...
Binance founder Changpeng Zhao was sentenced to four months in prison for failing to establish adequate anti-money laundering protections. Zhao, once the head of the largest crypto exchange in the world, pleaded guilty in November 2023.Judge Richard Jones says that Zhao prioritized “Binance’s growth and profits over...
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