Right-leaning news channel Sky News Australia has announced that it would discontinue publishing to the popular Chinese app TikTok in an effort to protect its reporters and audiences from security risks. Sky called TikTok a “spy network masquerading as a social media platform,” saying the risks of being on TikTok are “far too great for any…
‘Spy Network’: One of the World’s Fastest Growing Media Group’s Removes Itself From TikTok
April 9, 2023
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Society Entering New Dark Age for Ideas and Discovery Warns Human Rights Commissioner
April 9, 2023
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While people have more information available at a swipe of their fingertips, Human Rights Commissioner Lorraine Finlay says individuals have become afraid of engaging in different ideas and perspectives. “In today’s world, I would say that the search for knowledge and truth is perhaps more important than at any time in human history,” she said….
Baidu Sues Apple, App Developers Over Fake Ernie Bot Apps
April 9, 2023
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SHANGHAI—Chinese search engine giant Baidu has filed lawsuits against “relevant” app developers and Apple Inc. over fake copies of its Ernie bot app available on Apple’s app store. The company’s artificial intelligence powered Ernie bot, launched last month, has been touted as China’s closest answer to the U.S.-developed chatbot ChatGPT. Baidu said it had lodged…
Hackers Stealing Cars Through Headlight Wiring
April 8, 2023
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Hackers are now injecting code into the Electronic Control Unit (ECU) of cars, including headlight wiring, enabling criminals to gain keyless vehicle access. Ian Tabor, a cybersecurity researcher specializing in automobiles, discovered the new Controller Area Network (CAN) injection attack technique while investigating how his Toyota RAV4 was stolen. His findings were detailed by Ken…
‘Twitter Files’ Reporter Matt Taibbi Leaves Twitter in Protest Over Throttling of Substack Links
Journalist Matt Taibbi, who broke the sensational “Twitter Files” story that exposed the inner workings of the social media giant’s censorship machine, has announced he’s leaving Twitter in protest of apparent changes that have made the platform unusable for him. Taibbi, who posts his articles on Substack and is one of the most popular contributors…
Sales of Used Electric Vehicles Jump by a Third in First Quarter
April 8, 2023
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Used EV sales rose by a third in the first quarter of this year, with average retail prices dropping and remaining well below the price of new electric vehicles, even as Americans remain hesitant to adopt electric cars. The sale of EVs through a licensed dealership rose 32 percent year-over-year in Q1 to 42,753 units,…
Analysts Predict $7 Trillion Global GDP Increase From AI; Some Developers Urge Caution
“We figured out how to make humans scale,” tech CEO Emad Mostaque told attendees at the Goldman Sachs 2023 Disruptive Technology Symposium in London. He was referring to astounding progress in the field of generative artificial intelligence, seen most notably in the app ChatGPT4, which instantly produces research results presented in nearly flawless prose, good…
‘Rung of Hell’: The Hidden Misery of EV Cobalt Supply Chains
April 7, 2023
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Primarily driven by the large-scale adoption of electric vehicles, the production of lithium-ion batteries has spiked, raising the demand for cobalt—a cause of despair rather than prosperity in the African nation of Congo, where the metal is mined amid horrendous circumstances. “I remember looking at this destroyed landscape and these thousands of bodies laboring over…
Apple Tells Users Not to Hang up on Operators in Accidental 911 Calls
Apple issued an advisory on what iPhone or Apple Watch users should do if they accidentally call emergency services like 911 when they aren’t actually needed. Because the iPhone 14, Apple Watch Series 8, and Apple Watch Ultra support Apple’s Crash Detection feature that can determine if someone has been in a car accident, it can…
Samsung Cuts Chip Production After Profit Plummets
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. said on Friday it is implementing a “meaningful” cut in its chip production after profits plunged, and after smaller companies also announced cuts in chip production. According to a Samsung press release published Friday, the largest memory chipmaker had a profit of 600 billion Korean won ($455 million) for its first…
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