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WIRED

Big Tech Says Spy Bill Turns Its Workers Into Informants

One of Silicon Valley’s most influential lobbying arms joins privacy reformers in a fight against the Biden administration–backed expansion of a major US surveillance program.

1 day ago

WIRED

Big Tech Says Spy Bill Turns Its Workers Into Informants

Engadget

The bill that could ban TikTok is barreling ahead

7 hours ago

Engadget

The bill that could ban TikTok is barreling ahead

Fast Company

TikTok’s sell-or-ban bill gains steam in Congress ahead of upcoming vote

An effort to force TikTok's Chinese owner, ByteDance, to sell the social media app or face a ban in the U.S. was gaining steam in Congress on Thursday, with the House of Representatives setting a vote for Saturday and a key Senate Democrat voicing support for the move. The Republican-controlled ...

11 hours ago

Fast Company

TikTok’s sell-or-ban bill gains steam in Congress ahead of upcoming vote

Fast Company

California landlords and business owners won’t be able to hide behind LLCs if new bill passes

A California lawmaker wants to require business owners and landlords to disclose their identities under legislation aimed at cracking down on opaque ownership structures that have enabled some companies to skirt state laws without facing consequences.Limited liability companies and similar corporations ...

18 hours ago

Fast Company

California landlords and business owners won’t be able to hide behind LLCs if new bill passes

WIRED

Google Fires 28 Workers for Protesting Cloud Deal With Israel

The fired workers included nine Google employees who were removed by police after occupying Google offices on Tuesday.

1 day ago

Google Fires 28 Workers for Protesting Cloud Deal With Israel

Engadget

Google's wired Nest security camera is cheaper than ever

14 hours ago

Google's wired Nest security camera is cheaper than ever

Ars Technica

Google merges the Android, Chrome, and hardware divisions

Google says the new “Platform and Devices” team will let it move faster.

10 hours ago

Google merges the Android, Chrome, and hardware divisions

WIRED

Meta Is Already Training a More Powerful Successor to Llama 3

The open source Llama 3 AI model released by Meta today is just the start, according to the company’s chief AI scientist, Yann LeCun. He said a new, much larger version is in the works.

5 hours ago

Meta Is Already Training a More Powerful Successor to Llama 3

Engadget

Meta rolls out an updated AI assistant, built with the long-awaited Llama 3

14 hours ago

Meta rolls out an updated AI assistant, built with the long-awaited Llama 3

Ars Technica

LLMs keep leaping with Llama 3, Meta’s newest open-weights AI model

Zuckerberg says new AI model "was still learning" when Meta stopped training.

9 hours ago

LLMs keep leaping with Llama 3, Meta’s newest open-weights AI model

Engadget

Meta gives the Quest 2 its second permanent price cut in four months

12 hours ago

Meta gives the Quest 2 its second permanent price cut in four months

Ars Technica

Meta’s new $199 Quest 2 price is a steal for the VR-curious

Move comes as support winds down for the original Quest headset.

10 hours ago

Meta’s new $199 Quest 2 price is a steal for the VR-curious

Fast Company

Mexico, strong-armed by the U.S., will stop incentivizing Chinese EV production

Mexico's federal government, under pressure from the U.S., is keeping Chinese automakers at arm's length by refusing to offer such incentives as low-cost public land or tax cuts for investment in EV production, three Mexican officials familiar with the matter said. The last meeting between top ...

16 hours ago

Mexico, strong-armed by the U.S., will stop incentivizing Chinese EV production

Fast Company

‘Complete and absolute despair’ for Texas farmers as shared water supply with Mexico threaten sugar and citrus production

Texas farm groups warn of a disastrous season ahead for citrus and sugar as Mexican and U.S. officials try to resolve a dispute over a decades-old water treaty that supplies U.S. farmers with critical irrigation. The neighboring countries have tussled over the 1944 treaty before, but the current ...

17 hours ago

‘Complete and absolute despair’ for Texas farmers as shared water supply with Mexico threaten sugar and citrus production

Ars Technica

Chinese EV makers won’t get subsidies from Mexico after US pressure

Mexico has offered generous incentives for automakers in the past.

13 hours ago

Chinese EV makers won’t get subsidies from Mexico after US pressure

Engadget

Netflix is done telling us how many people use Netflix

8 hours ago

Netflix is done telling us how many people use Netflix

Engadget

Netflix will stop tossing coins to The Witcher after season five

13 hours ago

Netflix will stop tossing coins to The Witcher after season five