China’s Abandoned, Obsolete Electric Cars Are Piling Up in Cities (bloomberg.com)
A subsidy-fueled boom helped build China into an electric-car giant but left weed-infested lots across the nation brimming with unwanted battery-powered vehicles.
Chinese automaker BYD goes after Tesla’s throne with more than 300,000 electric cars sold in a month (english.elpais.com) en
AI is modeling David Attenborough and the filmmaker isn’t happy (androidpolice.com) en
Broadcom planning to complete deal for $69 billion acquisition of VMWare after regulators give OK (apnews.com)
How to give Windows Hello the finger and login as someone on their stolen laptop (theregister.com) en
(Video) Obama warns big tech about lies amid outcry over Musk's 'antisemitism' & racist 'replacement' theory (youtube.com)
Judge finds evidence that Tesla, Musk knew about Autopilot defect that led to killing of Florida man (reuters.com)
Bryant Walker Smith, a University of South Carolina law professor, called the judge’s summary of the evidence significant because it suggests “alarming inconsistencies” between what Tesla knew internally, and what it was saying in its marketing....
Palantir bags £330M NHS data bonanza despite privacy fears (theregister.com) en
Facebook Watches Teens Online As They Prep for College (themarkup.org)
An investigation by the media organization The Markup found the pixel by Facebook and Instagram-parent Meta on dozens of popular websites targeting kids from kindergarten to college, including sites that students are all but required to use if they want to participate in school activities or apply to college....
Ransomware Awareness Part 3— Fixing (medium.com) en
Why does this kind of screen chenge color at different angles? (lemmy.zip)
This 3D-printed soft robotic hand has 'bones,' 'ligaments,' and 'tendons' (popsci.com) en
USB worm unleashed by Russian state hackers spreads worldwide (arstechnica.com) en
European Parliament Just Approved Fair Parts Pricing and a Ban on Parts Pairing (ifixit.com) en
Swedish company Northvolt develops new state-of-the-art sodium-ion battery produced with locally sourced materials, entirely independent of traditional battery value chains (feddit.de)
Cross-posted from: [feddit.de/post/5922898](https://feddit.de/post/5922898)...
Sam Altman to return as CEO of OpenAI (theverge.com)
[See also twitter](https://twitter.com/openai/status/1727206187077370115):...
Plastic Waste in the Fuel Tank? (solar.lowtechmagazine.com) en
> Consumer societies produce enough plastic waste to power at least 10% of motorized road traffic. Dutch designer Gijs Schalkx grabbed the opportunity and now drives his car on the plastic waste he collects.
US telecom regulator wants to bar cable TV early-termination fees (reuters.com) en
Inside the Operation to Bring Down Trump’s Truth Social (wired.com)
The North Atlantic Fella Organization is trying to shut down Trump’s flailing social media platform before the 2024 election—by shitposting.
Google Chrome will limit ad blockers starting June 2024 (arstechnica.com) en
The “Manifest V3” rollout is back after letting tensions cool for a year.
Best way to glue a magnetic strip? (kopnij.in)
ChatGPT iPhone App's Voice Chat Feature Now Free to All Users (macrumors.com)
Twitter Is Throttling Patreon Links, Creators Say It Undermines Their Livelihood (themarkup.org) en
Secretive White House Surveillance Program Gives Cops Access to Trillions of US Phone Records (wired.com) en
A secret Google deal let Spotify completely bypass Android’s app store fees (theverge.com)
Google fought to keep the Spotify numbers private during its antitrust fight with Epic, saying they could damage negotiations with other app developers who might want more generous rates. Google’s User Choice Billing program, launched in 2022, is typically described as shaving about 4 percent off Google’s Play Store...
