1. California clean energy industry rocked with widespread jobs losses, bankruptcies, following state’s dismantling of rooftop solar program
5. Google’s Android app store monopoly violates antitrust law, jury finds | Epic Games scores major court win; judge will decide remedies next month
7. Google's superfast 20Gbps Wi-Fi 7 Fiber plan costs $250 a month / That's some brain-melting speed, if you can afford it
9. Tesla could still sue Cybertruck owners if they flip their vehicles too soon / The automaker has reportedly added back the controversial clause against resellers
15. 'Eyes Everywhere': Congress Is About to Vote to Expand Mass Surveillance of Americans, Experts Warn
16. Tesla again threatens to sue Cybertruck buyers who try to resell the cars | Clause deleted from public version of terms is in the contract sent to buyers.
24. A gigantic new ICBM will take US nuclear missiles out of the Cold War-era but add 21st-century risks
25. Microsoft agrees to union contract terms involving the use of AI / This is the first US instance of collective bargaining in the company’s history
28. Ultrasound Techniques Steers Tiny Drug Delivery Vehicles Through the Brain | For the first time, researchers have shown how microvesicles can be steered through the brain using ultrasound.
29. The race between Intel, Samsung, and TSMC to ship the first 2 nm chip / Samsung and Intel believe this is their best chance to close the gap with TSMC
31. US healthcare giant Norton says hackers stole millions of patients' data during ransomware attack
32. New space-saving RAM sticks that jam up to 128GB of memory in a laptop get industry's stamp of approval - CAMM2 standard ratified by JEDEC
33. A firm providing AI drive-thru tech to fast food chains actually relies on human workers to take orders 70% of the time
35. Wi-Fi 7 to get the final seal of approval early next year, new standard is up to 4.8 times faster than Wi-Fi 6
44. Doom turns 30, so its creators celebrate seminal first-person shooter’s contribution to IT careers - And the joy of slaughtering demons as John Romero himself delivers a frag-tastic new level
47. This A.I. Subculture's Motto: Go, Go, Go. The eccentric pro-tech movement known as "Effective Accelerationism" wants to unshackle powerful A.I., and party along the way.
53. World’s First Truly Decentralized Democratic Voting System | Utopian Vision or Dystopia in Disguise?
56. Disinformation is the 'threat of a generation,' but Canada is struggling to deal with it: National security adviser
57. This AI can pick up passwords from the sound of your keystrokes | Your keyboard clatter could be giving away secrets
70. Why scientists are making transparent wood / The results are amazing, that a piece of wood can be as strong as glass
75. Breakthrough in the synthesis of artificial cells / Researchers develop artificial cells from synthetic materials
87. Top White House cyber aide says recent Iran hack on water system is call to tighten cybersecurity
95. Even lab mice are getting VR headsets now / Neurobiologists say the iMRSIV gives mice a more 'immersive' experience than 2D projections.
96. Paying for News: What Google and Meta Owe US Publishers — Draft Working Paper | Working Papers | Publications | Initiative for Policy Dialogue
104. Big Tech funds the very people who are supposed to hold it accountable | As big technology companies like Google and Meta face increasing criticism from researchers, they are expanding their influence in academia
105. E.U. reaches deal on landmark AI bill, racing ahead of U.S. | The regulation paves the way for what could become a global standard to classify risk, enforce transparency and financially penalize tech companies for noncompliance
114. OpenAI cofounder Ilya Sutskever has become invisible at the company, with his future uncertain, insiders say
119. Ford F-150 Lightnings will soon offer home AC power, possibly cheaper than grid | It's only one truck and one thermostat, but it could be the start of a V2H wave.
126. Researchers use ancient Amazonian tech to turn waste into battery 'gold' | The Technology has now undergone numerous trials and is getting closer to commercialization, which will help Australia reduce its emissions.
129. Tesla’s Labour Dispute in Sweden Escalates as Finnish Union and Danish Pension Fund Join the Fray
135. Internet connectivity in the Gaza Strip has plummeted since 7 October – Percentage of IP addresses active, hourly, local time
137. China poised to break 5nm barrier — Huawei lists 5nm processor presumably built with SMIC tech, defying U.S. sanctions | Huawei and SMIC quietly rolled out a new Kirin 9000C processor.
141. Apple touts data protection efforts as study reveals 2.6 billion personal records compromised by data breaches
143. Electric vehicles from China recalled in Australia due to drivers facing a 'risk of serious injury or death' by electrocution
150. Why the 23andMe Data Breach Is Such a Disaster | The consumer DNA harvesting king exposed 6.9 million people’s data. We’ll never know exactly what goes wrong from here
151. Sony exec says PS5 is better for gaming than a PC, talks console release strategy | The company is ready to "attack" this holiday season with "both content and hardware"
152. Reversal of content policies at Alphabet, Meta and X threaten democracy, warn experts. Media watchdog says layoffs at top social media firms affecting moderation create ‘toxic environment’ as 2024 elections approach.
153. HP misreads room, awkwardly brags about its “less hated” printers | Opinion: HP's printer business practices have infuriated users for years.
157. Amazon's humanoid warehouse robots will eventually cost only $3 per hour to operate. That won't calm workers' fears of being replaced.
162. An AI herding effect could drive markets 'off an inadvertent cliff', SEC chief Gary Gensler says
165. South Fork Wind energizes 70,000 New York homes with clean energy | South Fork Wind's green promise equals removing 60,000 cars from roads annually.
166. Quantum computer performs error-resistant operations with logical qubits. QuEra gets ready for error correction, runs operations with over 40 logical qubits.
169. The race to 5G is over — now it’s time to pay the bill | Networks spent years telling us that 5G would change everything. But the flashiest use cases are nowhere to be found — and the race to deploy the tech was costly in more ways than one.
170. Disinformation is rampant on social media – a social psychologist explains the tactics used against you
172. Quantum computer sets record on path towards error-free calculations: A quantum computer built by QuEra contains the largest ever number of "logical quantum bits", which can be used for error-free calculations
177. Even If You Hate Both AI And Section 230, You Should Be Concerned About The Hawley/Blumenthal Bill To Remove 230 Protections From AI
180. AMD unveils Instinct MI300X GPU and MI300A APU, claims up to 1.6X lead over Nvidia’s competing GPUs
188. Microsoft confirms Smart App issue renaming everyone's printers to HP | Not only turning up uninvited, but telling folks they suddenly have a LaserJet
190. Bungie Devs Say Atmosphere Is ‘Soul-Crushing’ Amid Layoffs, Cuts, and Fear of Total Sony Takeover
195. DNA nanobots can exponentially self-replicate: Tiny machines made from strands of DNA can build copies of themselves, leading to exponential replication. Similar devices could one day be used to create drugs inside the body
202. A group of Norwegian unions says it will act against Tesla in solidarity with its Swedish colleagues
206. Indiana’s lawsuit against TikTok fails as well after Montana’s TikTok ban was blocked by a judge for being fairly obviously unconstitutional
212. Japanese crane maker Tadano to start selling world's first fully electric 25 ton-class 4x4 crane on December 8th.
213. Tesla strike in Sweden now involves Denmark, may spread to Norway and Finland — “Just like companies, the trade union movement is global in the fight to protect workers,” says chair of Danish union
214. PlayStation is erasing 1,318 seasons of Discovery shows from customer libraries | The change comes as Warner Bros. tries to add subscribers to Max, Discovery+ apps.
222. Researchers crack the cellular code on protein folding, offering hope for many new therapeutic avenues
224. Meta Is Struggling to Boot Pedophiles Off Facebook and Instagram: The social-media company has stepped up enforcement, but its algorithms continue to promote problematic content
227. 23andMe hack now estimated to affect over half of customers / The stolen data affects 6.9 million users
228. GM’s Mary Barra set on ‘righting the ship’ at Cruise as it faces $1.5m fine for alleged coverup of robotaxi accident that got it booted from California
230. Carmakers Push Forward With Plans To Make Basic Features Subscription Services, Despite Widespread Backlash
232. Green card applicants targeted by Section 702 foreign intelligence bill / Immigrants and visitors would get same levels of scrutiny as suspected terrorists, spies.
234. ExpressVPN Adds Support for Apple TVs So You Can Watch Region-Locked Shows | ExpressVPN now supports tvOS 17 and allows users to access servers in 105 countries.
237. India reveals that it has returned lunar spacecraft to Earth orbit | India now credibly has the third most advanced deep-space program in the world.
244. ChatGPT will no longer comply if you ask it to repeat a word 'forever'— after a recent prompt revealed training data and personal info
246. Researcher has developed, at a cost of less than one dollar, a wireless light switch that runs without batteries, can be installed anywhere on a wall and could reduce the cost of wiring a house by as much as 50%
247. Amazon on the hook for predictably revolting use of concealed clothes hook spy cam / Judge finds plaintiff's claim – that Amazon knew about illicit usage – credible enough for case to proceed
249. IBM unveils new quantum computing chip - Computer and AI giant rolls out machine using ‘Heron’ chips using subatomic particles instead of ones and zeros.
253. Scientists develop mega-thin solar cells that could be shockingly easy to produce: ‘As rapid as printing a newspaper’
255. Sec. Gina Raimondo: Threat from China is large and growing, can't let it access top tier AI chips
256. Reversing hearing loss with regenerative therapy MIT spinout Frequency Therapeutics’ drug candidate stimulates the growth of hair cells in the inner ear.
258. World's largest cruise vessel, 5-times Titanic-size to set sail in 2024 / The Icon of the Seas, measuring 365 metres, is also Royal Carribean's first ship that can be powered by liquefied natural gas
259. Judge: Amazon “cannot claim shock” that bathroom spycams were used as advertised | A West Virginia judge largely denied Amazon's motion to dismiss lawsuit
266. City officials in Brazil unanimously voted to pass a bill that was secretly written by ChatGPT in just 15 seconds
267. Why don’t EVs have standard diagnostic ports—and when will that change? | OBD-II was implemented to monitor emissions, but EVs don't have tailpipes.
268. Automakers’ data privacy practices “are unacceptable,” says US senator / OEMs collect too much personal data and share it too freely , says Senator Markey
275. Meta faces $600M competition damages claim in Spain as media owners pursue privacy breach lawsuit
279. Broadcom's acquisition of VMware leads to massive layoffs, CEO tells remote workers "get your butt" back in the office
280. 2023 has been an AI feeding frenzy, here are the startups that attracted the most investment this year
284. World's largest nuclear fusion reactor comes online in Japan / It produces largest volume of plasma ever made by humans
294. No new top boss at NSA until it answers questions about buying up location, browsing data / Congress must to have an informed public debate about the scope of the NSA's warrantless surveillance of Americans
295. Key Congress staffers in AI debate are funded by giants like Google & Microsoft. Tech companies are funneling money through a science nonprofit to help pay the salaries of AI staffers in Congress — it’s just 1 example of the increasing influence outside-funded fellows are exerting on policy in DC.
296. Senate bill aims to stop Uncle Sam using facial recognition at airports / Legislation would eliminate TSA permission to use the tech, require database purge in 90 days
299. Google has quietly pushed back the launch of next-gen AI model Gemini until next year, report says
