The US Department of Transportation has laid out a nationwide road safety plan [PDF] that will lead to cars communicating with each other. The agency is hoping that broadly deploying vehicle-to-everything (V2X) tech will boost its “commitment to pursue a comprehensive approach to reduce the number of roadway fatalities to zero.” The National Highway Traffic… Continue reading The US lays out a road safety plan that will see cars ‘talk’ to each other
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Instagram’s experimental profile grid has rectangular images instead of squares
Instagram is testing a new profile grid layout that features rectangular images instead of the squares you’re used to. In an Instagram story, Adam Mosseri has revealed that the app is testing a vertical grid for users’ profiles. He explained that the original square grid was designed back in the day when the app only… Continue reading Instagram’s experimental profile grid has rectangular images instead of squares
Engadget review recap: Dyson’s non-weird headphones and Lenovo’s ThinkPad X1 Carbon
What a week to kick off a new review recap series on Engadget. Google held its Made By Google event on Tuesday, launching the Pixel 9 lineup and the Pixel Watch 3. Since then, though, it’s already had to admit to a mistake in one of the forms it had members of Team Pixel sign… Continue reading Engadget review recap: Dyson’s non-weird headphones and Lenovo’s ThinkPad X1 Carbon
How to watch all of Xbox’s Gamescom streams
It’s that time of year again. Gamescom is nearly upon us. For the uninitiated, Gamescom is a huge gaming trade show held annually in Germany. This year, Microsoft has announced a major Xbox presence throughout the event. All told, four streams will highlight upcoming Xbox games. The first is the opening night livestream. This stream… Continue reading How to watch all of Xbox’s Gamescom streams
National Public Data confirms breach that exposed Americans’ social security numbers
A data dump that contains 2.7 billion records of personal information for people living in the US, including their Social Security Numbers, have recently been leaked online. The data dump’s contents were linked to National Public Data, a company that scrapes information from non-public sources and sells it for background checks. Now, the company has… Continue reading National Public Data confirms breach that exposed Americans’ social security numbers
Fubo wins injunction to delay Disney-Fox-Warner’s live sports streamer Venu
The sports streaming service Fubo has temporarily fended off a huge financial threat from Disney-Fox-Warner’s potential competitor Venu Sports and its collection of sports broadcasting licenses thanks to a recent court ruling. A federal judge in the Southern District of New York granted Fubo’s request for an injunction in its antitrust case against the joint… Continue reading Fubo wins injunction to delay Disney-Fox-Warner’s live sports streamer Venu
Google acknowledges it ‘missed the mark’ with onerous demands for Pixel 9 influencers
If you thought Google might be taking a break after unveiling new Pixel 9 devices at its Made By Google event this week, you would be mistaken. A recent post on Threads appears to show part of the sign-up form to receive Pixel devices, and the language in question mandates that signees feature Google’s hardware… Continue reading Google acknowledges it ‘missed the mark’ with onerous demands for Pixel 9 influencers
OpenAI shut down an Iranian influence op that used ChatGPT to generate bogus news articles
OpenAI said on Friday that it thwarted an Iranian influence campaign that used ChatGPT to generate fake news stories and social posts aimed at Americans. The company said it identified and banned accounts generating content for five websites (in English and Spanish) pretending to be news outlets, spreading “polarizing messages” on issues like the US… Continue reading OpenAI shut down an Iranian influence op that used ChatGPT to generate bogus news articles
Microsoft boosts Windows’ FAT32 partition size limit after nearly three decades
Microsoft righted an age-old “wrong” (at least for those who geek out on disk formatting) earlier this week. With its latest Windows 11 Insider Canary Preview Build (via The Verge), the company increased the maximum FAT32 partition size limit from 32GB to 2TB when using the command line. The boost from the previous limit, which… Continue reading Microsoft boosts Windows’ FAT32 partition size limit after nearly three decades
San Francisco aims to take down AI undressing websites in new lawsuit
San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu announced he intended to shut down 16 of the most popular AI “undressing” sites at a press conference on Thursday. The Verge reported that the City Attorney is accusing these sites of violating federal laws regarding revenge pornography, deepfake pornography and child pornography. Chiu’s office also accused the sites… Continue reading San Francisco aims to take down AI undressing websites in new lawsuit