This week, President Joe Biden’s outgoing administration finalized rules effectively banning all Chinese- and Russian-connected vehicle tech from American roads—a landmark crackdown with far-reaching effects, not least on the rising trade of inexpensive Chinese EVs. The US Commerce Department has argued that the rules, first proposed in September, are necessary to protect American vehicles from… Continue reading Waymo Finds a Way Around US Restrictions Targeting Chinese Cars
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Honor Magic 7 Pro Review: Refined Flagship
Honor’s Magic 7 Pro is a refined flagship Android phone that weaves the latest AI features with cutting-edge hardware. It excels everywhere that matters. You get an incredibly versatile camera, impressive stamina, speedy charging, silky smooth performance, and an excellent display. Several subtle but important improvements over its predecessor elevate this smartphone to the next… Continue reading Honor Magic 7 Pro Review: Refined Flagship
The FCC’s Jessica Rosenworcel Isn’t Leaving Without a Fight
As the United States scrambles to kick China out of its communications networks, Jessica Rosenworcel, the outgoing Democratic chair of the Federal Communications Commission, says it’s vital for her Republican successor to maintain strong oversight of the telecommunications industry. The government is still reeling from the Chinese “Salt Typhoon” hacking campaign that penetrated at least… Continue reading The FCC’s Jessica Rosenworcel Isn’t Leaving Without a Fight
US Supreme Court Upholds TikTok Ban Law
The US Supreme Court upheld a law on Friday that could result in a ban on TikTok in the United States this Sunday. “There is no doubt that, for more than 170 million Americans, TikTok offers a distinctive and expansive outlet for expression, means of engagement, and source of community,” the court’s unanimous opinion reads.… Continue reading US Supreme Court Upholds TikTok Ban Law
Mark Zuckerberg Turns His Back on the Media
There was a time when Mark Zuckerberg didn’t regard mainstream media as the enemy. He even allowed me, a card-carrying legacy media person, into his home. In April 2018, I ventured there to hear his plans to do the right thing. It was part of my years-long embed into Facebook to write a book. For… Continue reading Mark Zuckerberg Turns His Back on the Media
Can You Get Rich Using a Raspberry Pi to Mine Cryptocurrency?
After the first 20 minutes, the water temperature seemed to increase at a fairly constant rate of 0.0006 degrees Celsius per second. This increase in temperature means there is an increase in thermal energy, which we can calculate as: Here m is the mass of the stuff (in this case, water), and C is the… Continue reading Can You Get Rich Using a Raspberry Pi to Mine Cryptocurrency?
Xiaohongshu Scrambles to Hire English-Speaking Content Moderators
The Chinese social media platform Xiaohongshu—better known internationally as RedNote—is scrambling to boost its ability to moderate English-language content after hundreds of thousands of American users suddenly joined the platform in anticipation of TikTok potentially being banned in the United States on Sunday. WIRED identified a handful of job listings posted to recruitment platforms by… Continue reading Xiaohongshu Scrambles to Hire English-Speaking Content Moderators
They Went After the Hawk Tuah Crypto Promoters. Now They’re Suing Pump.Fun
A crypto investor has brought a class action lawsuit against Pump.Fun, a platform for launching and investing in meme-inspired cryptocurrencies, after suffering trading losses. Representing the plaintiffs are Wolf Popper and Burwick Law, the two firms handling a separate class action brought by investors in December over a memecoin launched by web personality Haliey Welch,… Continue reading They Went After the Hawk Tuah Crypto Promoters. Now They’re Suing Pump.Fun
Hackers Likely Stole FBI Call Logs From AT&T That Could Compromise Informants
The United States telecom giant AT&T disclosed a breach in July involving call and text messaging logs from six months in 2022 of “nearly all” its more than 100 million customers. In addition to exposing personal communication details for a slew of individual Americans, though, the FBI has been on alert that its agents’ call… Continue reading Hackers Likely Stole FBI Call Logs From AT&T That Could Compromise Informants
Check Out These Extraordinary New Images of Mercury
At 06:59 Central European time time on January 8, the BepiColombo spacecraft successfully performed its sixth flyby of Mercury, the innermost planet in the solar system. This was a “gravity assist maneuver,” a move that used Mercury’s gravitational pull to alter the BepiColombo vehicle’s course, which will bring it into orbit around the planet by… Continue reading Check Out These Extraordinary New Images of Mercury