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FTC Lawsuit Against John Deere Is a Turning Point for Right to Repair- BC

FTC Lawsuit Against John Deere Is a Turning Point for Right to Repair– BC

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Today, USA The Federal Trade Commission filed a lawsuit against farm equipment maker Deere & Company (makers of the iconic John Deere green tractors, combines and lawnmowers) citing its long-standing reluctance to prevent its customers from fixing their own machines. “Farmers depend on their farm equipment to make a living and feed their families,” FTC […]

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The Evolving (and Inexact) Science of Fleeing a Wildfire- BC

The Evolving (and Inexact) Science of Fleeing a Wildfire– BC

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As wildfires raged through Los Angeles neighborhoods this week, residents and authorities faced a harrowing and nearly impossible challenge: convincing hundreds of thousands of people to leave their homes to escape danger, in a matter of hours or even minutes. In doing so, officials put into practice years of research on wildfire evacuations. The field

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General Motors cuts funding for cruise ships and rejects its Robotaxi plan- BC

General Motors cuts funding for cruise ships and rejects its Robotaxi plan– BC

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From General Motors After acquiring San Francisco self-driving technology developer Cruise in 2016, the Detroit automaker has invested more than $8 billion in creating a robotaxi service. Now GM is turning off the spigot. On a call with investors today, General Motors CEO Mary Barra said the company would no longer invest in Cruise and

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This talking pet collar is like a chatbot for your dog- BC

This talking pet collar is like a chatbot for your dog– BC

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Humans have been Trying to talk to animals since we discovered how to form words. In modern times, we turn to technology for the solution: giving our dogs talking buttons to touch or trying to use artificial intelligence to help us understand whales. The newest and perhaps most direct approach to human-animal communication is a

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Google is “thinking about” how to make the Pixel Watch repairable- Brit Commerce

Google is “thinking about” how to make the Pixel Watch repairable– Brit Commerce

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If your Google Pixel Watch breaks, whether it’s the first-generation smartwatch from 2022 or the latest model released earlier this month, there’s no way to get it repaired through official channels. Instead, if you successfully file a warranty claim, Google will send you a replacement unit Instead of repairing your model, this lack of repair

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A mad genius installed ChatGPT on a TI-84 graphing calculator- Brit Commerce

A mad genius installed ChatGPT on a TI-84 graphing calculator– Brit Commerce

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On Saturday, a YouTube creator named ChromaLock posted a video detailing how he modified a Texas Instruments TI-84 graphing calculator to connect to the internet and access OpenAI. ChatGPTwhich could allow students to cheat on exams. The video, titled “I Made the Ultimate Cheating Device,” shows a custom hardware modification that allows graphing calculator users

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The hard drives of the 90s music industry are dying- Brit Commerce

The hard drives of the 90s music industry are dying– Brit Commerce

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One of the jobs that data storage and destruction company Iron Mountain does is archiving media industry vaults. What it has been seeing lately should be a wake-up call: About a fifth of the hard drives dating back to the 1990s that have been sent to it are completely unreadable. Music Industry Publication Mix I

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Apple shared its first public image generated by artificial intelligence: it's Craig Federighi's dog- Brit Commerce

Apple shared its first public image generated by artificial intelligence: it’s Craig Federighi’s dog– Brit Commerce

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Apple’s upcoming iOS 18 is packed with AI-powered features. The new mobile operating system can rewrite text messages, summarize emails, and identify objects in photos. But one of the most fun features is Image Playground, which generates cartoon-like illustrations from a text prompt. While Apple has shown off examples of its production during its presentations,

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