News Publishers Take Paywall-Blocker 12ft.io Offline In a significant move against digital paywall circumvention, the News/Media Alliance has successfully taken 12ft.io offline, a website that enabled users to bypass paywalls…
Summary Meta Platforms, under the direction of Mark Zuckerberg, has reached a settlement to conclude an expensive $8 billion trial concerning serious privacy violations on Facebook. The settlement was announced…
Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev revealed that AI is responsible for a significant portion of the company’s new coding efforts. Speaking on the 20VC podcast, he noted that approximately 50% of…
VMware is revamping its partner program, drastically slashing the number of authorised partners, especially smaller ones, with an invite-only model under Broadcom. The current white label program will be phased…
Summary Recent advancements have seen transatlantic communications cables being utilised not just for data transmission but also as ocean sensors. This innovative use enables scientists to monitor changes in water…
Stellantis has announced it is ceasing development on hydrogen fuel cells for its light-, medium-, and heavy-duty vehicles due to high costs and low demand. The company cites a need…
Germany Is Building the World’s Tallest Wind Turbine A groundbreaking project is underway in Brandenburg, Germany, where the world’s tallest wind turbine is set to rise, reaching a colossal height…
Summary A California federal judge has permitted a class action lawsuit against Anthropic, allowing three authors to represent all U.S. writers whose works were allegedly used without permission to train…
Cancer death rates in the U.S. have significantly decreased by approximately one-third since the 1990s, attributed to various prevention efforts. Smoking rates have dropped, notably saving over 3 million lives…
Uber has announced an ambitious plan to deploy 20,000 robotaxis over the next six years in partnership with Lucid Group and Nuro. Using the Lucid Gravity SUVs equipped with Nuro…
