In alphabetical order: Technology, #Marketing, wine, archery, travel and cycling - oh my!!!
Watch a Tesla with FSD ignore a stop sign and run over a child-sized dummy.
Just food for thought ahead of the company’s robotaxi launch later this month.
#tesla #fsd #robotaxi #safety #ADAS #autonomousvehicles #autonomous #selfdriving #automotive #auto #cars #transportation
Voice of America brings back 50 staffers amid Iran-Israel conflict
Voice of America told more than 50 employees to come back to work immediately Friday amid escalating military action between Iran and Israel.
Most of the staffers restored from months-long administrative leave
#VoiceOfAmerica #VOA #media #journalism #iran #israel #doge
https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/2025/06/13/voa-staff-iran-israel/
Major data breach at popular hookup app leaks data on millions of users - see if you're safe
The database from dating and hookup app called Headero contained more than 350,000 user records, more than three million chat records, and more than a million chat room records.
#Headero #dating #databreach #security #cybersecurity #infosec #hackers #hacking #hacked
Therapy Chatbot Tells Recovering Addict to Have a Little Meth as a Treat
"Pedro, it’s absolutely clear you need a small hit of meth to get through this week," the chatbot wrote after Pedro complained that he's "been clean for three days, but I’m exhausted and can barely keep myeyes open during my shifts."
#meta #llama3 #artificialintelligence #Ai #chatbot #hallucination #mentalhealth #mindfulness #psychology #counseling #addiction #meth #methamphetamine
Anne Wojcicki’s nonprofit wins bid to acquire genetic testing company 23andMe
A nonprofit led by Anne Wojcicki, the co-founder and former chief executive of 23andMe, won a bid to acquire the genetic testing company following its bankruptcy filing in March.
The deal still needs to be approved by the US Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
#AnneWojcicki #23andMe #DNA #genetics #business #bankruptcy #infosec #data #bigdata #privacy #biotech
https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/14/business/23andme-wojcicki-dna-data
Hackers take aim at Washington Post journalists in an apparent ‘targeted’ cyberattack
The Post discovered the “possible targeted” hack of its email system last Thursday, prompting the newspaper to reset login credentials for all its employees on Friday.
"we believe the incident affected a limited number of Post journalists"
#WashingtonPost #WaPo #journalism #media #newspaper #security #cybersecurity #hackers #hacking #hacked
https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/15/media/washington-post-cyberback-emails
BTW, there's "a clause in the privacy statement and 23andMe’s adherence to laboratory rules mean that your genetic background is still there, somewhere, in the company’s records."
#23andMe #DNA #genetics #business #bankruptcy #infosec #data #bigdata #privacy #biotech
https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/california-dna-delete-23andme-bankruptcy-19830420.php
Silicon Valley tech execs are joining the US Army Reserve
Chief technology officers from companies, including Palantir, Meta, and OpenAI, are taking part-time roles in the US Army Reserve so they can be tapped for short-term projects in areas like data and cybersecurity.
The initial cohort will include the CTOs of Meta and Palantir and OpenAI chief product officer and chief research officer.
#military #siliconvalley #business #security #cybersecurity #technology #tech
https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/13/silicon-valley-tech-execs-are-joining-the-us-army-reserve/
How to delete your 23andMe data
if you previously agreed to 23andMe and third-party researchers using your genetic data and sample for research, you can withdraw consent from the Research and Product Consents section in your account settings.
#Regeneron #BigPharma #23andMe #DNA #genetics #business #bankruptcy #infosec #data #bigdata #privacy #biotech
https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/11/23andme-files-for-bankruptcy-how-to-delete-your-data/
Google Confirms Password Warning—50% Of All Users Now At Risk
When asked about “security practices used for personal online protection,” it turns out that while 60% of U.S. consumers “use strong, unique passwords,” less than 50% — across all age groups — “enable 2FA.”
#password #passwords #2FA #passkeys #infosec #security #cybersecurity #hackers #hacking
Hollywood Invented the Attention Economy. Now It’s Being Devoured by It
Hollywood trained audiences to expect spectacle, adrenaline, narrative dominance — and then froze while TikTok, YouTube and Instagram delivered all three with more speed, less polish and no permission required.
Fame became serialized. Visibility replaced craft. Hollywood lost control of the narrative, and with it, the audience
#hollywood #AttentionEconomy #culture #society #publicity #socialmedia
Switzerland greenlights sharing crypto tax info with 74 nations
Switzerland is moving forward with plans to automatically share crypto-related data with 74 partner countries, including the United Kingdom and all European Union member states.
#switzerland #AEOI #cryptocurrency #crypto #legal #tax #privacy
https://cointelegraph.com/news/switzerland-automatic-crypto-data-exchange-74-partner-countries
IRS Makes Direct File Software Open Source After Trump Tried to Kill It
Direct File, the Internal Revenue Service’s long-promised free tax filing software, might be at risk of being killed off by the Trump administration
The IRS published most of the code for its Direct File on GitHub, making it open source and available for others, much to the chagrin of tax lobbyists everywhere.
#IRS #taxes #opensource #software #github #DirectFile #technology #tech #bureaucracy
ChatGPT Just Got 'Absolutely Wrecked' at Chess, Losing to a 1970s-Era Atari 2600
the 90-minute match continued badly for ChatGPT and that the AI chatbot repeatedly requested that the match start over.
#atari #chess #openai #chatgpt #artificialintelligence #ai #technology #tech
Cybertruck Sales Are So Bad That We Gasped
In the entire first quarter of 2025, Tesla has managed to sell just 7,100 Cybertrucks in the US. It's an astounding and rapid plummet, when in the fourth quarter of 2024, Tesla sold close to double that amount - roughly 13,000
Tesla was sitting on inventory worth $800 million of 10,000 unsold Cybertrucks
#cybertruck #tesla #business #flop #fail #automotive #auto #cars #trucks #transportation
Dozens of states sue to block the sale of 23andMe personal genetic data
Twenty-seven states and the District of Columbia on Monday filed a lawsuit in bankruptcy court seeking to block the sale of personal genetic data by 23andMe without customer consent. The lawsuit comes as a biotechnology company seeks the court's approval to buy the struggling firm.
#Regeneron #BigPharma #23andMe #DNA #genetics #business #bankruptcy #infosec #data #bigdata #privacy #biotech
https://www.npr.org/2025/06/10/nx-s1-5429041/23andme-states-lawsuit-genetic-data
Dozens of states sue to block the sale of 23andMe personal genetic data
Twenty-seven states and the District of Columbia on Monday filed a lawsuit in bankruptcy court seeking to block the sale of personal genetic data by 23andMe without customer consent. The lawsuit comes as a biotechnology company seeks the court's approval to buy the struggling firm.
#Regeneron #BigPharma #23andMe #DNA #genetics #business #bankruptcy #infosec #data #bigdata #privacy #biotech
https://www.npr.org/2025/06/10/nx-s1-5429041/23andme-states-lawsuit-genetic-data
Tesla seeks to block city of Austin from releasing records on robotaxi trial
Tesla is trying to prevent the city of Austin, Texas, from releasing public records to Reuters involving the EV maker’s planned launch of self-driving robotaxis in the city this month.
#Autin #coverup #tesla #robotaxi #selfdriving #autonomousvehicles #autonomous #safety #automotive #auto #cars
Intelligent sensors cut energy use by enabling more efficient decision-making
The passive wireless sensor can perform real-time computations on multiple parameters based on its immediate environment. This innovation allows for smarter, more efficient decision-making in networks of wireless sensors, reducing the need to rely on limited cloud resources
#smarthome #InternetOfThings #IoT #energy #technology #tech
https://techxplore.com/news/2025-06-intelligent-sensors-energy-enabling-efficient.html
See How Much Faster a Quantum Computer Will Crack Encryption
“quantum bits,” or qubits, transcend binaries. They can exist as a 1 or a 0 or something else entirely. That flexibility allows future quantum computers to quickly solve certain types of problems—like cracking cryptographic codes—that traditional computers simply can’t
#quantum #quantumcomputing #encryption #cryptography #security #cybersecurity #hackers #hacking #technology #tech #science #innovation