“Subaru and Kia dealers in Massachusetts have disabled systems that allow remote starts and send maintenance alerts…” reports Wired. Subaru buyers in Massachusetts also lose access to the telematics system’s app, so “no emergency assistance; no automated messages when the tire pressure was low or the oil needed changing.” Subaru Read more…
If Meta is not given the option to transfer, store and process data from its European users on US-based servers, Facebook and Instagram may be shut down across Europe, the social media giants’ owner reportedly warned in its annual report. The key issue for Meta is transatlantic data transfers, regulated Read more…
“Proponents of AI audiobook narration tout its much lower production costs (compared to a traditional recording of a human narrator) as a way to improve profitability of audiobooks,” reports Publisher’s Weekly, “as well as allowing publishers to publish more audiobooks that have limited audiences. “But according to actor and narrator Read more…
A California newspaper covers “pleas” to the state’s governor to delay the closure of a nuclear power plant: On Thursday, Dr. Steven Chu, former U.S. Secretary of Energy under the Obama administration and a Nobel laureate, and more than 79 scientists, academics and entrepreneurs sent a letter to [California governor] Read more…
Apple’s privacy push could cost Meta $10 billion in lost 2022 advertising revenue — and that news alone erased $250 billion in Meta’s value. But this leads them to a thought experiment: What would happen to Meta’s and Google’s business models if the privacy invasion behind the companies’ lucrative advertising Read more…
Meta’s stock plunged 26% Thursday — its biggest one-day drop ever, lowering its marketing valuation by more than $230 billion. And then on Friday it dropped just a little bit more. User growth has hit a ceiling. The salad days of Facebook’s wild user growth are over. Even though the Read more…
“The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Digital Currency Initiative have come up with an initial design for a central bank digital currency,” reports Yahoo Finance. Reuters cautions that the newly-released research does not suggest that the U.S. central bank will move toward launching a Read more…