France’s government increased the size of the subsidy it offers to people who trade in their gas-powered cars for electric bikes to as much as 4,000 euros (approx. $3,976) per person, according to The Times. The money is meant to incentivize people to ditch their polluting modes of transportation in Read more…
The James Webb Space Telescope has snapped a pair of near-infrared photos showing Jupiter’s polar auroras. “You can also see the planet’s extremely faint rings and two of its smaller moons, Amalthea (the bright spot to the far left) and Adrastea (the dot at the left edge of the central Read more…
The euro has dropped below parity with the U.S. dollar on Monday. According to Reuters, investors fear that “interest-rate hikes in the United States and Europe, aimed at curbing inflation, would weaken the global economy.” From the report: Against a basket of currencies, the dollar rose 0.8% to a more Read more…
“Hyundai predictably fails in attempting to secure their car infotainment system with a default key lifted from programming examples, This level of security is unfortunately expected from auto manufacturers, who also would like to sell you always-connected Car2Car self-driving automobiles.” Cryptographer and security experience Bruce Schneier writes: “Turns out the Read more…
A consumer rights advocacy group has filed a class action lawsuit against Sony, claiming they are “ripping people off” by charging a 30 percent commission fee on all digital purchases made through the UK PlayStation Store. “Sony dominates the digital distribution of PlayStation games and in-game content,” said one of Read more…
Working with the Wikimedia Foundation, Meta AI (that’s the AI research and development research lab for the social media giant) has developed what it claims is the first machine learning model able to automatically scan hundreds of thousands of citations at once to check if they support the corresponding claims…. Read more…
Facebook’s parent company Meta is heading into another political battle over the planned introduction of end-to-end encryption (E2EE) in its Messenger chat platform. The UK’s home secretary, Priti Patel, makes this clear in an op-ed for Tory mouthpiece The Telegraph this week, saying it would be a “grotesque betrayal” if Read more…