The race to lead China’s autonomous driving market - Toward the end of a nearly 15-minute video, William Sundin, creator of the ChinaDriven c... - https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/08/15/1077895/china-city-race-autonomous-driving/ #self-drivingcars #smartcities #china #ai

First Solar Finds That Forced Labor Was Used in Its Malaysian Ops - The company, First Solar, said an internal review had found that subcontractors used unet... - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/15/business/energy-environment/first-solar-forced-labor-malaysia.html #humanrightsandhumanrightsviolations #alternativeandrenewableenergy #corporatesocialresponsibility #inflationreductionactof2022 #factoriesandmanufacturing #wagesandsalaries #globalwarming #firstsolarinc #laborandjobs #malaysia

What SQL users should know about time series data - SQL often struggles when it comes to managing massive amounts of time series data, but... - https://www.infoworld.com/article/3704813/what-sql-users-should-know-about-time-series-data.html#tk.rss_all

7 low code platforms embracing AI - In addition to Microsoft’s AI Builder, which brings focused and generative AI and mach... - https://www.infoworld.com/article/3704792/7-low-code-platforms-embracing-ai.html#tk.rss_all

Apple Will Soon Send Payments In $500 Million 'Batterygate' iPhone Throttling Lawsuit - The judge overseeing Apple's "batterygate" iPhone throttling lawsuit has cleared t... - https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/23/08/15/0221205/apple-will-soon-send-payments-in-500-million-batterygate-iphone-throttling-lawsuit?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #iphone

AIs can produce 'dangerous' content about eating disorders when prompted - Digital safety org worries OpenAI and pals aren't doing enough Popular generative AI mode... - https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/08/15/ai_generates_eating_disorder_content/

Tesla is looking for people to build '1st of its kind Data Centers' - Meanwhile, in China, electric auto outfit emphasizes local bit barn for storage Elon Musk... - https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/08/15/tesla_datacenters/

A Guide to Field Stripping Your Voyager Tricorder - For the last few years, [Mangy_Dog] has been working on what is easily the most te... - https://hackaday.com/2023/08/14/a-guide-to-field-stripping-your-voyager-tricorder/ #handheldshacks #reproduction #tricorder #teardown #startrek #prop

SBF Used $100 Million In Stolen FTX Funds For Political Donations - Sam Bankman-Fried used money he stole from customers of his FTX cryptocurrency exc... - https://politics.slashdot.org/story/23/08/15/0231213/sbf-used-100-million-in-stolen-ftx-funds-for-political-donations?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #money

Angel and seed funding remain insulated from startup market volatility: Report - Angel and seed funding in Europe are remarkably resilient to the startup market do... - https://thenextweb.com/news/european-startup-funding-angel-seed-investors-up-pitchbook-valuations-report #startupsandtechnology #investorsandfunding #ecosystems

Thin Client Wysens up to Become OpenWrt Router - For some of us, unused hardware lying around just calls to be used. It seems like ... - https://hackaday.com/2023/08/14/thin-client-wysens-up-to-become-openwrt-router/ #computerhacks #thinclient #openwrt #wyse

Iowa School District Is Using AI To Ban Books - According to the Globe Gazette, the school board of Mason City, Iowa has begun lev... - https://yro.slashdot.org/story/23/08/14/2157234/iowa-school-district-is-using-ai-to-ban-books?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #censorship

Chinese media teases imminent exposé of seismic US spying scheme - Again labels America a hacker empire over alleged backdoors found in earthquake monitorin... - https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/08/15/china_seismic_us_spying_expose/

Chinese spies who read State Dept. email also hacked GOP congressman - Rep. Don Bacon tweeted Monday that he had been notified by the FBI that his emails had be... - https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/08/14/microsoft-china-hack-congress/

Threads App Usage Plummets - Despite a record-breaking start in its first weeks of launch, engagement with Meta... - https://tech.slashdot.org/story/23/08/14/2149224/threads-app-usage-plummets?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #social

Apple Plans Major 'Watch X' Overhaul for Device's 10-Year Anniversary - While Apple's next line of smartwatches is expected to be a minor upgrade, the com... - https://apple.slashdot.org/story/23/08/14/2141238/apple-plans-major-watch-x-overhaul-for-devices-10-year-anniversary?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #apple

Prosecutors Detail Evidence Against Sam Bankman-Fried - In a filing, prosecutors laid out the evidence they plan to use to convict the founder of... - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/14/technology/sam-bankman-fried-ftx-prosecutors.html #hkftxtradingltd(futuresexchange) #executivesandmanagement(theory) #computersandtheinternet #fraudsandswindling #alamedaresearchllc #bankman-friedsam #virtualcurrency #salameryan

Author discovers fake, likely AI-generated books written under her name - Plus: Tome bans decided by ChatGPT, watch out who's listening to your keyboard hammering,... - https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/08/15/ai_in_brief/

This Showdown Between Humans and Chatbots Could Keep You Safe From Bad AI - Thousands of security experts, hackers, and college students competed to trick powerful t... - https://www.wired.com/story/showdown-humans-chatbots-defcon/ #business/artificialintelligence #securitytest #business

80% of Bosses Say They Regret Earlier Return-To-Office Plans - An anonymous reader quotes a report from CNBC: A whopping 80% of bosses regret the... - https://slashdot.org/story/23/08/14/2048254/80-of-bosses-say-they-regret-earlier-return-to-office-plans?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #business