The Verge

Amazon wants to help the Colorado River, but we still don’t know how much water the company uses

It’s investing $20 million in water conservation projects.

Phone gaming is getting a huge graphics boost

Arm’s DLSS for Android is imminent.

PSA: The SmartThings V3 hub is nearly sold out.

And they won’t be making more, meaning there won’t be a way to add Z-Wave devices to a SmartThings smart home. Aeotec, which makes both hubs for…

Uber and Wayve launch supervised robotaxis in London

No geofence, no lidar, but not driverless.

OpenAI’s rogue AI model incident was worse than we thought

Two new reports offer nearly 130 pages of details on the OpenAI-Hugging Face cybersecurity incident, many of them previously unreleased.

A line has been crossed in AI warfare.

A Russian drone fitted with an Nvidia chip and guided entirely by AI killed three Ukrainian civilians in July, according to the New York Times.…

Does giving a camera wings dodge the FCC’s drone ban?

The HoverAir Versa found a loophole in the FCC’s drone ban. But it might not stick.

OpenAI reportedly disbanded its preparedness team

OpenAI denied the report, saying research leaders report to head of safety Saachi Jain.

Apple and Epic argue over how much Apple should get from purchases made outside the App Store

Epic Games disagrees with Apple’s plan.

?That is not acceptable’: Judge orders Google to make rival app store installs easier

Judge Donato was not having Google’s ‘anticompetitive friction.’

Meta, Google, TikTok, and Snap will have to face thousands of social media addiction lawsuits.

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed an appeal filed by the tech companies, allowing more than 3,000 child safety lawsuits to proceed, acc…

DJI says its civilian customers are the target of a new ban on foreign ‘military-grade’ drones.

On July 21st, the FCC threatened to retroactively ban foreign crop-dusting sprayer drones because they could dispense poison, drones over 55 pou…

PSA: Anyone with a link can view your Granola notes by default

Double-check your Granola settings.

How the spiraling Iran conflict could affect data centers and electricity costs

“There’s only so much that US energy dominance can do to shield US consumers.”

Popeye and Tintin are now in the public domain

There are some new Mickey Mouse animations, too.

HMD is making a Barbie flip phone alongside a smartphone for tinkerers

Plus a new DIY platform called HMD Fusion.

Wearing a German Bionic exoskeleton was an awesome and deeply weird experience.

[Media: https://www.instagram.com/p/C2Fphn0rGil/] The German Bionic Apogee+ is designed to protect backs of medical workers lifting patients out…

Swedish Tesla mechanics are on strike.

[Media: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/05/business/economy/tesla-sweden-unions.html] The New York Times reported today that Tesla will meet wit…