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Buyer Beware: Scam Apps Are Out to Steal Your Money and Personal Info

[ad_1] Be careful what you download. Just because an app has made it through the usually strict vetting of Apple or Google doesn’t guarantee that it’s 100% safe. To their credit, both tech giants are constantly on the hunt for apps that don’t play by their rules. For example, Apple says it rejected nearly 1.7 …

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The Morning After: Ford and Tesla sign EV-charging pact | Engadget

[ad_1] Ford has become the first major automaker to leap into bed with Tesla after the US government pushed to make EV charging more widely accessible. The carmaker has signed a deal, starting spring 2024, so selected Ford EVs can slurp down power at some Tesla Supercharger stations. As part of the pact, Ford said, …

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Microsoft appeals for a new US agency to regulate AI | Engadget

[ad_1] Microsoft has called for the US federal government to create a new agency specifically focused on regulating AI, Bloomberg reports. In a Washington, DC-based speech attended by some members of Congress and non-governmental organizations, Microsoft vice chair and president Brad Smith remarked that “the rule of law and a commitment to democracy has kept …

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Tesla leak reportedly reveals thousands of Autopilot safety complaints | Engadget

[ad_1] The German-language newspaper Handelsblatt said it received 100GB of data from “several informants” within Tesla, showing how the company received thousands of complaints about its Autopilot features over the past years. According to Jalopnik, the collection contained 23,000 internal files, with complaints from as far back as 2015 and as recent as March 2022. …

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Sci-fi strategy game ‘Homeworld 3’ has been delayed to February 2024 | Engadget

[ad_1] Fans of the Homeworld franchise won’t be seeing its new entry arrive this year after all. The long-awaited sequel to Homeworld 2, a sci-fi real-time strategy video game released way back in 2003, was supposed to come out in 2022 before its release was pushed back to the first half of this year. Now, …

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Facebook Gaming survey finds that casual gamers are crucial to the evolution of the metaverse

[ad_1] Gamers are bombarded with press about the metaverse, from think pieces to product announcements, but what do they really make of it all?  Facebook Gaming and Newzoo joined forces to launch a 2022 survey to get insight into player sentiment, from what they think of the press to what they expect from the technology, …

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Neuralink receives FDA clearance to begin human trials of its brain-computer interface | Engadget

[ad_1] Turns out Elon Musk’s FDA prediction was only off by about a month. After reportedly denying the company’s overtures in March, the FDA approved Neuralink’s application to begin human trials of its prototype Link brain-computer interface (BCI) on Thursday.  Founded in 2016, Neuralink aims to commercialize BCIs in wide-ranging medical and therapeutic applications — …

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