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Amazon's Zoox recalls self-driving vehicles amid emergency response issues

Al Jazeera

Amazon's Zoox recalls self-driving vehicles amid emergency response issues The Amazon subsidiary company Zoox has said that it will recall its fleet of 105 autonomous vehicles in the United States. The technology company announced the recall on Friday due to mounting concerns that the vehicles may not detect heavy smoke and could impede emergency personnel. Zoox said on Friday that on June 20 an unoccupied Zoox autonomous vehicle encountered heavy smoke that obscured an active emergency fire scene. The Zoox vehicle entered the scene, then braked hard while attempting to steer away, before coming to a stop. The Zoox vehicle, under teleguidance, reversed, after which first responders placed traffic cones at the scene, blocking two of the three lanes.


Israeli attacks on Gaza kill 14, including mourners attending funeral

Al Jazeera

'This is an apartheid regime' Does Trump have real leverage over Netanyahu? Multiple Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip have killed at least 14 Palestinians, more than half of them in a drone strike on a funeral procession. Nine months into its so-called "ceasefire" with Hamas, Israel continues to violate it on a near-daily basis. At least 20 others were injured, the Al-Awda Hospital added. Witnesses said the drone targeted Palestinian mourners gathered outside the Ahmad Yassin Mosque as they waited to begin a funeral procession for a Palestinian killed in a separate attack earlier in the day in the same area.


Apple and Google ordered by San Francisco attorney to take action against 'nudify' apps

Engadget

Apple and Google ordered by San Francisco attorney to take action against'nudify' apps Apple and Google ordered by San Francisco attorney to take action against'nudify' apps Both companies were sent cease-and-desist letters regarding 13 apps on their respective stores. Apple and Google have been sent cease-and-desist letters that demand they remove AI-powered nudify apps from their respective app stores. As reported by Wired, San Francisco city attorney David Chiu ordered the two tech giants to take down a total of 13 apps that can be used to create AI-generated deepfake nude images. The letters appeal to Apple and Google to stop aiding and abetting the spread of nonconsensual intimate images, and ask them to stop working with the app developers in question. This isn't the first time Chiu has taken on deepfake platforms, having previously filed a lawsuit against 16 websites that allow users to turn images of real women and girls into pornography using AI.


The True Story of the Daring Migrant Rescue Operation Behind Netflix's 23,000 Lives

TIME - Tech

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Cancer-linked chemicals pumped into US neighborhoods by Elon Musk's 'illegal' data center, lawsuit claims

Daily Mail - Science & tech

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When ICE Kills, We Cannot Look Away

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Found a baby skunk? Please don't feed it.

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Japan passes legislation banning violation of national flag

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Japan's parliament has enacted a controversial law introducing criminal penalties for desecrating the national flag. The passage of the legislation on Friday is part of an ongoing drive by staunchly conservative Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to promote traditional patriotism and correct what her supporters call a "wrong" legal double standard. Under the newly enacted law, violators who publicly damage, remove or defile the national flag in a manner that causes others "extreme discomfort or disgust" face up to two years in prison or a fine of up to 200,000 yen ($1,250). According to Japanese broadcaster Kyodo News, the law covers physical acts of vandalism such as stomping, burning, or throwing mud in public spaces, as well as livestreaming such acts. The law drafting committee, led by former Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno, carved out highly specific legal exemptions. The ruling party clarified that the new law completely exempts physical paintings, digital media including anime, manga, video games, and generative AI, and even the miniature paper flags famously used to decorate children's restaurant meals.


A 10K Bounty Aims to Make Sony's PlayStation 5 a Computer Again

WIRED

A $10K Bounty Aims to Make Sony's PlayStation 5 a Computer Again Bet it could probably run Linux too. Using your PlayStation to play games is just fine. But what if you could use your Sony console to vibe code with your AI agents on Linux instead? That's what the ownership advocacy organization Fulu wants to make possible, and it's willing to pay $10,000 to prove it can be done. Helmed by YouTuber Louis Rossmann and fellow consumer advocate Kevin O'Reilly, Fulu pays bounties to the first person who proves they can fix or bypass product features that Fulu deems to be hostile to device owners.


San Francisco Demands Apple and Google Delete AI 'Nudify' Apps From App Stores

WIRED

The City Attorney's Office sent the tech giants cease-and-desist letters this week telling them to stop profiting from 13 "face-swap" apps that are overwhelmingly used to target women and girls. Apple and Google have been ordered to take down apps that can "nudify" or "undress" people and told that they must stop profiting from the harmful technology, according to cease-and-desist letters sent to the companies seen by WIRED. On Thursday, San Francisco city attorney David Chiu sent legal notices to Apple and Google demanding that they remove from their app stores 13 face-swapping apps, which allow users to create AI-generated nonconsensual nude images. The letters say the Silicon Valley giants should stop "aiding and abetting" the sale of explicit deepfake images and "sever" business relationships with the app developers. "Generating non-consensual intimate images is illegal, harmful, and completely unacceptable," Chiu tells WIRED.