Controversial US program ends because of congressional squabbling
After its midnight deadline, the US Senate voted to reauthorize the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act ( FISA), which protects the privacy of Americans’ data. “In the nick of time, we are reauthorising FISA right before it expires at midnight,” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said. Earlier, a group of progressive and conservative lawmakers had refused to accept the House’s version of the bill.
The Worst Flaw Yet is the recall of the cybertruck over faulty pedals
Cybertruck is recalling all Model Year 2018 and 2019 Cybertrucks produced between November 13, 2023 and April 4, 2024 due to a faulty accelerator pedal that could lead to a collision. As per the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the fault is estimated to be present in 100% of the vehicles. Cybertrucks are equipped with brake override technology.
The company is Suppressing our voices after dozens are fired
Google fired 28 employees after they participated in protests against Project Nimbus, a $1.2-billion contract with Israel’s government that also includes Amazon. The No Tech for Apartheid group, the coalition of technology workers and Muslim- and Jewish-led activist groups, organised the protests. The group says that without clarity on the project, it’s still unclear how the technology is being used in Israel.
A U.S. military official says that Israel launched missile strikes into Iran
Iranian state media on Friday said that loud sounds heard east of Isfahan were the sound of air defenses intercepting what it called a “suspicious target” and no damage was reported in the area. The attack came after Iran fired around 300 missiles at Israel last week in response to the latter’s airstrikes in the Gaza Strip.
Llama 3 beats many other models, according to Meta
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has said that Meta AI will be able to open source its 400-billion-parameter version of its artificial intelligence chatbot ‘Llama 3’ since it’s still being trained. “I think we’ll be able to open source it,” he added. “I don’t think that today many people really think about Meta AI when they think about the main AI assistants,” Zuckerberg further said.
New earbuds have nothing to prove that they can hang with some of the most powerful people in the world
US-based startup Nothing’s new wireless earbuds ‘TheNothing Ear’ and ‘Nothing Phone’ have been tested by Goldilocks. The Nothing Ear has a smaller size of ear tip, while the Nothing Phone has a larger one, according to a report. The Nothing Ear is priced at $100 and the Nothing Phone is priced at $150.
The police are holding people for protesting a cloud contract with Israel
Google fired three of its employees in New York who occupied the company office for more than ten hours during a protest against Israel’s military operation in the Gaza Strip. The workers were charged with violating US legal protections for workers. They were fired for “physically impeding other employees’ work and preventing them from accessing our facilities,” a Google spokesperson said.
Delta is an ios game boy app that will not be taken down
Apple has notarized a start on its AltStore PAL app marketplace in the EU. AltStore PAL’s marketplace is integrating its marketplace with Patreon for monetization, and will support developers who want to distribute beta apps as a reward for crowd-sourced funding, which isn’t allowed in the App Store. Testut will charge 1.50 (plus tax) a year for downloads of AltStore PAL.
Delta is an app that won’t get taken down
An Android app called ‘Delta’ has released to allow users to emulate Nintendo and other system-Independent Controllers with high- resolution screen resolutions. It features on-screen buttons that change the layout and appearance to match whatever system you’re emulating. It supports Bluetooth controllers like Xbox One Series S or PS5 controllers, too, and lets you customise their layout or set extra buttons.
Nine employees were arrested during a sit-in protest
Google employees have been protesting against the Israeli government’s censorship of Google Cloud services amid Israel’s conflict with Hamas. A Google Cloud spokesperson said the protests were “part of a longstanding campaign by a group of organisations and people who largely don’t work at Google”. Google Cloud’s Israeli employee Eddie disrupted Google Israel’s managing director at Mind The Tech.