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Flock Wanted Uber and Lyft Drivers to Become Roaming Surveillance Vehicles
20+ min ago (239+ words) Flock Safety’s unexecuted 2024 Georgia pitch would have tapped 350,000 Nexar dashcams without notifying drivers or passengers Flock’s existing network scans plates from roadside cameras; the Nexar pitch would have pushed that capability into hundreds of thousands of vehicles already on the…...
A City Arrested Someone for Clapping. Now Data Center Meetings Are Going Virtual.
33+ min ago (251+ words) Kansas town silences live public input at two consecutive meetings after arresting a resident for applauding data center opponents “The city remains committed to open and transparent government.” That’s the official statement from Emporia — issued alongside the announcement that its…...
Google’s AI Said Flock Cameras Have Gold Inside
1+ hour, 6+ min ago (367+ words) Google AI Overview cited a satirical Substack and an AI-generated Instagram post as sources for physically impossible hardware specs You search for the scrap value of a Flock license plate camera. Google’s AI Overview delivers a confident answer: 1 to 5 grams…...
New Orleans Is Using AI to Triage 911 Calls
56+ min ago (161+ words) Orleans Parish tested Carbyne’s triage tool for three months to cut duplicate crash reports among 1,000-plus daily calls Carbyne’s AI filters repeat callers reporting the same incident, then routes everyone else to a human dispatcher. Speech recognition errors and accent…...
Christopher Nolan Says Your Disc Collection Is Safer Than Streaming
1+ hour, 24+ min ago (243+ words) Nolan cites streaming compression and vanishing licenses as reasons physical discs remain the definitive home format Renting access and owning a copy are fundamentally different things — and only one of them survives a licensing dispute. Muddy shadows and washed-out highlights…...
You Paid $500 for a PS5 – Now Sony Is Preparing to Serve You Cereal and Car Ads
1+ hour, 44+ min ago (341+ words) Sony’s 2024 job listing reveals plans to sell CPG, auto, and finance ads across PlayStation’s global dashboard and streaming surfaces A formal ad-sales infrastructure signals Sony is treating your console as a media platform, not just a gaming device. Here’s what…...
Tesla and SpaceX Are Building a $55 Billion Chip Factory in Texas
2+ hour, 16+ min ago (240+ words) Tesla and SpaceX’s proposed Grimes County complex would span over 100 million sq ft and supply chips for Optimus, Cybercabs, and orbital AI Terafab would combine chip design, fabrication, memory production, advanced packaging, and testing under one massive roof in Grimes…...
ChatGPT Just Removed Its Text Limits for Free Users – Here's What Actually Changed
21+ hour, 23+ min ago (204+ words) OpenAI lifts rolling text quotas for free accounts and ships a smarter lightweight default model as it nears 1 billion weekly users The fine print here matters as much as the headline, so read it before celebrating. Think of this like…...
14 AI Gadgets That Make Everyday Tasks Smarter
22+ hour, 33+ min ago (1133+ words) AI gadgets that cut digital chaos and boost productivity, from smart glasses capturing 4K video to wearables tracking recovery with personalized insights. A hardware companion that brings AI reminders and scheduling directly to your desk. The Veebac DeskPal is a small…...
Starting This September, Drones Will Scan License Plates Over Lancaster, NY
1+ day, 22+ min ago (259+ words) Lancaster’s 90-day Flock Safety trial will log plates and stream aerial video to officers before patrol cars leave the station Flock’s system logs plates, vehicle details, and aerial video — and claims an 86-second average response time that the company has…...