Kirsten Korosec / TechCrunch: Cruise complies with California DMV’s request to halve its fleet, as the regulator probes “recent concerning incidents” involving its robotaxis in San Francisco  —  Cruise, the self-driving car subsidiary of GM, has been asked to reduce its robotaxi fleet by 50% in San Francisco following … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sean Hollister / The Verge: Western Digital refuses to answer questions about how its portable SanDisk Extreme SSDs may lose users’ data; the company is being sued for fraud and data loss  —  Eleven days ago, we sent these questions to Western Digital’s head of PR and published them publicly on The Verge: Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reuters: Nestlé, Unilever, and other big advertisers are experimenting with using generative AI ads, but many remain wary of the security, copyright, and data bias risks  —  Some of the world’s biggest advertisers, from food giant Nestle (NESN.S) to consumer goods multinational Unilever (ULVR.L) … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal: A look at the AI-powered robots that help maintain critical US infrastructure, including from Gecko Robotics, Skydio, Anybotics, Invert Robotics, and Greensea  —  Robots fly, walk, swim and crawl with new sensors and artificial intelligence to spot—and sometimes fix—problems. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: Windows file archiver utility maker WinRAR fixes a vulnerability that could let an attacker remotely execute arbitrary code, after a researcher flagged the flaw  —  A high-severity vulnerability has been fixed in WinRAR, the popular file archiver utility for Windows used by millions … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sebastian Herrera / Wall Street Journal: Amazon restarts Amazon Shipping, its UPS and FedEx competitor that handles packages from other websites, after pausing the US service earlier in the pandemic  —  Amazon Shipping, paused earlier in the pandemic, handles packages from other websites and selling channels Lees verder op Tech Meme

Julian E. Barnes / New York Times: US intelligence agencies warn US space companies that China and Russia are targeting them and preparing cyberattacks that could disable satellites in a conflict  —  U.S. officials say Chinese and Russian spy agencies are trying to steal technology from private American space companies … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Emily Bobrow / Wall Street Journal: A profile of, and interview with, Max Tegmark, who co-founded the Elon Musk-backed Future of Life Institute and says AI may be an existential threat to humanity  —  Long optimistic about the possibilities of artificial intelligence, the MIT physicist now says companies and governments must work together … Lees verder op Tech Meme