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Waymo director says the company's cars won't honk at each other anymore Aug 21, 2024

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He popped on a lo-fi parking lot livestream to share the news.

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OpenAI will use Condé Nast content, Streaming hit new viewership records in July, and Anova will charge customers to use its sous vide app Aug 21, 2024

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OpenAI will use Condé Nast content in ChatGPT's responses, Streaming hit multiple new viewership records in July, and Anova will charge customers to use its sous vide app, because everything must be a subscription. It's Wednesday, August 21st and this is Engadget News.

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San Francisco aims to take down AI undressing websites in new lawsuit Aug 20, 2024

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City Attorney David Chiu wants to stop 16 popular sites that create unauthorized nude deepfakes of women and children.

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Waymo’s sixth-gen fleet has fewer sensors, same safety’, Apple Podcasts new web interface, and Zoom can now handle one million simultaneous participants Aug 20, 2024

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Waymo’s sixth-gen fleet has fewer sensors ‘without compromising safety’, Apple Podcasts now has a useful web interface for browsing and listening to shows, and Zoom can now handle one million simultaneous participants. It's Tuesday, August 20th and this is Engadget News.

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The US lays out a road safety plan that will see cars 'talk' to each other Aug 19, 2024

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Vehicle-to-everything tech could prevent hundreds of thousands of crashes, advocates say.

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Nationwide road safety plan for cars to 'talk' to each other, SF aiming at AI undressing website takedown, and Fubo won injunction against Venu Aug 19, 2024

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The US lays out a road safety plan that will have cars 'talking' to each other, San Francisco aims to take down AI undressing websites, and Fubo wins an injunction to delay Venu. It's Monday, August 19th and this is Engadget News.

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The FTC finalizes its rules clamping down on fake online reviews Aug 16, 2024

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The new rules prohibit the selling of fake and AI-generated reviews and testimonials in several forms.

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Kim Dotcom will be extradited to the US, online publishers face a dilemma, and Activision is finally addressing those massive Call of Duty download sizes Aug 16, 2024

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Kim Dotcom will be extradited to the US, online publishers face a dilemma to either allow AI scraping or lose search visibility, and Activision is finally addressing those massive Call of Duty download sizes. It's Friday, August 16th and this is Engadget News.

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Microsoft and Palantir partner to sell AI to government agencies Aug 15, 2024

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Palantir’s software has reportedly been used to suppress dissent and gather information about immigrants.

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The FTC is clamping down on fake online reviews, Waymo driverless cars are honking at one another all night, and a Blackberry doc is coming Aug 15, 2024

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The FTC finalized its rules clamping down on fake online reviews, Waymo driverless cars have gotten inexplicably chatty, honking at one another all night, and There’s another BlackBerry movie coming out and this one’s a documentary. It's Thursday, August 15th and this is Engadget News.

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