Creative ways of reducing food waste
An American restaurant named Shuggie in Seattle, Washington has been able to use leftover food from its restaurant and grocery store as ingredients to make a “leftovers-recipes-food-waste-climate-change” campaign. More than a million tons of food waste was generated by the restaurant industry in 2022, according to research by the US Department of Agriculture.
It was about control in the ad tech fight
Google’s former executive in charge of acquisitions David Drummond, in an email to Google’s board, wrote, “I believe that it would be in the best interest of our company and our shareholders if we acquired DoubleClick.” The email was obtained by the US Department of Justice (DoJ) in its antitrust trial against Google.
Why it’s hard to fully block X in Brazil
Billionaire Elon Musk-led messaging platform Starlink has said that some of its users in Brazil began blocking Telegram within 24 hours of receiving a court order to do so in April. However, the block wasn’t implemented by all ISPs in Brazil nor was it implemented in the same way, Starlink added. “This suggests lack of coordination between providers,” it further said.
These states are leading the way in passing Deepfake Porn Laws
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and deepfake pornography are issues worth talking about, Leah Feiger, the senior politics editor at WIRED said in a conversation. She also said the year of generative artificial intelligence was “the year of the WIRED politics team’s project”. “It seems like the hysteria around AI has waned, but deepfakes of politicians are still out there,” Feiger added.
A group is trying to make licensing data for artificial intelligence ethical
New laws in the US will eventually establish more robust expectations of ownership and transparency of the data used to train generative AI models. Scientists can now detect whether visual products, such as images or graphics, have been included in a training set. They have developed tools that can ‘poison’ data such that AI models trained on them break in unpredictable ways.
Oasis ticketing chaos leads to a probe into pricing
In an upcoming consultation on consumer protection for ticket sales, the UK will include issues surrounding transparency and the use of dynamic pricing, including the technology around queuing systems which incentivise it. The UK Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy said the UK will include issues around transparency and use of dynamic pricing in the consultation.
The all-electric SUV plan was scrapped by Ford
Ford Vice-Chairman and Chief Financial Officer Christopher Lawler said the company will pivot away from electric future and expand other platforms as it responded to market demand. “The market is changing globally…with the Chinese at overcapacity, and so it’s all going to come down to being nimble, having a low-cost and multiple low-cost platforms,” he added.
Can South Korea get back to being a leader in innovation?
South Korea has increased its budget for global research and development (R&D) to over one billion dollars in the next five years. This comes after the South Korean government reduced funding for research and development to only 14.7% at the end of 2021. The US, which has a history with South Korea dating back to the 1950s, is the country with the highest collaborative share.
Susan was a Silicon Valley visionary who died at the age of 56
Google CEO Susan Wojcicki has announced that she’s stepping down from her position in February 2023 to start a new chapter. “I took on each challenge that came my way because it had a mission that benefited so many people’s lives around the world: finding information, telling stories…and supporting creators, artists, and small businesses,” Wojcicki said.
Dodge is putting a price on its first electric car
Dodge has unveiled its first all-electric sports car Charger Daytona at the LA Auto Show. The two-door model starts from $59,595 for R/T and $73,190 for Scat Pack, both excluding a $1,995 destination fee. The Fratzonic Chambered Exhaust system for Daytona will be available for the X-V Sport- Class Corseiguo Automatic. The Fratzonic Chambered Exhaust design includes “dual Bespoke, high efficiency extreme bandwidth transducers”.