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digital car keys the failure modes worth planning for Picture it: your phone goes dead in a parking garage. Your car is sitting a few feet away. The fob? Still on the kitchen counter, because there's no reason to carry it anymore.

Digital Car Keys: The Failure Modes Worth Planning For

netflix reportedly explored letting peacock and fox one live inside its app For ten years, Netflix conditioned viewers to see its app as a closed world. Now, according to reports, its leadership has discussed handing two competitors a space inside it.

Netflix reportedly explored letting Peacock and Fox One live inside its app

inside gofundme how a donation site became americas unofficial safety net No category on GoFundMe pulls in more money than medical bills. That holds true not only in the United States but across all 20 countries where the company operates — nationalized healthcare systems included.

Inside GoFundMe: how a donation site became America’s unofficial safety net

tiangong ultra clocked 9 39 seconds over 100 meters then crashed into a foam pad Set in 2009, Usain Bolt's 100-meter world record of 9.58 seconds hasn't budged. But as of this week it carries a footnote it didn't have before: it's the fastest a human has gone.

Tiangong Ultra Clocked 9.39 Seconds Over 100 Meters — Then Crashed Into a Foam Pad

a year of doj scrutiny over a16z board seats does the rest of venture capital blink For close to a year now, the Justice Department has had Andreessen Horowitz under investigation. The subject isn't fraud. It isn't securities violations. It's board seats.

A year of DOJ scrutiny over a16z board seats — does the rest of venture capital blink?

instagram quietly routes your off app activity into ads and ai the 7 settings that push back Instagram has no master kill switch for data collection. I hunted for one and came up empty; what exists instead is a scattered set of seven checkpoints, split between the app itself, your phone's system settings and a web page your phone can't even get to.

Instagram Quietly Routes Your Off-App Activity Into Ads and AI — The 7 Settings That Push Back

tiktok agrees to 400 million settlement in doj childrens privacy suit Four hundred million dollars is the price of making a children's privacy lawsuit disappear when you're TikTok.

TikTok Agrees to $400 Million Settlement in DOJ Children’s Privacy Suit

pixel watch 5 hands on a very good smartwatch shipping without half of what makes it new A week in, and the full picture of the Pixel Watch 5 still isn't available to me. That's not me hedging. Google's custom workout builder, blood pressure trend reports and insulin resistance tracking aren't due until September, so a meaningful slice of what's supposed to be new about this watch simply isn't on my wrist.

Pixel Watch 5 hands-on: A very good smartwatch shipping without half of what makes it new

australias esafety finds fresh child safety holes in roblox platform signs binding fix pledge Two years of negotiations. Several waves of new safety tooling. Yet when Australia's eSafety commission carried out its own testing earlier this year, adults were still able to fire off connection requests to Australian children with no parental sign-off required.

Australia’s eSafety Finds Fresh Child Safety Holes in Roblox — Platform Signs Binding Fix Pledge

amazon plans to fly prime air drones over almost 500 us towns by years end By December, Amazon intends to have its drones covering more than six times the American territory they serve today. Prime Air, the company says, will be operating in "nearly 500 cities and towns in the United States" before the year closes.

Amazon Plans to Fly Prime Air Drones Over Almost 500 US Towns by Year’s End