Articles by Inno Flores
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FTC Seeks to Ban Meta from Monetizing Children's Data
This proposal makes FTC's third time to take action against the company for violating users' privacy.
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US Senate Approves to Restore Tariffs on Solar Panels
This sets up a clash between the Biden administration as the president previously initiated to halt tariffs.
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Electrify America's Interim CEO Tests 28 Charging Stations Across the Country
Barrosa tested 28 Electricy America charging stations as his first assignment before becoming the company president and CEO.
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White House Calls Chiefs from Google, Microsoft, OpenAI, Anthropic to Discuss AI in Meeting
This meeting will be going through a "frank discussion" about artificial intelligence and its risks as it rapidly develops every day.
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Samsung Bans Usage of AI Tools After Employees Leaked Confidential Data to ChatGPT
This effort comes as Samsung is concerned that data transmitted to AI platforms will be stored on external servers.
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White House Investigates Companies on Using Automated Tools to Monitor Its Workers
This effort aims to advance the government's understanding of the design and impacts of the used technologies.
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Vice Media Prepares to File for Bankruptcy
Vice failed to look for a buyer despite having more than five interested companies to acquire the digital-media group.
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Meta’s Ad Platform Experiences Glitch, Causing Ad Campaigns to Overspend
Advertisers were charged more than double what they agreed to pay, ranging from hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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US Defense Dept. Develops Wearable with Real-Time Infection Prediction
The wearable devices will enable early detection up to 48 hours before symptoms appear. The United States Department of Defense invented a wearable that predicts infections in real-time.
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[UPDATE] Brazil Lifts Telegram Suspension for Non-Compliance with Court Order
Judge Flavio Lucas believed that a complete suspension is unreasonable to do so. After imposing a temporary suspension earlier this week for its non-compliance in data demand regarding extremist and neo-nazi chat groups on the platform, a federal appeals court lifted the country-wide ban against Telegram.
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California Approves Phasing Out Diesel Trucks by 2036
The Advanced Clean Fleets regulation is California's second and the world's first to require all new commercial trucks to be electric.
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NIO Suggests Unique Approach to Replace EV Batteries, Swapping Depleted Batteries for New Ones
This will make the charging time more similar to refilling a gas engine vehicle as it only takes minutes.
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[UPDATE] Lyft Orders Return-To-Office Setup to Remote Employees
Lyft CEO Risher argued that things move faster when employees work in the office. Employees will now be required to come back to the office at least three days a week.
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Lyft Lays Off 26% of its Workforce in a New Restructuring Plan
This decision will cost Lyft $41 million up to $47 million in severance and employee benefits. As Lyft announced impending layoffs next week, the company now is taking action by cutting 26% of its workforce, affecting 1,072 employees.
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Oklahoma Becomes Enel North America's Preferred Choice for Its US Solar Cell Factory
This will be one of the largest factories to produce solar cells in the United States. Oklahoma has been named by Enel North America as its preferred location for its 3-gigawatt solar panel and cell factory.
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New York’s Mass Transit System Curbs Relationship with Twitter After Price Increase
This will end the real-time service updates and information to riders for the city's subway, train, and bus.
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Brazilian Court Orders Temporary Suspension for Telegram Over Neo-Nazi Groups
Telegram failed to provide the requested information by the federal police regarding the neo-Nazi chat groups on the platform.
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IEA Predicts Electric Vehicle Sales to Increase by 35% in 2023
More than 2.3 million EVs have already been sold in the first quarter. As the Global Electric Vehicle Outlook 2023 reported a 55% increase in 2022 for the global sales of electric vehicles, this growth is expected to continue increasing this year by 35% to 14 million vehicles sold.
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YouTube Music Receives Overwhelming Votes to Unionize in Landmark Election
The overwhelming votes were described as a historic moment as it could represent Alphabet's first time negotiating directly with a labor group.
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Great Grandfather: Researchers Find New Challenger to the World's Oldest Tree
The tree contains a trunk that measures four meters in diameter and 28 meters tall. The world's oldest tree is currently located in Eastern California called the Methuselah, a 4,853-year-old Great Basin Bristlecone Pine.
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Grimes Suggests Using Her Voice for AI Voice Tracks, Splitting Royalties to 50%
While the industry is in shambles with the spread of fake AI-generated songs, Grimes ran in the other direction.
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Apple Declares Victory in Epic Games’ App Store Lawsuit
The court rejected nine out of ten claims of Epic, which believes that Apple violated several antitrust laws.
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Tether to Retrieve All Lost Market Value, In Part by US Crackdown
Retrieving almost all of its lost market value just proves Tether's dominance in the crypto market.
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Scientists Use New Tracking Technology for Desert Ants, Revealing Interesting Conclusions
CATER or Combined Animal Tracking & Environment Reconstruction is now being used by scientists to discover the foraging lives of desert ants.
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US Calls South Korean Chipmakers to Not Fill Any Market Gaps if China Bans Micron Chips
Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix were both asked by Washington to hold back boosting sales to China.
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Comcast Announces NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell’s Departure Over Inappropriate Behavior
Shell joined the company in 2004 to oversee Fox cable channels and became NBCU's CEO in January 2020.
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California Reaches EV Target Sales Two Years Ahead
The target was set by former Governor Jerry Brown in 2012 when there was only one fully-electric vehicle in the market.
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Google’s Long-Planned Mega Campus Pauses Construction in San Jose
Downton West Facility in San Jose is poised to be a mega campus, with thousands of new housing units and 15 acres of public parks.
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Taiwan Calls Out US Officials for Describing Chip Reliance as Untenable, Unsafe
Taiwanese officials believe that the administration is going too far with these statements. Taiwanese officials have urged the officials of the US to tone down their rhetoric statements about the risk and danger of relying on chips made by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.
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Tesla Launches Trip Planner Updated Version to its Mobile App
This has been requested by Tesla owners for a long time now because of its functionality and how convenient the feature is.
