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Andrew J. Hawkins
Andrew J. Hawkins
VW tells ID.4 owners to limit charging to 80 percent or risk ‘thermal propagation.’

Charging the vehicle over 80 percent “may trigger thermal propagation within the high-voltage battery,” VW says. “If thermal propagation occurs, it may result in a vehicle fire.” If owners opt out, VW may decide to limit the charging through a remote vehicle setting. The recall affects 22,524 ID.4 vehicles built between January 2023 and February 2025.

Justine Calma
Justine Calma
Texas is still permitting data centers despite a supposed statewide moratorium.

Governor Greg Abbott announced a permitting pause for data centers in September. But state agencies are still processing permits, according to an analysis of public records by advocacy groups Public Citizen and FracTracker. The governor’s office, however, denies approving any data center-related permits.

Jay Peters
Jay Peters
Here’s more of Time’s John Ternus interview.

I highlighted a couple of Time’s clips last week, but it published a nine-and-a-half-minute video today from a conversation with Apple’s new CEO. He doesn’t say anything earth-shattering, but it’s an opportunity to see and hear more from the person now steering Apple forward.

Time also published a written profile last week.

Lauren Feiner
Lauren Feiner
Meta’s longtime policy chief Joel Kaplan is leaving.

After 15 years at Meta, the George W. Bush White House alum is exiting, Axios reports, amid a midterm election where Democrats are expected to win back more control in Washington. Kaplan will stay through 2027 to help with the transition, though, which will include bipartisan external affairs executives.

Jay Peters
Jay Peters
Elon Musk, USB-C fan.

Wonder why he tweeted this yesterday, maybe he suddenly had to charge his phone?

Emma Roth
Emma Roth
Zoom is launching a new “deepfake risk detection” tool for video calls.

The feature analyzes video and audio signals to determine whether they “may have been altered outside of Zoom.” The video conferencing app is also launching a tool that uses AI to make presenters “appear more engaged,” as well as an AI-powered feature that smooths out voices and accents in real time.

The new features are launching in December 2026.