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Archives for December 2024

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Barbara Krasnoff
Allison Johnson
Allison Johnson
Oppo-rtunity knocks.

OnePlus’ new flagship device is already available in China, and now we know when it’s getting a US release. The company has a “Winter Launch Event” scheduled for 10:30AM ET on January 7th — the first day of CES. Guess we won’t have to wait long to get a closer look at that fetching navy vegan leather option!

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Richard Lawler
Richard Lawler
Nima Momeni convicted of murdering Cash App founder Bob Lee.

Cash App creator and former Square CTO Bob Lee died in April 2023 after being stabbed under the Bay Bridge in San Francisco.

Now, after a two-month trial, the New York Times, KRON4, and ABC7 Bay Area report that the jury deliberated for a week before finding Momeni, a tech consultant, guilty of second-degree murder.

Umar Shakir
Umar Shakir
Mercedes-Benz’s Level 3 driver assist system can go faster on the Autobahn.

The automaker has received the green light to push new Drive Pilot software that enables its cars to operate as fast as 95km/h (just shy of 60mph) on the Autobahn.

Level 3 autonomous systems still require a driver behind the wheel, but they can go hands-free and even distract themselves by doing something else, like watching a movie.

drive pilot informational, says drive pilot is “the world’s fastest SAE level 3 system.”
It’s a free update over the air or can be installed at a dealership.
Image: Mercedes-Benz
Kylie Robison
Kylie Robison
Anthropic’s X account got hacked.

Per the company’s incident page, a hacker accessed Anthropic’s official X account, sharing two crypto coins (that are, of course, a scam). Anthropic says it has “identified the root cause” of the hack, adding that no Anthropic systems or services were affected.

Update, December 17th: Added Anthropic’s X post.