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Amrita Khalid

Amrita Khalid

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    Cybertruck owner reveals Tesla’s very riveting fix for pedal problems.

    A Tesla delivery center in Virginia reportedly has a way to deal with the now-recalled accelerator pedal on Cybertrucks.

    In a Facebook post, Jim McGlone wrote that they installed a temporary rivet to secure the pad that might slip off and get stuck. With that in place, he picked up his new Cybertruck yesterday after it had been in a “containment hold.”

    Screenshot of a Facebook post showing the nailed-down Tesla Cybertruck pedal cover.
    Image: Jim McGlone (Facebook)
    Amrita Khalid
    Amrita Khalid
    TikTok’s infamous algorithm and its link to a failed real estate app.

    Zhang Yiming founded ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, but previously served as the CEO of 99Fang, a Chinese home finder startup with “very powerful” tech for search, image processing, and recommendations.

    Now, The New York Times reports that former contractors suing Susquehanna, an investor in both companies, claim technology they developed for 99Fang was used to create TikTok without compensating them.

    Amrita Khalid
    Amrita Khalid
    Apple’s iPhone recycling program is riddled with theft and waste.

    In 2020, Apple sued a recycling partner after more than 11,000 pounds of gadgets disappeared. But a Bloomberg report reveals that workers pilfering iPhones isn’t the only problem with Apple’s recycling program.

    The company regularly ordered the recycling partner to destroy “tens of thousands” of refurbishable devices, legal filings show. Such waste occurs regularly throughout the globe.

    Amrita Khalid
    Amrita Khalid
    The new Firefly AI-powered Adobe Express app is now available.

    As we saw in the beta release this new version of Adobe Express packs the same creative, editing, and generative AI features that desktop users have into an iOS and Android app.

    It’s free to use, but to access Firefly and the full suite of editing tools you’ll need a $10 per month Premium membership.

    Amrita Khalid
    Amrita Khalid
    Documentarians are weighing the ethics of using AI to create synthetic voices or fake historical footage.

    The deepfaked voice of Anthony Bourdain in Roadrunner is just one controversial application of AI in documentaries, and now the Archival Producers Alliance has drafted some “best practices.”

    It’s calling for filmmakers to be “transparent” to viewers, to get consent from human subjects, and to prioritize primary sources. The group hopes to issue final guidelines this summer.

    Amrita Khalid
    Amrita Khalid
    TikTok is paying users in France 38 cents to spend an hour on its platform.

    It hopes to recruit more EU users through a new rewards app called TikTok Lite that offers cash incentives.

    Le Monde gives us a first look at the app where users earn “coins” for their activities on TikTok. A daily target of 3,600 coins (or €0.36 or $0.38) is reportedly equal to an hour of consuming content. Liking three videos? 150 coins.

    A screenshot of the French version of TikTok’s new reward app TikTok Lite by Le Monde.
    A screenshot of the French version of TikTok’s new reward app TikTok Lite by Le Monde.
    Le Monde