Roughly 50 staffers at Fauna — the startup behind the three-and-a-half foot tall bipedal machine called Sprout — will now be joining the e-commerce giant. While Bloomberg reports that Amazon isn’t planning to deploy the robot in its operations, leaked documents have already revealed Amazon’s goal to replace 600,000 future workers with automation.
Alongside supply constraints and AI regulations, requirements for devices in the European Union to have removable batteries by 2027 are holding back plans to launch Ray-Ban Display smart glasses in the region. Meta is reportedly discussing possible workarounds with the EU.
A newer version of the DarkSword exploit that targets devices running iOS 18.4 to 18.6.2 has appeared on GitHub. About 34 percent of iPhone and 43 percent of iPad users are still running iOS 18 or earlier, according to Apple, which issued an emergency patch on March 11th. Update your devices, folks!
The update — which also adds Android Auto support — allows owners to lock or unlock Kwikset smart locks directly from their vehicle’s dashboard. It’s not the first door lock to be accessible in CarPlay, but there aren’t many around. You can find out more about supported devices and setup here.
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