New York City is planning on adding two surveillance cameras to its subway cars, around 13,000 in total. The Gothamist pointed out governor Kathy Hochul’s (frankly incredible) remarks about the move.
She said the similarity to 1984’s Big Brother is intentional. “If you’re concerned about this, best answer is don’t commit any crimes on the subways.”
The FCC has given Lynk, one of the companies competing with SpaceX, T-Mobile, and Apple, a license to operate a commercial satellite-to-mobile communication service (though currently it’s only for coverage outside the US).
Lynk will still have to find a mobile carrier to work with and get FCC approval for that specific service, but it’s now cleared an important hurdle — plus, the company’s CEO told Fierce Wireless that it’s currently “working with testing” for two US carriers.
[Fierce Wireless]
iFixit’s teardown of the iPhone 14 Pro gives us a look at what’s behind the Dynamic Island, and does a good job of demonstrating why the regular iPhone 14’s removable back glass is so nice.
We also get to see what’s taken the place of the SIM slot: a bare PCB, and a plastic spacer. So useful!
Rolling Stone interviewed five women involved in the several sexual harassment lawsuits against the automaker.
Hearing them describe how they were treated, and how Tesla failed to defend them (and sometimes actively punished them) is difficult.
[Rolling Stone]
According to TechCrunch, the Department of Justice will be allowed to argue its concerns about the original ruling during the appeal trial.
The DOJ is worried the decision as it stands could make future antitrust cases more difficult — which is especially important considering reports that it’s working on its own antitrust action against Apple.
