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Wes Davis

Wes Davis

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    Tesla allegedly misled investors about California factory injuries.

    New documents from California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal / OSHA) show that Tesla underreported injuries at its Fremont, California plant from 2015 to 2019, according to Bloomberg. And during an October 2018 earnings call, CEO Elon Musk misrepresented OSHA’s findings:

    Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk said... Cal/OSHA had investigated the company and concluded it had not been underreporting injuries. Last month, Tesla said a review by the agency showed its record-keeping was 99% accurate.

    But Cal/OSHA wasn’t focused on verifying the overall accuracy of Tesla’s injury record-keeping when it inspected the company in 2018, according to Frank Polizzi, a spokesman.

    It’s not the first time Tesla has misrepresented a regulator’s position.

    Cal / OSHA reportedly issued Tesla a $400 (yes, four hundred) citation in December over 14 injuries or illnesses the company hadn’t logged. Tesla is appealing the citation.

    Tesla Sent Incomplete Injury Reports, California Regulator Says

    [Bloomberg.com]

    Evernote has laid off most of its US staff and will move most operations to EuropeEvernote has laid off most of its US staff and will move most operations to Europe
    Wes Davis
    Wes Davis
    “An ancient network” of lead-sheathed telecoms cables are leaching into the environment.

    A massive report by The Wall Street Journal published today found lead-insulated cables that were installed decades ago by telecoms companies are often poisoning the ground and nearby water. And the risk was known:

    “Underground cable presents real possibilities for overexposure” for workers removing them, AT&T said in a 2010 presentation about employee safety at an industry conference. “Some older metropolitan areas may still have over 50% lead cable,” it added.

    It could be why lead is still detectable in more than half of children under the age of six:

    “A new, uncontrolled source of lead like old telephone cables may partly explain” why children continue to have lead in their blood, said Jack Caravanos, an environmental public-health professor at New York University, who assisted the Journal in its research. “We never knew about it so we never acted on it, unlike lead in paint and pipes.”

    The CDC says no level of lead is safe for children.

    America Is Wrapped in Miles of Toxic Lead Cables

    [WSJ]

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    Wes Davis
    Some of Snapchat’s creators are doing well for themselves.

    Snap, Inc., the company that owns Snapchat, started beta-testing a revenue-sharing program last year called Snap Stars, where it injects ads into videos and splits the revenue with its creators.

    Since April, it’s opened that program up to all eligible creators, and some creators are apparently doing quite well, according to The Wall Street Journal.

    Adam Waheed, a creator with 12 million subscribers on YouTube, joined the program in February and said he now earns six figures a month posting on the platform.

    Snap’s Push to Tempt Creators Seems to Be Working

    [WSJ]

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    Wes Davis
    Twitter’s traffic is taking a dive, according to Cloudflare’s CEO.

    Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince posted a graph to both Threads and Twitter today (Cloudflare’s communications VP Daniella Vallurupalli confirmed it was him) showing what he says is Twitter’s DNS ranking from January to now.

    It’s, uh, not a great story!

    Twitter alternative Threads, meanwhile, has been growing explosively — it’s less than three million from the 100 million user mark. It debuted on Wednesday.

    Sarah Silverman is suing OpenAI and Meta for copyright infringementSarah Silverman is suing OpenAI and Meta for copyright infringement
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    Wes Davis
    There’s a way to install Threads on Windows 11, if that’s important to you.

    Windows Central shows you how to get the Threads app installed using Windows Subsystem for Android, a feature that allows you to install and use Android apps on your Windows 11 machine.

    Threads, sort of a spin-off of Instagram that wants to be the new Twitter, reached 95 million users overnight after less than a week, wildly outpacing other, similar clones.

    How to get and install Threads by Instagram on your desktop Windows 11 PC

    [Windows Central]

    Apple may be ‘experimenting’ with a 32-inch iMac, but don’t expect one soonApple may be ‘experimenting’ with a 32-inch iMac, but don’t expect one soon
    Google’s medical AI chatbot is already being tested in hospitalsGoogle’s medical AI chatbot is already being tested in hospitals
    Wes Davis
    Wes Davis
    ChatGPT’s user base shrank by 10% last month.

    Traffic to ChatGPT’s website fell significantly, according to The Washington Post’s reporting on data from web traffic tracker SimilarWeb (via Gizmodo). Downloads of the ChatGPT iOS app have also fallen, says the story.

    The Post speculates about why, saying perhaps interest is waning or it’s because the college students are home for the summer.

    Who knows? Maybe it’s just that you can talk to AI chatbots seemingly everywhere, now.

    ChatGPT loses users for first time, shaking faith in AI revolution

    [Washington Post]

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