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California Senator Scott Wiener is used to pushback when he proposes laws aimed at reining in reckless drivers and improving road safety in his car-dependent state. But even he was caught off guard when, earlier this year, he introduced a new bill requiring a speed “governor” on all new cars sold in the

• A Qatar Airways Boeing 777 was delayed in Athens due to a technical issue in intense heat.
• Passengers endured 95-degree temperatures for three hours, per local reports.
• Videos shared online showed passengers fanning themselves and one shirtless man covered in sweat.

Dozens of passengers were filmed

Nothing makes a lot of earbuds, but the entry-level CMF Buds are among its best.

• Gen Zers are mocking Gen Alpha tweens, saying they are stunted when it comes to socializing.
• They have coined the term "blue light stare" to describe their reliance on screens. 
• Experts say these trends reflect deeper issues from the pandemic affecting young generations.

Intergenerational teasing seems inevitable

• The Consumer Price Index, an inflation measure, increased 3.3% year over year in May.
• That's just below the 3.4% rate in April and the forecast.
• The CPI was unexpectedly unchanged from April to May.

The year-over-year percent change in the Consumer Price Index in May came in just below the forecast and so did the percent change in core CPI.

A news release on Wednesday from

AI isn’t just running lots of your favorite software applications these days. In some parts of the world, it’s actually running for office.

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Waymo is voluntarily recalling its robotaxis after one of them collided with a telephone pole in an alley enroute to pick up a passenger, The Verge reported. The vehicle was unoccupied and no bystanders were injured.

At the time of the May 21st accident, the Waymo vehicle went through an alley lined with telephone poles mounted at street level rather than on a curb, with a yellow line showing

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Amid a global race for semiconductor leadership, an Aachen-based startup has raised €254.4mn for its chip technology in a big boost for the German as well as the European semiconductor sector. Brothers Daniel and Sebastian Schall launched Black Semiconductor in 2020, spinning it out from the University of Aachen. The startup is developing a new type of chip-connecting technology using graphene, a

• Ukraine used at least 10 US-supplied ATACMS to hit Russian air defenses in Crimea, per reports.
• Ukraine's Army General Staff said it hit an S-400 "Triumf" and two S-300 air-defense missile systems.
• This would be one of the first strikes Ukraine launched against Crimea

Elon Musk had sexual relations with a SpaceX intern who was later hired onto his executive staff as a troubleshooter, The Wall Street Journal reported. He also had an intimate relationship with a second employee and allegedly asked a third woman to have his babies, according to the report. When the latter refused, Musk denied her a raise and complained about her performance, according to the WSJ's

The new Apple Intelligence features coming to iOS 18 could be the most impressive integrations of AI software and consumer hardware to date. Apple’s AI tools will be able to take actions based on what they know about you, manage your notifications, and rewrite text. They’re the kinds of things that could make day-to-day use of your iPhone a