Police won’t fine Elon Musk for illegally livestreaming while driving

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When Elon Musk livestreamed a drive through Palo Alto, California on Friday afternoon, he was holding his phone — which is plainly and clearly illegal under California law. But the Palo Alto Police Department won’t be issuing a fine, it tells The Verge, because police didn’t witness the crime themselves.

“Had an officer observed the

5 Chinese brands that have crept into your life and are flipping the narrative on Chinese-made goods

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People walk by installations advertising Vivo X Fold 2 foldable smartphone and X Flip foldable smartphone at The Bund on April 11, 2023 in Shanghai, China.
Tech installations in Shanghai.

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  • Some Chinese brands have managed to make it big overseas despite geopolitical sensitivities.
  • Such brands have even upset previous industry leaders to creep into the mainstream.
  • TikTok, Lenovo, and DJI are a few Chinese brands that have thrived outside China.
Some Chinese brands have upset previous market leaders in their fields.
Teachers and students use a plant protection drone to spray insecticides on rice plants in Chongqing, China, July 5, 2023.
Teachers and students
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I hate walking, so I tried to rewire my habits with a free app. It works — but I'm still torn about recommending it for 3 reasons.

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Yes, I'm very proud of my planet collection.

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  • Walkr is a Taiwanese gamification app that incentivizes users to walk by rewarding them with planets.
  • In my experience though, the app motivates you to walk more through peer pressure than gamification.
  • Much as I loved my experience of using it, I think this won't be everyone's cup of tea.

The core premise of "Walkr: Fitness Space

Google's new sustainability APIs can estimate solar, pollutant and pollen production

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Way back in 2015, Google launched Project Sunroof, an ingenious Maps layer that combined location, sunlight and navigation data to show how much energy solar panels installed on a home’s roof might generate — it could be your house, could be your neighbor's, didn’t matter because Google mapped it out for virtually every house on the planet. This was a clever way to both help advance the company’s

Amazon CEO reportedly told remote employees: ‘It’s probably not going to work out’

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Amazon CEO Andy Jassy has a message to employees who don’t want to return to the office: “It’s not going to work out for you.” That’s according to a report from Insider, which says Jassy made that statement during a meeting earlier this month.

While Amazon ordered its employees to return to the office for three days per week