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The Browser Company makes no effort to hide its gleeful disdain for the reigning King of Search, also known as Google. It is openly taking aim at the tech giant’s advertising business with new features for Arc, its AI-powered web browser.

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• Richard Tornetta sued Tesla in 2018 over Elon Musk's $55 billion compensation plan.
• The Tesla shareholder is a former heavy metal drummer for the thrash-metal band Dawn of Correction.
• A Judge sided with Tornetta and struck down the pay package, calling it unfair to

Tesla’s latest massive recall is a weird one. It’s not about reported problems with sudden braking or driver monitoring alerts or seat belts. Nope, this one is all about font size.

It turns out that the font size for Tesla’s brake warning system is a bit too small. How small? Smaller than 3.2 millimeters, or one-eighth of an inch, as

Tesla is having to conduct another mass-scale recall of its electric vehicles. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration found that the font size on several instrument panel warning lights is too small per federal guidelines. As such, the company is recalling nearly 2.2 million EVs — almost every car it has sold in the US — to resolve the issue.

Thankfully, for both Tesla and its

The European Union’s member states have finally approved the world’s first comprehensive AI regulation. Ambassadors from all 27 countries reached a deal on the landmark AI Act today. The final text on the harmonised rules was agreed after lengthy negotiations between representations of the European Council, European Parliament, and European Commission. France, Germany, and Italy had all expressed

• Growing hope for an economic soft landing is misplaced, economist Ken Rogoff wrote this week. 
• The Harvard economist sees the runway for the economy in an "earthquake zone" in 2024. 
• The US faces a tough balancing act between controlling debt and inflation, he said. 

There's little reason to be optimistic about a soft-landing, as the economy is set to land in an "earthquake

• Firebrand Rep. Lauren Boebert is flirting with the idea of ousting Speaker Mike Johnson.
• She said on Steve Bannon's podcast she doesn't "want to get there, but we need leadership."
• Boebert previously had a hand ensuring any GOP member can file a motion to vacate the speaker.

Nearly four months after

• Meta and Amazon shares soared Friday.
• The Big Tech giants' gains came after they posted stellar results for the last three months of 2023.
• Apple had a rougher ride, dipping 3% at the opening bell as sales in China disappointed.

Meta Platforms and Amazon added more than a quarter of a trillion dollars to

Oxford PV has built the most efficient solar panel ever made. The solar cell can convert 25% of the sun’s energy it receives into electricity, compared to an industry average of between 15-20%.  The Oxford University spinout credits the breakthrough to its perovskite-on-silicon tandem solar cells. Perovskite, a calcium titanium oxide mineral, is better at absorbing light than the crystalline

Stealing the Vision Pro's thunder, Meta announced on Thursday that the Quest 3 headset will support not one, but two new features the Apple headset boasts.

This comes as Apple Vision Pro headsets officially hit store shelves on Friday.

Meta Quest 3 supports

• Russian military bloggers criticized Russian tactics in Ukraine, a US think tank said. 
• They said Russian troops continue to gather in large groups, enabling drones to target them. 
• Ukraine has used drones to counter Russia's manpower and equipment advantages. 

Russian

• Walmart has spent months testing and rolling out a facial recognition tool to verify its Spark drivers.
• But some say the feature didn't recognize them, leading Walmart to deactivate their accounts.
• Some Spark drivers appear to be using accounts under other peoples' names, Business Insider previously reported.

Last Thursday, Walmart