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As more automakers put their self-driving vehicle models on the road, experts are sounding the alarm that some of these cars may be doing drivers more harm than good. Elon Musk’s Tesla won’t be the only game in town when it comes to self-driving cars for the next few years. The number of cars in the world with autonomous driving…

Sam Bankman-Fried has contacted witnesses, used a VPN and automatically deleted messages on Signal, but prosecutors still don’t want to revoke his bail. Instead, U.S. Assistant Attorney Nicolas Roos argued in a hearing Thursday that SBF’s access to devices and the internet should be severely restricted as he awaits trial on charges including wire fraud and violations of campaign finance…

Nearly a year after Bruce Willis’ family announced he was retiring from acting after being diagnosed with aphasia, his family say his “condition is advanced.” In a statement released Thursday, the 67-year-old actor’s family said Willis has a more specific diagnosis of frontotemporal dementia. “While this is painful, it is a relief to finally have a clear diagnosis,” the statement…

President Joe Biden said Thursday the US is developing “tighter rules” to track, monitor and possibly shoot down unknown airborne objects after three weeks of high-stakes drama sparked by the discovery of a suspected Chinese spy balloon , which traversed much of the country. The President has ordered National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan to lead a “cross-agency team” to review…

US Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh was named executive director of the NHL Players’ Association on Thursday, bringing a veteran union leader and former mayor of Boston in charge at a time of growing hockey revenues and with collective bargaining a few years away. The NHLPA said its board of directors, which includes representatives from all 32 clubs, unanimously approved…

Susan Wojcicki, a longtime Google executive who played a key role in founding the company, is stepping down as YouTube CEO after the past nine years at the helm of the video site that transformed entertainment, culture and politics. In an email to YouTube employees shared publicly on Thursday, Wojcicki, 54, said she is leaving to “start a new chapter…

Billionaire investor George Soros has said he fears for the future of humanity unless more radical action is taken to combat climate change. In a speech to the Munich Security Conference, Soros supported the idea of ​​using experimental geosolar technologies to protect the Arctic from melting and an overhaul of international finance to address the challenge ahead. The melting of…

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Credit card debt skyrocketed in the last three months of 2022 as Americans shop through the holidays and potentially run into financial troubles. According to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s quarterly household debt report, Americans’ collective credit card balances totaled $986 billion at the end of last year, up $61 billion from the previous quarter. Overall, US household…

Google is lost and could be brought down by a lack of urgency, argued a former employee who sold his company to the tech giant. Praveen Seshadri, whose company AppSheet was acquired by Google in early 2020, joined the tech giant just before the pandemic hit. The purchase price wasn’t publicly disclosed, but TechCrunch reported at the time that AppSheet…