Struggling Chinese EV brands go global to flee brutal price war at home

Backlash against Neta Auto in Thailand underscores risks of companies expanding abroad too soon.

Rest of World • 3h

'Autofocus' specs promise sharp vision, near or far

Start-up firms and researchers are working on lenses that can change their focus.

BBC: Tech • 14h

Pro basketball player and 4 youths arrested in connection to ransomware crimes

Suspects were allegedly involved in a string of ransomware breaches.

Ars Technica • 15h

EFF Tells Virginia Court That Constitutional Privacy Protections Forbid Cops from Finding out Everyone Who Searched for a Keyword

This post was co-authored by EFF legal intern Noam Shemtov. We are in a constant dialogue with Internet search engines, ranging from the mundane to the confessional. We ask search engines everything: What movies are playing (and which are worth seeing)? Where’s the nearest

EFF • 17h

No Face, No Case: California’s S.B. 627 Demands Cops Show Their Faces

Across the country, people are collecting and sharing footage of masked law enforcement officers from both federal and local agencies deputized to do so-called immigration enforcement: arresting civilians, in some cases violently and/or warrantlessly . That footage is part of

EFF • 18h

Musk’s Grok 4 launches one day after chatbot generated Hitler praise on X

xAI claims new multi-agent model hits top benchmarks as Nazi controversy lingers.

Ars Technica • 21h

Axon’s Draft One is Designed to Defy Transparency

Axon Enterprise’s Draft One — a generative artificial intelligence product that writes police reports based on audio from officers’ body-worn cameras — seems deliberately designed to avoid audits that could provide any accountability to the public, an EFF investigation has

EFF • 21h

EFF's Guide to Getting Records About Axon's Draft One AI-Generated Police Reports

The moment Axon Enterprise announced a new product, Draft One, that would allow law enforcement officers to use artificial intelligence to automatically generate incident report narratives based on body-worn camera audio, everyone in the police accountability community

EFF • 21h

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