New from 404 Media: a police report we obtained shows a Starship food delivery robot abruptly changed direction, ran into a person, and knocked her down/injured her. Robot then headed in her direction again. Company offered victim promo codes as apology

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Delivery Robot Knocked Over Pedestrian, Company Offered ‘Promo Codes’ to Apologize

When a Starship employee talked to the police, the report says, he asked for the employee’s information “so he could contact her and offer thei...

New from 404 Media: LinkedIn is training AI on users before updating its terms of service. People noticed a new setting on generative AI. I asked LinkedIn, they said they're updating their terms "shortly." They went ahead and trained AI w/o updating

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LinkedIn Is Training AI on User Data Before Updating Its Terms of Service

Multiple LinkedIn users on Wednesday noticed a setting that showed LinkedIn was using user data to improve its generative AI. LinkedIn told 404 Med...

Multiple experts we spoke to with experience recycling/handling lithium batteries say the pager explosions in Lebanon are likely not from just batteries alone; combination with explosives more likely

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Experts: Lebanon Pager Explosions Likely Not Lithium Batteries Alone

Lithium-ion battery fires are dangerous, but small batteries alone don't usually cause this much damage.