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Six Flags Closes 10 Rides After Fatal Roller Coaster Accident
Six Flags Entertainment Corp. said it would temporarily close 10 rides at its theme parks, including one that was involved in a fatal accident on Monday, amid a string of incidents at its facilities. ...
San Diego PD Considers Using AI to Write Police Reports
Earlier this year, the San Diego Police Department made headlines for a policy that prohibited officers from using artificial intelligence to produce police reports. Now, the department is opening ...
Nearly 50,000 Cars Damaged by Floods This Year: CARFAX
An estimated 48,000 vehicles in the U.S. may have already sustained flood damage from storms earlier this year, according to new CARFAX data. Storms between April and August impacted thousands of ...
Friend of Suspected FBI Data Thief Warned Teen Not to Hack Bureau
A friend of the suspected thief of a massive cache of personal data from the FBI says he begged the teenager not to do it. Adem El Adeb, 19, told Reuters that he tried to convince Saif al-Din Khader ...
Lyft to Pay $272M to Settle California Rideshare Drivers’ Wage Theft Lawsuit
A settlement has finally been reached in the six-year lawsuit California waged against the rideshare giant Lyft. The company will pay $272.5 million to settle claims that it committed wage theft ...
Satellites Study Hurricanes During El Niño
Last year, NASA and its European partners launched the Sentinel-6B satellite to improve hurricane forecasts, help protect infrastructure, and benefit commercial industries, according to NASA"s Jet ...
Flock Safety Will Cut Several Hundred Jobs Amid Surveillance Backlash
Flock Safety plans to let go of about 18% of its employees, people with direct knowledge of the plans said on Thursday, as the maker of AI-powered surveillance cameras and license-plate readers faces ...
Most Americans Think AI Is Developing Too Fast: Poll
Worries around artificial intelligence cross party lines, with the vast majority of Americans saying the U.S. government should prioritize keeping AI under human control and protecting workers. A new ...