📉Ford Slashes Price of Electric F-150 as Demand Weakens
Plus: Facebook, Instagram face Norwegian ban from tracking users for ads, Elon Musk says his AI company is more trustworthy than OpenAI, Google and more...
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Ford Slashes Price of Electric F-150 as Demand Weakens Ford Slashes Price of Electric F-150 as Demand Weakens, Ford Motor on Monday reduced prices of its F-150 Lightning electric pickup truck by between $6,000… (Neal E. Boudette / The New York Times)
"Ford Slashes Price of Electric F-150 as Demand Weakens" - Joey Confrey (@RealJoeyConfrey)
Facebook, Instagram face Norwegian ban from tracking users for ads Social media giants Facebook and Instagram will soon be temporarily banned in Norway from tracking users online to target them with advertising (Clothilde Goujard / POLITICO)
@facebook and @instagram will soon be temporarily banned in Norway from tracking users online to target them with advertising, following an order from Norway's Data Protection Authority - Rasha Abdul-Rahim (@Rasha_Abdul)
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Elon Musk says his AI company is more trustworthy than OpenAI, Google Elon Musk says his new AI company will rigorously pursue the truth. In a Twitter Spaces, the billionaire called it dangerous to train AI to be politically correct. He said his own company, xAI, would allow AI models to be truthful (Beatrice Nolan / Insider)
Elon Musk says people can trust his new AI company more than OpenAI and Google. Oh! yeah! of course - Prof. Ahmed Banafa (@BanafaAhmed)
The sun is shining on Montreal’s startup scene. Long may it last Plunked in Montreal’s Old Port, the venue was smack in the middle of Montreal’s postcard-worthy charms, with Habitat 67, architect Moshe Safdie’s livable ode to brutalist Lego, just across the way (Martin Patriquin / The Logic)
The sun is shining on Montreal’s startup scene. Let's hope Quebec City doesn't mess it up - Roberto Rocha (@robroc)
This UM professor’s startup uses the power of light to combat violent threats Arwari has developed a product called Lightguard: a technology that uses intense flashlights as non-lethal defense from violent threats (Riley Kaminer / Refresh Miami)
This UM professor’s startup uses the power of light to combat violent threats - Maria Derchi (@MariaDerchi)
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