George Betak 🇪🇺🇺🇸
georgebetak.bsky.social
George Betak 🇪🇺🇺🇸
@georgebetak.bsky.social
"The company should add sensors under the cars and have a way for people outside its vehicles to communicate with them" 🎁
How Kit Kat Was Killed: Video Shows What a Robot Taxi Couldn’t See
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:11 PM
US probes reports Waymo self-driving cars illegally passed school buses 19 times in Texas
Waymo’s robotaxis are under investigation for passing stopped school buses
The Austin School District wants it to halt operations around schools.
www.theverge.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:03 PM
More media consolidation. The thinking is that consumers would pay less if Netflix and HBO Max were bundled. Over 75% of HBO Max subscribers currently also pay for Netflix. 🎁
Exclusive | Paramount Raises Concerns About Netflix’s Bid for Warner Bros. Discovery
David Ellison’s company turns up the heat with a pair of letters as suitors prepare fresh bids.
www.wsj.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:51 AM
"The ink remains trapped in the lymph nodes, which leads to a continuous cycle of uptake and cell death and gradually impairs the immune system’s ability to defend itself. Tattoo ink also changes how the body reacts to vaccinations."
Swiss study shows effect of tattoo ink on mouse defence system
Swiss mouse study shows how tattoo ink alters how the body reacts to vaccinations.
www.swissinfo.ch
December 3, 2025 at 3:40 PM
"Currently, cops in California can’t cite a car without a driver.
The law is about to change."
Waymo’s Self-Driving Cars Are Suddenly Behaving Like New York Cabbies
Autonomous vehicles are adopting humanlike qualities, making illegal U-turns and flooring it the second the light goes green.
www.wsj.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:13 AM
"Modi’s political opponents and privacy advocates criticized the move, saying it is a way for the government to gain access to India’s 730 million smartphones"
India orders device makers to put government-run security app on all phones
Apple will refuse to preload state-run “snooping” app on iPhones, report says.
arstechnica.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:15 AM
"First Street’s climate risk scores first appeared on Realtor.com in 2020, where they remain. They also still appear on Redfin and and Homes.com"
Zillow drops climate risk scores after agents complained of lost sales | TechCrunch
The move is a loss for homebuyers, who through Zillow had ready access to a property's climate risk scores from First Street.
techcrunch.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:16 PM
"The fee is a notable increase from the $18 payment the T.S.A. was recently considering." 🎁
Traveling Without a Real ID? That’ll Cost You $45.
www.nytimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:09 AM
"For all the alleged complexity of generative AI, at their core they really are models of language."
Cutting-edge research shows language is not the same as intelligence. The entire AI bubble is built on ignoring it.

Read more from @benjaminriley.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
November 26, 2025 at 7:09 AM
"COP itself has become an annual punching bag and synecdoche for climate inaction more broadly."
November 24, 2025 at 3:57 PM
"Throughout this spring and summer, ChatGPT acted as a yes-man echo chamber for some people. They came back daily, for many hours a day, with devastating consequences."🎁
For the last few months, we've been talking to current and former employees of OpenAI to understand what went wrong with ChatGPT this year and how the company is fixing it. Here's the story: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/t...
What OpenAI Did When ChatGPT Users Lost Touch With Reality
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:30 PM
"The UK is a global leader in offshore wind power, with five of the world’s largest wind farms off its shores."
Great Britain breaks wind power generation record - edie
The National Energy System Operator (NESO) has announced that Great Britain has set a new maximum wind generation record on 11 November 2025, generating 22,711MW of electricity – enough energy to powe...
www.edie.net
November 22, 2025 at 11:33 PM