License Plate Cameras Will Soon Track Phones, Wearables, Infotainment, and Even Your Pets

submitted by LuminousLuddite to technology
220 points | 32 comments
https://www.thedrive.com/news/license-plate-cameras-will-soon-track-phones-wearables-infotainment-and-even-your-pets

Defense contractor Leonardo is promoting a new technology called SignalTrace that will package plate cameras with sensors that can scrape unique identifiers tied to your smart devices and make that data available…

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Waymo Pulled Its Cars From the Freeway After One Fled Police With Horrified Couple on Board

submitted by other_cat to technology
109 points | 32 comments
https://futurism.com/advanced-transport/waymo-pulled-cars-freeway-fled-police

“This is it. We’re dead. We’re going to die right here in the Waymo.”

This combined with another recent article from some insiders at Tesla saying, along the lines, “You couldn’t pay me to let one of these things drive me somewhere.”

And yet I still know…

After Traffic Stop for Phone in Right Hand, She Called Out the Problem

submitted by silence7 to nottheonion
1 points | 32 comments
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/28/us/florida-deputy-tickets-woman-missing-hand.html?unlocked_article_code=1.mFA.t_Uh.oK91ck2FIyC9

But before [the deputy] could get very far with his explanation, Ms. Thomas held up her right arm. There was no phone in it. There had never been a phone in it because she has no right hand.

King Charles tells Britain to weather the cost of living crisis whilst wearing a hat worth 5 billion pounds.

submitted by Maeve to worldnews
209 points | 32 comments

And I watched a video yesterday that perfectly encapsulated everything that is wrong with Britain. The whole thing. A lifetime of systemic failure, of grotesque inequality, of ruling-class contempt disguised as concern, all of it distilled into a single glittering, nauseating image.

There he was. King Charles III. Dressed in his…

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Am I crazy not to trust Chinese developed games ?

submitted by 64bithero to privacy
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There is no question over the last 10 years the quality and production level of Chinese developed games has seem to sky rocket. Many of these games even being free to play. But honestly I haven’t played a single one. For the same reasons I refused to download TikTok.

China is a well known surveillance state. I worry downloading and…

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Trump ‘pleased to announce’ 25% hike on EU auto tariffs effective next week

submitted by TheTimeKnife to europe
95 points | 32 comments
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-eu-tariff-autos-car-truck-imports-b2969083.html

President Donald Trump has announced he plans to increase a tariff on cars and trucks imported from the European Union effective next week, a move that could jolt the world economy at a fragile moment. “I am pleased to…

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