California State

Reuters

(Reuters) - California's Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) has digitized 42 million car titles using blockchain technology in a bid to detect fraud and smoothen the title transfer process, the agency's technology partners exclusively told Reuters on Tuesday.

California DMV puts 42 million car titles on blockchain to fight fraud

Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News!. It’s funny — this article idea came to mind just before I saw Steve Hanley’s latest piece. That article was focused on a survey of US auto dealerships showing that they are not particularly eager or excited to sell EVs. I wasn’t specifically thinking about auto dealerships, but something has been irking me for several months and a recent conversation helped me to pinpoint the issue a little better and create a story about it, and auto dealerships are definitely part of that story.

EV Skeptics Clinging to Anything to Try to Deny Obvious Tech Transition

Business Insider

Even if such deals as Google's arrangement with Character.AI are widely disliked, they are very much here to stay.

'These are not normal;' A new type of dealmaking for AI startups is rattling Silicon Valley

In theory, you don’t need a whole separate marketplace to do this. And yes, you can definitely buy or sell a bike on Facebook or Craigslist already. But Trade My Spin’s CEO Ari Kimmelfeld told TechCrunch that when he tried to buy a used Peloton bike himself, he saw that the process was incredibly inconvenient, because you’re making a big payment on a product that you might not be able to test out.

TechCrunch Minute: Trade My Spin takes the pain out of selling used Pelotons

Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News!. CDK Global is a data company with a strong focus on serving the needs of the auto dealers. After the handshake that seals the deal, there are a lot of digital communications that go on in the back office between dealerships, lenders, motor vehicle registries, and manufacturers. CDK Global manages many of those communications, which is why when its systems failed in June, it crippled operations at many dealerships that depend on CDK Global services to get paid. In a survey released at the end of July, the company claimed that about half of car dealers in America have little to no interest in selling electric cars and have not put any effort into training their sales staff to do so.

It’s Hard To Sell Electric Cars If You Don’t Understand What They Are

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NewsNinja

"They accidentally gave us 2 washers and a dryer when we only ordered 1 of each". Last month, Lowe’s experienced a glitch that lowered the price of its $2,300 Midea jumbo capacity refrigerator to just $169.

‘Lowe’s messed up’: Shopper says they got $2,300 fridge at Lowe’s for just $169

New York Post

Cisco will cut thousands of jobs in a second round of layoffs this year as the networking equipment maker shifts focus to higher-growth areas, including cybersecurity and AI, people familiar with the matter said.

The number of people affected could be similar to or slightly higher than the 4,000 employees Cisco laid off in February, and will likely be announced as early as Wednesday with the company’s fourth-quarter results, said the sources, who were not authorized to speak publicly.

Reuters exclusively reported the job cuts that San Jose, California-based Cisco announced in February, prior to the company announcing it.



Stellantis to cut nearly 2.5K union workers as Ram...

Cisco axing thousands of jobs in second round of layoffs amid shift to AI: report

Entrepreneur

Alexandr Wang dropped out of MIT to create his own AI startup. His net worth is now $2 billion.

These Are the AI Skills You Should Learn Right Now, According to the World's Youngest Self-Made Billionaire

South Carolina State

Colleton County, SC

Explore Beaufort SC

Some beachgoers were in for a surprise this week when a bizarre looking prehistoric fish washed ashore in Colleton County along Edisto Beach at Edisto Beach State Park. It turned out to be an atlantic sturgeon.

Rare Atlantic sturgeon washes ashore on South Carolina beach

Ocilla, GA

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Daily Coffee Press

Last Thursday, agents from the South Central Drug Task Force (SCDTF) made an arrest following a successful execution of a search warrant at a residence in Ocilla. According to officials, the search yielded a significant quantity of drugs, including tablets suspected to contain fentanyl, associated with a criminal street gang.

Successful Drug Bust in Ocilla Leads to Arrest Linked to 'Local Criminal Street Gang'

Wojcicki, one of the most prominent women in Silicon Valley, spent nearly two decades helping transform Google from the search engine startup that was launched in her garage to a global tech behemoth. At YouTube, which Google acquired in 2006, Wojcicki helmed operations for nearly a decade, before stepping down...

Former YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki dies of cancer aged 56

All of the investments made this year by Bezos' family office — called Bezos Expeditions — have been in artificial intelligence, according to data provided to CNBC by FINTRX, a private wealth intelligence platform. Bezos Expeditions has always tilted heavily toward tech. Fully 70% of the family office's...

Jeff Bezos' family office is making big investments in AI

Saint Johns County, FL

Jacksonville Today

Just five days after FCC Environmental Services officially became its new trash hauler , St. Johns County may drop them. The move comes after what one County Commissioner called an “unmitigated disaster” of a first week for the company.

St. Johns may ditch new trash hauler after ‘disastrous’ start

Jacksonville, FL

Rose Matthews says she can hear the ever-present hum of big generators running behind the Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront hotel, whether she is inside or outside her home at the Berkman Plaza on East Bay Street.

Neighbors tire of humming generators at Downtown Hyatt

Savannah, GA

Newly returned indictments in the Southern District of Georgia include felony charges for illegal firearms possession and drug distribution, while additional defendants have been sentenced to federal prison or await further proceedings after pleading guilty to federal gun charges.

Federal Charges in Southern GA: Indictments and Sentences for Firearms and Drug Offenses

Georgia State

Douglas, GA

Last week, a 32-year-old was arrested on trafficking charges after allegedly fleeing from a traffic stop and abandoning the vehicle with a child in the passenger seat. The chase resulted in the discovery of 230 grams of methamphetamine, which the suspect allegedly threw out while fleeing on foot. According to local detectives, the vehicle the suspect was driving was registered to NFL football player Tyreek Hill.

Man Driving Vehicle Registered to Tyreek Hill Arrested on Drug Trafficking Charges in Douglas

Fortune

She told us years ago we'd abandon TV for short-form video on our phones. And she was the woman who rented her garage to the founders of Google.

Susan Wojcicki perfectly predicted the media world we now live in—twice

Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News!. The Seine is an iconic river. With a length of 481 miles, it runs from Burgundy through Paris out to the sea in Normandy. For all its fame, the Seine has a much darker side — it has been a dumping ground for all kinds of waste. Its biggest source of pollution in contemporary times has been the disposal of countless tons of wastewater—which include domestic and industrial sewage—into the river.

How Paris Cleaned Up The Seine & Created A Better City For Its Citizens

Nvidia is dominating the AI revolution thanks to its GPU, data center, and software businesses. Outside of its core platforms, Nvidia has made a number of strategic AI investments to help open up new opportunities. Despite a meteoric rise in share price over the last year, the company's valuation multiples...

A Once-in-a-Generation Investment Opportunity: 1 Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stock Set to Soar 77%, According to 1 Wall Street Analyst

Kentucky State

Northern Kentucky Tribune

Gov. Andy Beshear sent a letter to Anne Milgram, administrator for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) on Wednesday, expressing his support of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ recommendation that the DEA ease restrictions on marijuana.

Gov. Andy Beshear pens letter to DEA in support of easing federal restrictions on marijuana

NewsBreak

The Self-Driving Startup Everyone Forgot About: “We’ve actually dramatically accelerated our autonomy progress.”

Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News!. Waymo, Cruise, Tesla, Baidu, Zoox — there are a handful...

The Self-Driving Startup Everyone Forgot About: “We’ve actually dramatically accelerated our autonomy progress.”

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