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Helm.ai, which uses an unsupervised learning approach to its autonomous driving software, raised a $31M Series C led by Freeman Group at a $431M valuation (Kirsten Korosec/TechCrunch)

Kirsten Korosec / TechCrunch: Helm.ai, which uses an unsupervised learning approach to its autonomous driving software, raised a $31M Series C led by Freeman Group at a $431M valuation  —  A few bright spots remain in the autonomous vehicle industry even amid macroeconomic headwinds that have nearly shut off the spigot …

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Tokyo to Require Solar Panels on New Residential Buildings in 2025

(Photo: Asia Chang/Unsplash)Tokyo has passed regulations that will require most new residential buildings to incorporate solar paneling. The regulations, which constitute Japan’s first-ever solar mandate, will go into effect in 2025. The measure came about as a revision to an existing environmental ordinance, reports Japan’s Kyodo News. The Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly, a group of 127

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Sources: some Twitter investors were told Elon Musk would step down after three to six months and are divided on his decisions; a new CEO would report to Musk (Dan Primack/Axios)

Dan Primack / Axios: Sources: some Twitter investors were told Elon Musk would step down after three to six months and are divided on his decisions; a new CEO would report to Musk  —  Twitter’s investors have divided into two camps: copacetic and apoplectic. … But investors were told that a transition …

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The Metropolitan Opera restarts processing ticket orders, nine days after a suspected ransomware attack took its website offline and paralyzed its box office (Dan Bilefsky/New York Times)

Dan Bilefsky / New York Times: The Metropolitan Opera restarts processing ticket orders, nine days after a suspected ransomware attack took its website offline and paralyzed its box office  —  Hackers had left the Met, the largest performing arts organization in the United States, unable to sell tickets as it tries to recover from the

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Epic Games pays $520 million FTC settlement over Fortnite privacy violations, unintended purchases

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Epic Games and the Federal Trade Commission reached a $520 million settlement over claims the Fortnite developer broke online privacy protection laws for kids and tricked players into buying in-game items (via The Wall Street Journal). The settlement includes a record $275 million penalty to settle alleged violations

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