Amazon has a new tool for searching user reviews but is actually just an AI chatbot that will make up things about Amazon working conditions and will recommend Nazi literature

https://www.404media.co/amazons-hidden-chatbot-recommends-nazi-books-and-lies-about-amazon-working-conditions/ 

 A repair shop in Germany has invented a tool that breaks Apple's repair DRM on MacBook Pros, allowing independent companies to fix a common issue that Apple charges > $1,000 to repair

https://www.404media.co/diy-tinkerer-invents-tool-that-breaks-apples-macbook-repair-locks/ 

 SCOOP: Footage from a food delivery robot in Los Angeles was given to the LAPD and used to secure a criminal conviction, according to internal emails I got using a public records request

https://www.404media.co/serve-food-delivery-robots-are-feeding-camera-footage-to-the-lapd-internal-emails-show/ 

 We as a society must stop representing hot brewed coffee poured over ice as “cold brew.” The social and legal penalties must be severe 

 right to repair passed california assembly unanimously. it's not fully over yet but definitely a big deal. good news on this front has happened so much lately, it's hard to even celebrate how important and unbelievable something like this would have seemed a few years ago. It's a real testament to grassroots organizing and, frankly, overwhelming demand and popularity among voters

https://www.404media.co/california-assembly-unanimously-passes-right-to-repair-legislation/