Behind the scenes of drone food delivery in Finland

Finland’s weather is notoriously unfriendly; but even so, your food order might be delivered by a drone. On a rainy day after Helsinki’s annual Slush conference, Finnish entrepreneur Ville Leppälä took TechCrunch behind the scenes of a three-party partnership between Irish drone delivery company Manna, DoorDash-owned food delivery platform Wolt, and his own startup, Huuva. … Read more

No, you can’t get your AI to ‘admit’ to being sexist, but it probably is anyway

In early November, a developer nicknamed Cookie entered a routine conversation with Perplexity. She often tasks it with reading her developer work in quantum algorithms and writing readme files and other documents for GitHub.   She’s a Pro subscriber and uses the service in “best” mode, meaning it chooses which underlying model to tap from among … Read more

Airbus orders software fix to thousands of planes due to solar radiation risk

Flights were delayed and cancelled globally after Airbus ordered fixes to 6,000 of its A320 series planes, according to The Guardian. The company said it’s taking action because “analysis of a recent event involving an A320 Family aircraft has revealed that intense solar radiation may corrupt data critical to the functioning of flight controls.” Citing … Read more

‘Special’ Phil Foden is Man City’s star as Tino Livramento becomes Newcastle’s playmaker – Premier League hits and misses | Football News

‘Special’ Foden star of Man City show Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Highlights from the Premier League clash between Manchester City and Leeds United With Erling Haaland on a three-game barren run – a drought by his standards – it is important Man City’s other forwards stand up and be … Read more

New York state law takes aim at personalized pricing

New York’s latest state budget includes new disclosure requirements for businesses that use personal data to set different prices for different shoppers — for example, charging you more if you have a history of splurging. Businesses that use personalized pricing are now required to tell customers, “This price was set by an algorithm using your … Read more