Germany Forces Lexus to Remotely Kill Car Heating in Dead of Winter
https://www.gadgetreview.com/germany-forces-lexus-to-remotely-kill-car-heating-in-dead-of-winter
Congress Wants to Hand Your Parenting to Big Tech
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/01/congress-wants-hand-your-parenting-big-tech
#HackerNews #Congress #BigTech #Parenting #Privacy #Regulation
Angela Antunovic
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Tolerating the crushing of pedestrians, cyclists and wildlife with bull bars
" Bull bars are rigid or semi-rigid metal or composite frames mounted to the front of a vehicle.
Pedestrian deaths just reached an 18-year high. Bull bars are part of the problem
In 2025, 197 pedestrians were killed on Australian roads, the highest number since 2007. Almost every state recorded a noticeable spike in pedestrian deaths compared to last year.
Cyclist deaths also climbed to 49, up 32% from last year – the highest since 2013.
One key reason appears to be the growing size and weight of vehicles, which can increase the risk of death and injury.
Evidence shows bull bars can significantly increase the severity of pedestrian injuries, even in low-speed urban crashes.
Bull bars are not banned in Australian cities. Instead, they are regulated through design standards that are weaker than European pedestrian-protection rules. "
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https://theconversation.com/pedestrian-deaths-just-reached-an-18-year-high-bull-bars-are-part-of-the-problem-273362
#cars #SUVs #crashes #MobilityDesign #regulation #speeding #pedestrians #cyclists #wildlife #RoadTrauma #Bullbars #RooBars #VehicleRamming #HostileVehicleMitigation
Tolerating the crushing of pedestrians, cyclists and wildlife with bull bars
" Bull bars are rigid or semi-rigid metal or composite frames mounted to the front of a vehicle.
Pedestrian deaths just reached an 18-year high. Bull bars are part of the problem
In 2025, 197 pedestrians were killed on Australian roads, the highest number since 2007. Almost every state recorded a noticeable spike in pedestrian deaths compared to last year.
Cyclist deaths also climbed to 49, up 32% from last year – the highest since 2013.
One key reason appears to be the growing size and weight of vehicles, which can increase the risk of death and injury.
Evidence shows bull bars can significantly increase the severity of pedestrian injuries, even in low-speed urban crashes.
Bull bars are not banned in Australian cities. Instead, they are regulated through design standards that are weaker than European pedestrian-protection rules. "
>>
https://theconversation.com/pedestrian-deaths-just-reached-an-18-year-high-bull-bars-are-part-of-the-problem-273362
#cars #SUVs #crashes #MobilityDesign #regulation #speeding #pedestrians #cyclists #wildlife #RoadTrauma #Bullbars #RooBars #VehicleRamming #HostileVehicleMitigation
The crypto industry's bet on Trump is collapsing in real time.
Charles Hoskinson—Ethereum co-founder and Cardano creator who vocally supported Trump in 2024—now says Trump made US crypto "worse than under Biden." He's demanding Trump's crypto czar resign and claims he personally lost $2.5B.
What happened?
• Trump's $TRUMP memecoin crashed 80%, destroying bipartisan support for legislation
• The CLARITY Act (crypto's key regulatory bill) is stalled in Senate
• Most crypto tokens fell 40-50% since Trump took office
• Record government shutdown paralyzed Congressional work
The irony: crypto leaders courted Trump expecting a boom. Instead they got memecoins, political toxicity, and legislative gridlock.
Hoskinson's assessment is devastating: "We thought the government would pump our bags. Instead they pulled a rugpull scam on us."
@molly0xfff has been tracking crypto's Trump pivot—and now the retreat: https://hachyderm.io/@molly0xfff/113816642891387994
📰 https://www.livebitcoinnews.com/cardano-founder-slams-trump-over-u-s-crypto-policy-shift/
#crypto #cryptocurrency #Trump #CLARITY #regulation #Ethereum #Cardano
Andy Piper
and 3 others
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#OpenSource #Regulation incoming! The @EUCommission is about to ask for feedback for:
* a strategic approach to the open source sector in the EU that addresses the importance of open source as a crucial contribution to EU technological sovereignty, security and competitiveness
* a strategic and operational framework to strengthen the use, development and reuse of open digital assets within the Commission.
“Step in the Right Direction”: Connecticut DMV Commissioner Calls for More Reforms to Towing Law to Protect Drivers
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The recommendations to require more notification to car owners and to streamline the process for selling unclaimed vehicles follow a Connecticut Mirror and ProPublica investigation into towing practices.
In government records that have flown under the radar, President Trump’s EPA said it’s reconsidering whether the agency has the legal authority to update air pollution rules based on new scientific knowledge.
#News #Trump #Environment #Pollution #Government #Regulation #EPA
#OpenSource #Regulation incoming! The @EUCommission is about to ask for feedback for:
* a strategic approach to the open source sector in the EU that addresses the importance of open source as a crucial contribution to EU technological sovereignty, security and competitiveness
* a strategic and operational framework to strengthen the use, development and reuse of open digital assets within the Commission.
RE: https://mstdn.social/@shadowdancer/115802791790546876
This is such a dangerous document: conflating trillion-dollar centralised platforms with federated and, possibly in the future, peer to peer platforms or even personal web sites is the some of most braindead policy ideas I’ve ever read (and I’ve read quite a few).
Here’s my relevant talk at the European Parliament from 2019: Dear regulators, please don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater.
https://ar.al/2019/11/29/the-future-of-internet-regulation-at-the-european-parliament/
RE: https://mstdn.social/@shadowdancer/115802791790546876
This is such a dangerous document: conflating trillion-dollar centralised platforms with federated and, possibly in the future, peer to peer platforms or even personal web sites is the some of most braindead policy ideas I’ve ever read (and I’ve read quite a few).
⚠️ Meta on the news again for another Dieselgate scandal, Zuck will never learn.
｢ Reuters reported in November that scam ads Meta considers “high risk” generate as much as $7 billion in revenue for the company each year. This month, the news agency found that Meta tolerates rampant fraud from advertisers in China ｣
Tim Chambers
and 1 other
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I think there is something fundamentally wrong with Big Tech playing the nationalism card and I think regulation is more important than ever before.
Most Americans also want Big Tech to be regulated.
#Apple #Facebook #Meta #Google #Microsoft #Technology #EU #Regulation #Politics
I think there is something fundamentally wrong with Big Tech playing the nationalism card and I think regulation is more important than ever before.
Most Americans also want Big Tech to be regulated.
#Apple #Facebook #Meta #Google #Microsoft #Technology #EU #Regulation #Politics
FCC Updates Covered List to Include Foreign UAS and UAS Critical Components [pdf]
https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-416839A1.pdf
#HackerNews #FCC #Updates #UAS #Foreign #Components #UAS #Regulation #Tech #News
Germany: Amazon is not allowed to force customers to watch ads on Prime Video
https://www.zeit.de/wirtschaft/2025-12/amazon-urteil-video-kunden-werbung
#HackerNews #Germany #Amazon #Prime #Video #Ads #Advertising #Regulation
