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FBI probes arson of Tesla cars and facilities, says “this is domestic terrorism”

Ars Technica

"The bureau has received reports of 48 instances so far this month related to Tesla vehicles, dealerships and charging stations and is investigating at least seven of them in conjunction with local law enforcement, The Post has learned," the article said.

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Apple forced to offer Russian iPhone users local apps at setup thanks to new law

The Verge

iPhones purchased in Russia now show a list of Russian-made apps at startup, thanks to a new law which comes into effect today, MacRumors reports. The prompt comes in response to a Russian law that originally passed back in 2019 requiring manufacturers to pre-install Russian-made software on devices sold in the country.

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Apple's Find My has finally launched in South Korea

Engadget

The company never explicitly stated why it limited access to Find My in South Korea, but it appeared to be related to local laws that could have allowed the government access to the location data. Without Find My, they are basically just puck-shaped paperweights. The service first appeared during a beta test of iOS 18.4,

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Iceland built 1,756 wheelchair ramps in the past 4 years. Why can’t other countries do that?

Fast Company Tech

After making his mark in Silicon Valley, Icelandic designer and tech mogul Haraldur Halli Thorleifsson is now solving a far more analog problem: the inaccessibility of local storefronts. As a wheelchair user, Thorleifsson knows firsthand how exclusion can be built into a city. I had some money, and I was able to quickly raise more.

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Google threatens to remove its search engine from Australia if new law goes into effect

The Verge

Google is threatening to pull its search engine from an entire country — Australia — if a proposed law goes into effect that would force Google to pay news publishers for their content. “If The ACCC believes the proposed law addresses “a significant bargaining power imbalance between Australian news media businesses and Google and Facebook.”

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Google’s Wing warns new drone laws ‘may have unintended consequences’ for privacy

The Verge

Amusingly, no: the Alphabet subsidiary just wishes they’d send it through the internet instead of broadcasting it locally. With that kind of language, you might think Wing is arguing that drones shouldn’t broadcast their location, yes? But the thing about license plates is, traditionally, you have to be within eyeshot to see them.

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Law enforcement agencies have powerful forensic tools to gather information from your phone

TechSpot

Over the course of 2019 and into 2020, Upturn filed more than 110 public record requests with state and local law enforcement agencies to determine which have access to forensic tools to collect data from smartphones and how they use them.

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