California Energy Commission invests billions of dollars in EVs, Google to introduce end to end encryption in Gmail, Twitter restores suspended accounts.
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The California Energy Commission (CEC) will spend $2.9 billion to accelerate the state’s zero-emission transportation strategy. in a report by reuters, the agency detailed an investment plan that would result in the state building 90,000 new chargers over a period of four years, a move that would more than double the number of chargers available statewide. $900 million of the funds will go toward chargers designed for light-duty EVs, in addition to $1.7 billion set aside for infrastructure that supports medium- and heavy-duty zero-emission vehicles, including hydrogen fuel cells Vehicles operated by The commission says it expects California to meet its goal of deploying 250,000 chargers by 2025.
Google is adding end-to-end encryption (E2EE) to Gmail on the web, allowing enrolled Google Workspace users to send and receive encrypted email within and outside their domains. According to bleeping computerOnce enabled, Gmail client-side encryption will ensure that sensitive data and attachments delivered as the body of an email will not be decrypted by Google servers. Google said that in addition to using the default encryption provided by Google Workspace, users can use their own encryption keys to encrypt their organization’s data.
Twitter has announced Through its security account it found “multiple policies where permanent suspension was an inconsistent action for breaking the Twitter Rules.” The website has begun reinstating accounts that were suspended for violating those rules, and Twitter plans to lift more suspensions every week over the next month. The company did not say what policies it was talking about and which accounts would be reinstated, but some journalists who were recently banned due to the website’s new doxing rules have resurfaced. Last week, Twitter suspended the accounts of Elon Musk and several journalists who reported on the social network itself. Following the journalists’ suspension, Musk posted a poll asking people whether he should restore the accounts of users who reported their exact location in real time “now” or “in 7 days”.
The private Adelson Educational Campus school in Las Vegas is using an artificial intelligence system to detect security threats. The school, which runs from preschool to grade 12, has tied up with Spark Cognition, a Texas-based company. a government technology Spark Cognition said it integrates with a school’s existing cameras to process information in real time, the report said. A spokesperson for the company said, “If we can prevent a shooting, a tragedy, then I think it has done its job.” According to a news release, the “Visual AI Advisor” system enables “designated actions such as the initiation of immediate alerts, alarms and lock-down procedures.” The Adelson School is in the implementation phase of the project.
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