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Oregon is about to sign — or veto — the strongest right-to-repair law yet

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5 months ago

March 4, 2024

Oregon is about to sign — or veto — the strongest right-to-repair law yet

Oregon’s landmark right-to-repair law is nearly here — today, SB 1596 passed the Oregon legislature, and is headed to Governor Tina Kotek’s desk to sign or veto within the next five days. It’s a big deal, because the Oregon law would be the first to ban “parts pairing,” a practice where companies can keep you from using components (sometimes even official ones) unless that company’s software is satisfied that they belong.

Similar to California’s right-to-repair law, the Oregon bill also requires companies to make the same parts, tools, and repair documents available to any owners that it offers to authorized repair shops, and without charging any more for them.

It doesn’t specify a number of years that companies need to make those items available, though — California mandates seven years, while the Oregon bill suggests companies could simply stop producing them. It also comes with typical carveouts for video game consoles, medical devices, HVAC equipment, energy storage, various kinds of engines… and electric toothbrushes.

Like California and Minnesota’s laws, it wouldn’t apply to phones sold before July 1st, 2021. But for all other gadgets, it goes all the way back to July 1st, 2015.

The ban on parts pairing wouldn’t apply to any existing device, though — only consumer electronics manufactured after January 1st, 2025.

We spoke with iFixit CEO Kyle Weins about parts pairing, and how the fight for right-to-repair was just getting started, on this October episode of The Vergecast:

Today, Weins says he’s “beyond proud of my home state for passing the strongest-yet electronics Right to Repair bill.”

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A new Doctor Who spinoff series is coming to Disney Plus

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July 27, 2024

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A new Doctor Who spinoff series is coming to Disney Plus

The Doctor Who franchise is about to get even bigger with a new spinoff series that, interestingly, doesn’t seem like it’s going to focus on everyone’s favorite Time Lord.

During the Doctor Who panel at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con, Disney and the BBC announced that The War Between The Land And The Sea — a new series written by Russell T. Davies and Pete McTighe — is on the way. Rather than the Doctor, the new show will revolve around a group of humans as they work together to face the Sea Devils, a race of ancient, ocean-dwelling creatures who first appeared in Doctor Who back in 1972.

Jemma Redgrave and Alexander Devrient are set to reprise their roles as Kate Lethbridge-Stewart and Colonel Ibrahim, respectively, but they will also be joined by Russell Tovey and Gugu Mbatha-Raw as characters not yet revealed. Previously, Tovey and Mbatha-Raw both starred in Doctor Who —he as Titanic midshipman Alonso Frame, and she as Tish Jones — but it’s not clear whether that’s who they’ll be playing here.

In a press release about the new show, Davies called it “a huge, muscular, thrilling drama which will shake The Whoniverse to its foundations,” and while we don’t know when to expect its debut, it’s scheduled to begin shooting in August.

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Fox News AI Newsletter: Elon Musk: Tesla can be $20 trillion company

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July 27, 2024

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Welcome to Fox News’ Artificial Intelligence newsletter with the latest AI technology advancements.

IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER:

– Elon Musk thinks Tesla can be a $20 trillion company: Kyle Wool

– Google has changed, it’s a ‘new company’: Mark Mahaney

– ‘Family Ties’ star Justine Bateman says Hollywood’s use of new tech is ‘motivated by greed’

Elon Musk, co-founder of Tesla and SpaceX and owner of X Holdings Corp., speaks at the Milken Institute’s Global Conference at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on May 6, 2024, in Beverly Hills, California. (Apu Gomes/Getty Images)

‘PUT A C3PO IN EVERY HOME’: Dominari Financial CEO Kyle Wool is breaking down Elon Musk’s bold words on the earnings call.

‘NEW COMPANY’: Evercore ISI senior managing director Mark Mahaney explains why Google’s stock is sinking on ‘Varney & Co.’

‘NOT THE FUTURE’: “Family Ties” star Justine Bateman is launching a new film festival that will require that entrants not use any artificial intelligence, as part of her ongoing pushback against the technology in Hollywood.

Justine Bateman continues to speak out against AI’s infiltration of Hollywood. (Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic, Inc)

‘GAME OVER’: Artificial Intelligence protections for interactive entertainment companies like Activision have led video game performers with SAG-AFTRA to strike.

‘IRRATIONAL EXUBERANCE’: Venture capitalist says massive investment in artificial intelligence will result in more losers than winners.

Video game performers with SAG-AFTRA began to strike on Friday as AI “loopholes” have raised concerns. (INA FASSBENDER/AFP via Getty Images)

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Junji Ito’s terrifying Uzumaki hits Adult Swim in September

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9 hours ago

July 27, 2024

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Junji Ito’s terrifying Uzumaki hits Adult Swim in September

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Adult Swim’s long-awaited adaptation of Uzumaki finally has a premiere date — and an appropriately creepy trailer. The series, based on the classic horror manga from Junji Ito, will start airing on September 28th. Episodes will hit Adult Swim first, and then stream on Max the following day.

Uzumaki follows a cursed town that is — and I promise it’s scarier than it sounds — plagued by spirals. Here’s the full synopsis:

“Let’s leave this town together,” asks Shuichi Saito, a former classmate of Kirie Goshima, a high school girl who was born and grew up in Kurouzu-cho. Everything from a strange whirlwind, billowing smoke from the crematorium, and the residents is turning into spirals. People’s eyes spin in whirls, a tongue spirals, and the…