An original 2007 iPhone sold for an astonishing $63,356.40 in an online auction, more than 100 times its original cost. The phone was owned by Karen Green and was appraised in 2019, still sealed in its original box. The phone was put up for auction by LCG Auctions and sold after 27 bids, with the winning bidder's identity remaining unknown.
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Meta Platforms (META.O) has launched their new subscription service, Meta Verified, which will allow users to verify their accounts with a government ID and receive a blue badge for extra protection against impersonation. The service will be available for Instagram and Facebook and will initially be available in Australia and New Zealand. The service is part of Meta’s effort to help content creators grow and build communities and protect users from fraudulent accounts.
Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has announced a new paid subscription program called "Meta Verified" that will allow users and businesses to verify their accounts with a blue badge. The service will require customers to provide a government ID to avoid fake accounts, and will come with other perks such as extra protection and direct access to customer support. The new system is expected to help users and businesses gain more trust and credibility, as well as reduce the number of fake accounts on the platform.
A bipartisan group of 27 attorneys general from states across the country are urging the Supreme Court to restrict the reach of Section 230 of the 1996 Communications Decency Act. The Biden administration and prominent Republicans, such as Sens. Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley, are in agreement on this issue. The Supreme Court is set to hear two cases that could decide the future of the internet, and the attorneys general are hoping to influence the court’s decision.
Tesla is recalling 362,758 vehicles due to a potential risk posed by its “Full Self Driving” driver assist feature, and is offering to repair them free of charge. The company is also rolling out a software update to the affected vehicles and developing a new version of the software to improve the system’s safety.
President Joe Biden announced Thursday that the US is increasingly confident that the three objects that were downed in recent weeks were Chinese surveillance balloons, and that the US was able to protect sensitive sites against collection. The intelligence community is still assessing what the additional objects shot down were, but they are believed to be much smaller than the initial Chinese balloon. Biden also spoke from an auditorium across an alley from the West Wing in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building.
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The Dawn Project is using a Super Bowl ad to draw attention to the potential dangers of Tesla's "Full Self-Driving" system. The ad shows a Tesla running over a child-sized dummy and a fake baby in a stroller in a series of tests. The nonprofit group is calling out Tesla for allegedly knowing for more than six months that its software could cause potential dangers to pedestrians and drivers. The ad is part of a trend of more serious Super Bowl ads this year, and it remains to be seen if it will have the desired effect.