📰 Check out the latest technology news! Today's top stories include: 1️⃣ Synthetic salmon that is just like the real thing? Toronto startup, New School Foods, is making waves with their plant-based salmon substitute 🐟 [Link to article: https://arstechnica.com/?p=1961837#p3] 2️⃣ Sam Bankman-Fried finds himself back in jail... find out why in this intriguing podcast! 🔒 [Link to article: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/18/podcasts/sam-bankman-fried-goes-to-jail-back-to-school-with-ai-and-a-self-driving-car-update.html] 3️⃣ Twitter's rebranded version "X" is facing a glitch that deletes old pictures and links 🐦 Be careful what you tweet! [Link to article: https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/20/23838823/twitter-x-deleted-pictures-links-2014-metadata-t-co-shortener] 4️⃣ Cruise, the self-driving car subsidiary of GM, is asked to reduce its robotaxi fleet in San Francisco after recent incidents 🚗 Safety first! [Link to article: https://techcrunch.com/2023/08/18/cruise-told-by-regulators-to-immediately-reduce-robotaxi-fleet-50-following-crash/] Stay informed and up to date with the latest technology news! 🌐✨ #TechNews #Innovation #Robotaxi #ArtificialIntelligence #SalmonSubstitute #TwitterGlitch

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1. Synthetic salmon and the 'uncanny valley' of taste

I could count on one thing as I sat down for a multiple-course meal based on something that looked very much like salmon: I would not have to worry about any bones. The plant-based theme ingredient came from a Toronto startup called New School Foods that has been developing a way to construct a salmon substitute with not just the taste but also the texture of the real thing.

[Source: Ars Technica]

2. Sam Bankman-Fried Goes to Jail, Back to School With A.I. and A Self-Driving Car Update

Sam Bankman-Fried lands himself back in jail.

[Source: The New York Times]

3. X glitch wipes out most pictures and links tweeted before December 2014

X, which was formerly known as Twitter until its recent rebranding, is having a problem displaying old posts that came with images attached or any hyperlinks converted through Twitter's built-in URL shortener. It's unclear when the problem started, but it was highlighted on Saturday afternoon in a post by Tom Coates, and a Brazilian vtuber had pointed it out a couple of days earlier.

[Source: The Verge]

4. Cruise complies with California DMV's request to halve its fleet, as the regulator probes "recent concerning incidents" involving its robotaxis in San Francisco

Cruise, the self-driving car subsidiary of GM, has been asked to reduce its robotaxi fleet by 50% in San Francisco following recent concerning incidents involving its robotaxis.

[Source: TechCrunch]

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