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Honda recalls 750,000 vehicles due to airbag seat sensor problem
Honda is recalling more than 750,000 vehicles manufactured between 2020 and 2022. Honda says that a weight sensor, which is meant to disable the passenger airbags if the seat is occupied by a child or child seat, might not work properly, allowing the airbags to deploy during a crash.
Exposure to humidity can cause a capacitor in the sensor to crack and leak, making it inoperable. The problem has been traced to a change in the base material for the sensor's printed circuit board—Honda's tier 1 supplier made the change when a natural disaster disrupted production at the tier 2 supplier that normally provided the base material. The changed circuit board was not properly verified and "could allow additional strain to the printed circuit board that can lead to a capacitor cracking and an internal short circuit."
A warranty claim in August 2020 was Honda's first inkling that it had a problem. Initial investigations turned up little, but the automaker kept receiving warranty claims and in January 2024 decided to issue a recall. In total it says it has had 3,834 warranty claims for this issue between June 2020 and January 2024.
Source: Ars Technica
Fake and Explicit Images of Taylor Swift Started on 4chan, Study Says
The people on 4chan who created the images of Ms. Swift thought of it as a sort of game, the researchers said.
Source: The New York Times
How AI will change phones — and the whole internet
Arc Search, from The Browser Company, is one of the better mobile browsers we've tried. It also represents something of an existential threat to the internet, at least as we know it now. By searching the web for you and creating a bespoke webpage every time you ask a question and tap "Browse for me," Arc — and other AI-focused search engines like Perplexity — could change everything from Google's business model to the way our favorite blogs work.
Source: The Verge
Tencent plans to adapt acclaimed role-playing console game Elden Ring into a mobile version
China's Tencent Holdings has been working to adapt acclaimed action role-playing console game "Elden Ring" into a mobile version after acquiring licensing rights from FromSoftware in 2022.
Source: Reuters
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