It finally happened, at least according to a new metric Nielsen began using two years ago: linear TV now accounts for less than 50 percent of all TV usage. This probably isn’t a surprise unless you’re reading this on the couch while watching the NBC Nightly News. Between YouTube, TikTok, and streaming channels, people have a lot of ways to occupy their video-viewing time.

Approximately two years ago, Nielsen started using a new metric for measuring how people spend their TV-watching time. It built in buckets for broadcast TV, cable TV, streaming, and a catchall called “Other” that accounted for people using gaming consoles and media players. The latest report shows broadcast and cable TV each dropping about one percent from June 2023 to July 2023. Streaming and the “Other” category each gained that one percent in the same time period.

We’re failing at preventing foodborne outbreaks—and solving them.

We will never know for certain what caused a large, multistate outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 infections linked to Wendy’s restaurants late last year, according to a new study led by investigators at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The study, highlighting weaknesses in our ability to respond to foodborne outbreaks, lands amid a separate report published by the CDC finding that, in general, we’re also failing to prevent outbreaks. In fact, cases from some common foodborne pathogens have increased relative to pre-pandemic levels.

A US judge has fined two lawyers and a law firm $5,000 (£3,935) after fake citations generated by ChatGPT were submitted in a court filing.

A district judge in Manhattan ordered Steven Schwartz, Peter LoDuca and their law firm Levidow, Levidow & Oberman to pay the fine after fictitious legal research was used in an aviation injury claim.

JR East announced on Saturday that the system failure earlier the day that had prevented Mobile Suica app users from charging electric train fare money to their smartphones and the use of credit cards at JR East ticket offices had been restored around 1pm.

East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) said a system failure meant commuters were unable to pay for journeys with the Mobile Suica app or digital wallets and people planning trips were unable to reserve tickets online on Saturday.

The outage also affected credit card transactions at JR ticket offices and machines.

　クボタは新たに開発した無人自動運転コンバインを千葉県柏市で報道陣向けに公開した。人が乗らずに自動で走行し、米や麦の収穫作業を担う。農作業の効率向上や負担軽減が見込めるとしており、2024年1月に発売する。同社は既に無人自動運転機能を搭載したトラクターと田植え機を展開しており、主要な農機3種類が出そろう。

　コンバインの新製品は、農機の前後に人工知能（AI）付きのカメラなどを搭載し、人や障害物を検知すると自動で停止する。人が乗って農地の最外周を一回りすると機械が作物の高さなどを学習し、2周目からは自動で収穫ルートを最適化するという。

Facial recognition has been one of the hallmark features of Google Photos since the app’s release, but it’s recently gotten a lot more powerful. I’ve just noticed a silent improvement that has made Photos capable of recognizing the back of people’s heads as a person and tagging them correctly with the right name. This is happening regardless of whether I uploaded these pics to Google Photos a week ago or a couple of years ago.

政府は９日、東京電力管内で７、８月の２か月間に限り、節電要請を行うことを正式に決定した。昨年に続き２年連続で、数値目標は設けない。東電管内以外の地域は節電を要請しない。

西村経済産業相は閣議後記者会見で、「廊下の照明を消すとか、ちょっとした工夫を積み重ねられれば、非常に大きな省エネ効果がある。熱中症にならないよう十分注意しながら、無理のない範囲での節電をお願いしたい」と説明した。

　人手不足の解消や業務の省力化などを狙って、スーパーやコンビニで相次いで導入されるようになった「セルフレジ」。商品のバーコード読み取りから会計操作までを客自身が行なうため、慣れない中高年層を中心に戸惑いの声は多い。ただ、戸惑っているのは来店客ばかりではない。街中のスーパーや飲食店では、セルフレジでの精算を巡るトラブルに店員側も苦慮しているという現実がある。

　東京・大田区の中規模スーパーの40代女性パート店員が打ち明ける。

「現在、当店では9割がセルフレジになっています。ここ2年で急速に導入が進み、私たち『チェッカー（レジ打ち）』のパートの大半が“配置換え”されました。商品の品出しや陳列、食品加工など、いわゆるバックヤード業務に回され、毎月の賃金が下がった人も少なくありません。私はチェッカーとして残りましたが、日々の大半の業務はセルフレジの操作補助。これが、相当ストレスが溜まる仕事で……」

Honda has unveiled the EM1 e: e-scooter in Europe. Announced last September, the new model will be the first two-wheeled EV from the brand to launch on the continent. The EM1, or Electric Moped 1, has a three-phase brushless in-wheel motor with 0.58 kW typical and 1.7 kW peak power. The engine has a top speed of 45 kph (~28 mph) and delivers up to 90 Nm of torque.

The EM1 e: uses the removable 50V Honda Mobile Power Pack e: providing up to 41.3 km (~25.7 miles) typical range or 48 km (~30 miles) range in ECON mode. The battery can be recharged up to 2,500 times, with a 2.7-hour charge taking the battery from 25 to 75%; a full recharge takes around six hours. LED lights indicate the battery charge level, and the scooter consumes 47 Wh/km (~76 Wh/mile). A digital dash shows information such as the remaining battery, and you can recharge your phone via a USB-A port.

X.Org members have approved of the X.Org Foundation letting the Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC) become its fiscal sponsor.

Since 2016 the X.Org Foundation became part of Software in the Public Interest to let SPI handle all of the organization’s fiscal duties and management. But due to slow turnaround time in handling of some requests from the X.Org Board of Directors and other challenges in dealing with that volunteer-run organization, since last year the X.Org Foundation had been considering other organizations to join.

The conference for disease detectives hadn’t been held in person for several years because of the pandemic

The staff dedicated to investigating disease outbreaks for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention received a reminder this week of the pandemic’s persistence: confirmed covid cases at their own conference.

“We’re letting you know that several people who attended the [Epidemic Intelligence Service] Conference have tested positive for COVID-19,” a CDC branch chief wrote in an email to staff on Friday and obtained by The Washington Post, adding that at least one person at the division’s recruiting event on Wednesday had tested positive.

Much has been written about the success of global mega-brand Coca-Cola. Since 1886 its been leaving an indelible impression on soda-lovers, yet rumor has it that when it comes to the taste, Coca-Cola doesn’t leave an impression at all. The curious assertion was shared by Warren Buffet, who, if you’ve been living under a rock, has been one of the top five wealthiest humans since forever.