(3 articles) The End of Kiwi Farms, the Web's Most Notorious Stalker Site | Cars have more tech than ever - and drivers are increasingly frustrated with their door handles, screens, and other features | Will electric flying taxis live up to their promise?

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You Might Like � � � You Might Like � � � � � � � � � Don't like ads? Go ad-free with TradeBriefs Premium The End of Kiwi Farms, the Web's Most Notorious Stalker Site - WIRED    On the morning of August 5, in London, Ontario, police put an assault rifle in Clara Sorrenti's face. Sorrenti is a trans activist and Twitch streamer who provides political commentary under the handle Keffals. Earlier that morning, an impersonator had sent an email to city councillors claiming that Sorrenti had killed her mother and would soon go to City Hall to shoot every cisgender person she saw. "When I was woken up by police officers and saw the assault rifle pointed at me, I thought I was going to die," Sorrenti later recounted in a video on YouTube. "I feel traumatized." Sorrenti was the latest victim of a vicious ongoing harassment campaign driven by Kiwi Farms, an online community known for stalking, swatting, harassing, doxing, and intimidating everyone from Gamergate targets to far-right congressmember Marjorie Taylor Greene. Its users are known to single out transgender and neurodivergent people in particular. The site is connected to the suicides of at least three people who were targets of sustained harassment. Users' tactics are exhaustive. For the past decade, Kiwi Farms has operated with impunity—until now. In the wake of her swatting, Sorrenti began a campaign, Drop Kiwi Farms, to sever the forum's access to digital service providers. In particular, she drew attention to its web security provider Cloudflare. Kiwi Farms has been allowed to operate for years as a fringe site, but the campaign pushed it into the mainstream eye as Sorrenti gave countless interviews, launched a Twitter campaign, and gathered supporters to put pressure on Cloudflare. Continued here Cars have more tech than ever — and drivers are increasingly frustrated with their door handles, screens, and other features - Business Insider    The overall quality of new vehicles is deteriorating and nagging problems are on the rise, according to a new study from JD Power. The auto-industry research firm said more technology in cars is partially to blame. "From persistent problems carrying over from years past to an increase in new types of problems, today's new vehicles are more complex — offering new and exciting technology — but not always satisfying owners," Frank Hanley, senior director of auto benchmarking at JD Power, said in a statement. JD Power analyzed more than 93,000 owner and lessee responses to its 223-question survey that assessed the quality of nine categories including everything from a vehicle's infotainment, interior and exterior, controls and displays, and driving assistance. Those surveyed were all driving 2023 model-year vehicles. Continued here You Might Like � � � � � � � � � Will electric flying taxis live up to their promise? - BBC News    The athletes will, of course, be hoping to make history, but so will one aviation start-up, Volocopter. If all goes to plan, its two-seater electric aircraft, VoloCity, will be carrying passengers around Paris. It will be the first service in Europe to use an electric vertical take-off and landing (EVTOL) aircraft. Dozens of companies around the world have been developing EVTOL aircraft, promising quieter, cheaper and emission-free aircraft, that can land right in the heart of cities. Continued here

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