An Abundance Of Distracted Drivers In Cleveland Caused First Responders To Add A Blocker Truck For Their Own Safety At Emergency Scenes - Jalopnik

"Is the scene safe?" is one of two of the most important questions first responders are supposed to ask when they are assessed by state proctors to be licensed to help anyone in an emergency. If a scene is remotely unsafe in testing or in real life, responders are told to ask for additional resources and help before helping anyone in distress. But that's difficult to do on a busy road or highway, and an increase in distracted driving or lack of awareness has posed a worse threat, enough that areas like Cleveland, Ohio, have purchased an additional vehicle dedicated to putting an extra, solid barrier between a car and first responders' lives.

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This Solar-Powered Garmin Smartwatch Is 50% Off Right Now

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Ronald Araujo transfer news: Liverpool complete deal to sign Barcelona defender on loan with option to buy

Liverpool have confirmed the signing of defender Ronald Araujo from Barcelona.

The deal is an initial loan for the 27-year-old, who signed a new contract with Barca until 2031 last year, and also includes an option to buy for around £47.14m (€55m).

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Daniel is Lifehacker's Shopping Editor covering tech deals and reviewing TVs, headphones, speakers, and projectors. He earned his master’s in journalism from Columbia University and has reported for the Miami Herald. He lives in Atlanta.

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YouTube now requires creators to have twice as many watch hours to start earning money

YouTube announced on Monday that new creators will have to meet higher thresholds to begin earning money from ads and subscriptions.

Creators who want to start earning on the platform will need at least 8,000 qualified watch hours over the past year or 20 million qualified Shorts views in the last 90 days. Currently, creators need 1,000 subscribers and 4,000 watch hours over the past year or 1,000 subscribers and 10 million Shorts views over the past 90 days.

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Mark Zuckerberg Says He’s Surprised the ‘Discourse’ From AI Companies ‘Is So Filled With Doom’

Mark Zuckerberg wants an AI-powered future for all — and he doesn’t understand what the problem is.

In a 6,500-word manifesto titled “The Future is for Everyone,” the Meta CEO laid out the company’s philosophy around AI as one rooted in “individual empowerment as the source of prosperity,” arguing the introduction of artificial superintelligence will transform humanity, that the general population, rather than select AI companies, should harness its potential and that the U.S. should not restrict access to open-source models.

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Three reasons Goldman's co-head of global banking and markets says to stay invested

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Goldman Sachs' Ashok Varadhan has a simple message for investors worried about higher interest rates, elevated oil prices and the durability of the economy: stay invested.

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Clicks’ Power Keyboard brings BlackBerry-style typing to any phone — with some compromises

Clicks Technology, the startup determined to bring back physical keyboards to smartphones, began shipping its now-$99 MagSafe-compatible Power Keyboard this summer, after some delays. As of last week, 75% of the preorders from the first batch had shipped to customers.

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Ross Johnson writes about television, film, and literature for Lifehacker. He has a degree in political science from the University of Rochester and has previously been a legal writer and editor for Thomson Reuters, for which he later traveled around India and the Middle East as an educator specializing in American English style and grammar for adults.

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Humanoid Robotics Are Blurring The Line Between Humans And Machines

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By itself, artificial intelligence is a major development. However, the most significant changes become exponential when AI combines with robotics, biotechnology, neuromorphic computing, and brain-computer interfaces. When disparate technologies come together to create whole new capabilities, innovation has always accelerated.

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