July 22, 2023 Top Stories: Biometric palm payments, voluntary AI safeguards and asteroid boulders

07/22/23 • 37 min

Facts & Spins for July 22, 2023 Top Stories: Leading tech firms agree to voluntary AI safeguards, a date is set for Trump’s classified documents trial, China is accused of hacking the US ambassador's email, NASA spots 37 space boulders from a deflected asteroid, Google says it’s building an AI tool for journalists, Threads’ user engagement plummets, Coutts apologizes for Nigel Farage’s bank account closure, Amazon says it will offer 'pay-by-palm' at all Whole Foods, eating less meat is found to reduce greenhouse emissions and Amsterdam bans cruise ships.

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