Tech News Weekly 444

Abrar Al-Heeti of CNET joins Mikah Sargent on the show this week! Do Americans trust driverless vehicles? Safety tools for Social Media are failing kids. Sony is ceasing the production of physical games in January 2028. And a Supreme Court ruling guts the government's use of geofence warrants.

• A new Pew Research survey finds only 5% of U.S. adults have ridden in a driverless car, and 71% say they wouldn't feel comfortable riding in one in the first place.
• An audit conducted by the Cybersafety Research Center showcases that, within Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, and YouTube, the research center found 51 of 86 advertised child-safety features were either broken, buried, or missing.
• Sony announced it will stop making physical discs for new PlayStation games starting in January 2028.
• And in Chatrie v. United States, which reached the Supreme Court, the Court ruled 6-3 that police need a warrant to obtain Google location-history data, further extending Fourth Amendment protections for Americans.

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Links

• 5% of Americans have ridden in a driverless car | Pew Research Center
• Waymo and Uber quietly part ways in Phoenix | TechCrunch
• Tesla starts testing Cybercab without pedals or a steering wheel in Austin | TechCrunch
• Social Media Kids’ Safety Tools are Falling Short
• Broken, Buried, or Missing: Anatomies of Failure (and Success) of Social Media Child Safety Features
• Physical disc production ending in January 2028 for new games releasing on PlayStation consoles  – PlayStation.Blog
• Sony announces end of PlayStation physical disc production
• Supreme Court ruling guts government’s use of geofence warrants - Ars Technica
• CHATRIE v. UNITED STATES