Nvidia shipment worth $11.4M stolen

...from the tech giant NVIDIA worth millions of dollars has disappeared as a truck was taking it from Oakland to Texas. Six pallets of NVIDIA hardware worth more than $11 million picked up in Oakland back in August. Investigators losing track of that truck and drivers as it passed through San Bernardino. So far, no arrests have been made, and the police haven't said how the cargo was stolen. However, in just the second quarter of this year, there were almost 700 similar thefts In the U.S. and in Canada. Well, Google, Meta, and TikTok are suing the state of California to block the enforcement of a law that governs social media use by children. The three tech companies filed separate suits against the state. It's in response to a bill signed into law by Governor Newsom this year. On January 1st, it will go into effect, and social media companies will no longer be able to offer features like personal recommendations. Now, the companies say that law violates First Amendment free speech protections and a section of the Federal Communications Decency Act that shields online platforms from liability. It's the same basic argument in both the Section 230 and First Amendment arguments. The claim is that the state's regulating how the content is presented. And the First Amendment would apply whether it's third-party content or first-party content. Section 230 would apply if it's third-party content. Supporters of the law argue the autoplay feature can lead to compulsive social media use and addiction. Governor Newsom is commuting the death sentences of hundreds of inmates on death row to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Right now, there are 548 people on California death row. The Constitution requires a state Supreme Court's approval before the governor can commute sentences of each case. This follows this 2019 moratorium, which halted executions but left the death sentences in place. The governor issued an open letter on the decision, saying in part, I take this action because I firmly believe that state-sanctioned killing is incompatible with California's values, undermines the foundations of our legal system, and diminishes each of us, end quote. Family members of some of the victims of those death row inmates, meanwhile, say the governor's action gives no consideration to individual cases. We're talking about cop killers and baby killers and and serial killers and spree killers. These are absolutely the worst people and it undermines my faith in the criminal justice system. That's Mark Klass, the father of Polly Klass, who was kidnapped and murdered more than 30 years ago. He says he questions why the governor is taking this action now when there is already a moratorium on executions in California. Javier Becerra, the newly elected governor, said he plans to continue that moratorium. Supporters of the governor's actions say there are some serious flaws, though, with the legal system that make the death penalty inherently unjust. California death penalty is rife with mistakes, rife with racial discrimination, takes very long to administer the process, and it does not solve crime. We can have safety and accountability for all Californians without executions. The ACLU points to statistics that show Black defendants are eight times more likely to be sentenced to the death penalty compared to people of other races found guilty of similar crimes.