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BMW hit with a massive recall over fire risk. Sports
The Verge • 16h ago

BMW hit with a massive recall over fire risk.

The German automaker is recalling over 720,000 vehicles in the US because a water pump electrical connector may short circuit and catch fire. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is recommending the vehicles, spanning a wide range of 2012–2018 BMW sedans, coupes, convertibles, wagons, roadsters, and SUVs, be parked outside and away from buildings until they are repaired. To date, there have been 10 incidents of BMW’s short circuiting, but no injuries or damage yet reported. [Link: Urgent Park Outside Recall Issued for Nearly 721K BMW Vehicles | https://www.nhtsa.gov/?nhtsaId=26V733000 | NHTSA]

The LAPD has suspended its use of Flock’s license plate readers, for now. World News
The Verge • 4mo ago

The LAPD has suspended its use of Flock’s license plate readers, for now.

Over the weekend, the three-year deal for Flock Safety’s 138 pole-mounted surveillance cameras came to an end, as the LA Times reports the LAPD CIO says it ended the arrangement while working on a new contract that has “very clear terms” about who owns the data collected and what happens to it. An unnamed spokesperson for Flock told media outlets that unspecified “misconceptions” led to the pause. [Link: LAPD suspends use of Flock surveillance cameras over privacy issues | https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-07-11/lapd-suspends-use-of-flock-surveillance-cameras-over-privacy-issues | Los Angeles Times]

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