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TechCrunch From Lime to Uber to Hertz: Free and discounted Election Day rides Election Day is nearly here, and if you haven't already mailed in your ballot or gone in for early voting, you might need a ride come November 5. Here's a roundup of all the freebies, discounts, and information on getting to the polls that transportation companies are offering. Lime is offering free rides to and from your polling place to vote early or on Election Day.

Yahoo News Pennsylvania election 2024: Current polls, history and why the state's results matter The Keystone State is one of seven key swing states in the 2024 election. Find out where things stand at the polls and why these results are important.

Meta says it's making its Llama models available for US national security applications To combat the perception that its "open" AI is aiding foreign adversaries, Meta today said that it's making its Llama series of AI models available to U.S. government agencies and contractors in national security. "We are pleased to confirm that we're making Llama available to U.S. government agencies, including those that are working on defense and national security applications, and private sector partners supporting their work," Meta wrote in a blog post. "We're partnering with companies including Accenture, Amazon Web Services, Anduril, Booz Allen, Databricks, Deloitte, IBM, Leidos, Lockheed Martin, Microsoft, Oracle, Palantir, Scale AI, and Snowflake to bring Llama to government agencies."

Yahoo News Your mail-in election ballot could be rejected. How to make sure it gets counted. From mailbox fires to missing signatures, here's a look at what could go wrong with your mail-in ballot this election and how you can fix it.

The biggest underestimated security threat of today? Advanced persistent teenagers If you ask some of the top cybersecurity leaders in the field what's on their worry list, you might not expect bored teenagers to be top of mind. The attackers used a phishing lure to gain access to MongoDB's internal network as if they were an employee, he said.

Cross-posting social app Openvibe now supports Threads, too The decline of X (formerly Twitter) under Elon Musk has boosted engagement with alternative social networks like Bluesky, Threads, and Mastodon, but it has also challenged early adopters who now have too many places to post. One of these apps, Openvibe, is now making itself even more useful with its recent support for Meta's Threads, the X competitor from Instagram. Launched earlier this summer, Openvibe initially made it possible to stay connected with friends and followers across Mastodon, Nostr, and Bluesky, by allowing you to view posts in a combined timeline and cross-post to the different networks at once.