Collaborate Disseminate
“If tired or wasted passengers fall asleep in a traditional taxi or rideshare, the driver can shout or shake them awake,” reports Bloomberg. “Not so in a robotaxi…”
Ditto Kasendar remembers soft music drifting from the robotaxi’s speakers as he rode… Continue reading Dozens of Robotaxi Riders Are Falling Asleep, Sparking Frantic Calls For Emergency Services
An anonymous reader shared this report from the Los Angeles Times:
A federal judge has halted California’s groundbreaking “Truth in Recycling” law, which aims to reduce consumer confusion about which packaging can be recycled. [Originally planned to t… Continue reading California’s ‘Truth in Recycling’ Law Blocked by Judge
“Thanks to the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have been given a glimpse of the mechanisms that supermassive black holes use to feed themselves,” reports Space.com:
The powerful cosmic titans get really puzzling when astronomers using the JWST… Continue reading James Webb Space Telescope Discovers How Black Holes Feed Themselves
“A humanoid robot lost its head,” reports Newsweek, “during the world’s first free-combat tournament for full-sized humanoid robots.”
The Ultimate Robot Knock-out Legend competition began Thursday in Shenzhen, China, according to the article, with lo… Continue reading Robot ‘Decapitated’ in World’s First-Ever Humanoid UFC Fight
Windows 10 still runs on 16.9% of the Windows devices monitored by asset-tracking service Lansweeper. That’s more than one in six, The Register points out.
A year ago, the operating system accounted for about half of the machines in its dataset, fa… Continue reading Windows 10 Still Being Used, Often Unpatched and Insecure
Solar car maker Aptera has “officially announced a repair network partnership which will give owners of its upcoming solar electric car access to thousands of repair shops nationwide,” reports Electrek:
We recently got a chance to drive the Aptera s… Continue reading Aptera Announces Nationwide Repair Network For Its Upcoming Solar Electric Car
Solar car maker Aptera has “officially announced a repair network partnership which will give owners of its upcoming solar electric car access to thousands of repair shops nationwide,” reports Electrek:
We recently got a chance to drive the Aptera s… Continue reading Aptera Announces US-Wide Repair Network for Its Upcoming Solar Electric Car
Long-time Slashdot reader theodp writes:
Recalling his initial resistance to free and open software, billionaire computer scientist David Siegel argues vigorously in FORTUNE that the stakes are too high to let AI become increasingly closed. “In the 1… Continue reading Former Richard Stallman Colleague Now Argues for Open AI Models Too
CNBC reports:
The automotive industry’s increasing use of over-the-air technology to update vehicle systems makes it more susceptible to cyberattacks, analysts say, urging more intervention in the sector… Its use represents “a unique national secur… Continue reading Are There Cybersecurity Risks in Over-the-Air Tech Used in Autos?
A new study by researchers at the University of California at San Francisco “adds to growing research linking increased social media use to detrimental effects on attention, memory and cognition,” reports the Washington Post:
The study followed more t… Continue reading New Study Links Teen Boys’ ADHD Symptoms To Addictive Social Media Use