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An anonymous reader writes:Tesla Motors Chief Executive Elon Musk said on Sunday the automaker was updating its semi-autonomous driving system Autopilot with new limits on hands-off driving and other improvements that likely would have prevented a fata… Continue reading Elon Musk Says Tesla New Autopilot Features Would Have Prevented Recent Death
Apple’s new iPhones — the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus — don’t have the headphone jack. The company’s SVP Phil Schiller said the move signifies “courage” from the company to put a 100-year-old audio standard to bed. But there could be one more reason f… Continue reading Apple Removed Headphone Jack From New iPhones Because It Owns Largest Bluetooth Headphone Company
Facebook is having a tough time with stories that trend on the social network. The company has been accused of gaming what it shows as “trending” on the site, and sometimes favoring things it showed to people. Not long ago, it fired the human editors w… Continue reading Facebook Features 9/11 Conspiracy Theory as ‘Trending’
There’s a new USB Kill device in the market today which can destroy any device it touches. ZDNet reports: For just a few bucks, you can pick up a USB stick that destroys almost anything that it’s plugged into. Laptops, PCs, televisions, photo booths –… Continue reading The USB Kill Stick, Priced at $56, Is Designed To Destroy Laptops, PCs, TVs
A flight from Sydney to Malaysia ended up in Melbourne after the captain incorrectly entered the plane’s location in its navigation system just before take-off, according to a safety investigation, whose conclusion was published this week. Mashable rep… Continue reading Data Entry Blunders Force Air Asia Pilots To Land in Melbourne Instead of Malaysia
Clement Lefebvre, otherwise known as the man behind Linux Mint, announced on Friday the release and immediate availability of the final version of Linux Mint 18 “Sarah” KDE Edition OS. Sarah KDE has been available in beta for a few months now, but you … Continue reading Linux Mint 18 KDE Now Available
A Volkswagen AG engineer on Friday pleaded guilty and agreed to cooperate in the Justice Department’s probe into the German automaker’s diesel emissions scandal — the first person charged by U.S. authorities in the environmental probe, reports Reuters… Continue reading Volkswagen Engineer Pleads Guilty in US Diesel Emissions Probe
Reader sciencehabit writes: The internet is often hailed as a liberating technology. No matter who you are or what kind of country you live in, your voice can be amplified online and heard around the world. But that assumes that people can get on the i… Continue reading Who Is Getting Left Behind In the Internet Revolution?
Earlier this week, University of California hired India-based IT company HCL to outsource some of its work offshore. As part of the announcement, it announced that it was laying off 17 percent of UCSF’s total IT staff. The U.S. lawmaker, Rep. Zoe Lofgr… Continue reading University of California’s Outsourcing Is Wrong, Says US Lawmaker
Reader Dharkfiber writes: Bloomberg is covering a story today about a hosting business that is now filing chapter 11 due to bugs in a switch. Good, bad, or ugly, is it time to admit that business really can’t continue without IT? When will IT training … Continue reading Cisco’s Network Bugs Are Front and Center in Bankruptcy Fight