Unredacted documents in Arizona’s lawsuit against Google show that company executives and engineers were aware that the search giant had made it hard for smartphone users to keep location information private, Insider reported. The documents suggest that Google collected location data even after users had turned off location sharing, and made privacy settings difficult for… Continue reading Google reportedly made it difficult for smartphone users to find privacy settings
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The future of COVID-19 immunity looks good
Our COVID-19 vaccines have passed their first tests with flying colors. They work unbelievably well, and they’re helping to slow the spread of disease in countries where they’re widely available. Now, scientists are turning to the next key question: how long will they work that well? In people who were sick with COVID-19 and then… Continue reading The future of COVID-19 immunity looks good
Elon Musk tweets Tesla Model S Plaid delivery to be delayed until June 10th
Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted Saturday that deliveries of the automaker’s Model S Plaid would be delayed until June 10th because the car needs “one more week of tweak.” “This car feels like a spaceship,” tweeted Musk, who is also CEO of SpaceX. “Words cannot describe the limbic resonance.” The company has been teasing the… Continue reading Elon Musk tweets Tesla Model S Plaid delivery to be delayed until June 10th
Cybertruck patent applications show off UI, solar bed cover, ‘armor glass’
New patent applications submitted by Tesla in 2020 but published Thursday have revealed a bit more information about the Cybertruck, which is currently slated to start shipping at the very end of this year or in early 2022. One includes (in rather grainy detail) a bunch of screenshots of the new UI Tesla has been… Continue reading Cybertruck patent applications show off UI, solar bed cover, ‘armor glass’
The places paving the way to 100 percent renewable energy
Shortly before Darren Springerinterviewed for a job at the Burlington Electric Department (BED) in 2016, the city proudly proclaimed that it would become a “net zero energy city” by 2030. That meant no more gas or oil to heat residents’ homes and swapping out gas-powered cars for electric vehicles and more public transportation. “I said,… Continue reading The places paving the way to 100 percent renewable energy
Tesla starts using in-car camera for Autopilot driver monitoring
Tesla is starting to use the camera above the rear-view mirror in the Model 3 and Model Y to help make sure people pay attention to the road while using Autopilot, the company’s advanced driver assistance system. Until now, the main way Tesla’s cars measure driver attention is through torque sensors in the steering wheel… Continue reading Tesla starts using in-car camera for Autopilot driver monitoring
Lime Prime is the scooter company’s new monthly subscription service
Lime is rolling out a new monthly subscription service for its electric scooters that’s called — no joke — Lime Prime. Lime typically charges a fixed rate to unlock a vehicle and then a per-minute fee to ride. For $5.99 a month, the company will waive that initial fee for Lime Prime subscribers. And in… Continue reading Lime Prime is the scooter company’s new monthly subscription service
The Boring Company tests its ‘Teslas in Tunnels’ system in Las Vegas
Elon Musk’s Boring Company started shuttling passengers through the twin tunnels it built underneath the Las Vegas Convention Center (LVCC) this week, as part of a test to get the system ready for its full debut in June. Videos, images, and accounts shared around the internet by the people who showed up for the test… Continue reading The Boring Company tests its ‘Teslas in Tunnels’ system in Las Vegas
Google isn’t ready to turn search into a conversation
The future of search is a conversation — at least, according to Google. It’s a pitch the company has been making for years, and it was the centerpiece of last week’s I/O developer conference. There, the company demoed two “groundbreaking” AI systems — LaMDA and MUM — that it hopes, one day, to integrate into… Continue reading Google isn’t ready to turn search into a conversation
Waze names former Hotwire president Neha Parikh as CEO
Waze has a new CEO: Neha Parikh, the former president of Hotwire and a board member of Carvana. Parikh replaces Noam Bardin, who stepped down as CEO of the Google-owned navigation service last November after leading the company for 12 years. Parikh will join Waze as CEO starting in June, the company says. She is… Continue reading Waze names former Hotwire president Neha Parikh as CEO