Raise your hand if you used Vevo’s apps instead of watching music videos on YouTube. Anybody? That’s what we thought. Despite Vevo’s effort to grow its brand through apps and its website, nothing quite clicked — so it’s killing them to re-focus on Y…
When Elon Musk had a twitter meltdown a few days ago in response to bad press about Tesla factory safety, he may have actually said something illegal. According to Bloomberg, the United Auto Workers union is asking a federal labor board to investigat…
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Right now the majority of our online services and accounts use a username and password combo as a security measure. It’s not a perfect system as we have seen in numerous security breaches in the past, which is where two-factor authentication comes into play, offering users that additional layer of security.
Now two-factor authentication comes in a variety of flavors, ranging from one-time passcodes being sent via SMS/MMS, to dongles that sometimes banks give out to customers. The good news is that if you wanted that extra level of security, YubiKey has announced that support for the iPhone is here.
For those who are hearing about YubiKey for the first time, basically it’s a physical “key” that authenticates the user. In reality it is a USB device that you can plug into laptops that can do away with the need for passwords, or in the case of the iPhone, users can use the NFC built into their devices to scan the key.
According to the company, “By introducing YubiKey hardware-based authentication via NFC to iPhone applications, users no longer need to toggle between apps and temporarily memorize a throw away code before it expires. Now users can just tap the YubiKey to authenticate, which is four times faster than typing in an OTP! Not to mention, users and app developers no longer have to run the risk of potential security and reliability issues by relying on SMS or mobile authentication.”
That being said, support for YubiKey will depend on developers who take advantage of its SDK, something that password manager LastPass has done, so it is only a matter of time before we start to see more apps support it. In the meantime if you’d like to get your hands on the YubiKey, head on over to its website for the details.
iPhone Users Can Now use YubiKey For Authentication Purposes , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.
Tinder is a location-based app and that’s pretty much how it works, where based on your location and also your settings, it shows you matches that are around you right now. However it seems that Tinder is taking it to the next level in the form of Tinder Places which will try to match users based on their favorite hangouts.
Tinder actually announced the new feature earlier this year and it looks like it is now rolling out to some users. The idea behind it is that if you go frequent certain locations, like a cafe or bar or bookstore, you will be able to set it so that you can match with people who also frequent said location.
This will make for a good conversation starter or could be a good way to establish similar interests. However like we said, the feature is launching for some users only at the moment as Tinder states that this is a public beta test for now. It will only be available in Sydney and Brisbane in Australia, and Santiago, Chile, presumably with plans to expand on its availability if all goes well.
According to Samantha Stevens, director of Location Products at Tinder, who also led the development of the feature, “I do think that — and this is a personal hypothesis of mine — if you match with someone who you know goes to the same place as you, I think that will set a very different tone to the conversation than someone who is more or less anonymous as an online match on a dating platform.”
Tinder Places Lets You Meet People At Your Favorite Hangout , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.
After hearing the leaks and rumors of the Fujifilm X-T100 for a while now, it looks like the camera has been made official as promised. Given that some of the leaks were actually directly from Fujifilm who posted the information earlier than expected, it’s not surprising that it lines up with what we’re seeing in the press release.
For those who are learning about the X-T100 for the first time, this is Fujifilm’s latest mirrorless camera. However it is aimed at photographers who don’t want or need to spend the money on the flagship X-T2 or X-Pro2, but who also want something a bit better performing compared to the entry-level X-A5.
We’re talking about a camera which features a 24.2MP CMOS APS-C sensor, 6fps shooting for up to 26 frames, an OLED EVF, Full HD video recording at 60fps, 4K video recording at a somewhat passable 15fps, a tilting LCD display, and as you can see from the camera’s design, external controls similar to some of Fujifilm’s other offerings.
This means that photographers will be able to access certain controls directly from the camera itself instead of diving through the menus. As for pricing, the X-T100 will be priced at $600 for the body-only, or $700 if you want to add a XC15-45 f/3.5-5.6 kit lens. It will be available for purchase come 18th of June.
Fujifilm X-T100 Mirrorless Camera Officially Announced , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.
“It’s important that we learn from their experience.”
Emmet Flood, the White House attorney dealing with the Russia probe, was present at a controversial DOJ meeting.
The initial report by the National Transportation Safety Board on the fatal self-driving Uber crash in March confirms that the car detected the pedestrian as early as 6 seconds before the crash, but did not slow or stop because its emergency braking systems were deliberately disabled.
Uber told the NTSB that “emergency braking maneuvers are not enabled while the vehicle is under computer control, to reduce the potential for erratic vehicle behavior,” in other words, to ensure a smooth ride. “The vehicle operator is relied on to intervene and take action. The system is not designed to alert the operator.” It’s not clear why the emergency braking capability even exists if it is disabled while the car is in operation. The Volvo model’s built-in safety systems — collision avoidance and emergency braking, among other things — are also disabled while in autonomous mode.
It appears that in an emergency situation like this this “self-driving car” is no better, or substantially worse, than many normal cars already on the road.
It’s hard to understand the logic of this decision. An emergency is exactly the situation when the self-driving car, and not the driver, should be taking action. Its long-range sensors can detect problems accurately from much farther away, while its 360-degree awareness and route planning allow it to make safe maneuvers that a human would not be able to do in time. Humans, even when their full attention is on the road, are not the best at catching these things; relying only on them in the most dire circumstances that require quick response times and precise maneuvering seems an incomprehensible and deeply irresponsible decision.
According to the NTSB report, the vehicle first registered Elaine Herzberg on lidar six seconds before the crash — at the speed it was traveling, that puts first contact at about 378 feet away. She was first identified as an unknown object, then a vehicle, then a bicycle, over the next few seconds (it isn’t stated when these classifications took place exactly).
The car following the collision
During these six seconds, the driver could and should have been alerted of an anomalous object ahead on the left — whether it was a deer, a car or a bike, it was entering or could enter the road and should be attended to. But the system did not warn the driver and apparently had no way to.
Then, 1.3 seconds before impact, which is to say about 80 feet away, the Uber system decided that an emergency braking procedure would be necessary to avoid Herzberg. But it did not hit the brakes, as the emergency braking system had been disabled, nor did it warn the driver because, again, it couldn’t.
It was only when, less than a second before impact, the driver happened to look up from whatever it was she was doing and saw Herzberg, whom the car had known about in some way for five long seconds by then. It struck and killed her.
It reflects extremely poorly on Uber that it had disabled the car’s ability to respond in an emergency — though it was authorized to speed at night — and no method for the system to alert the driver should it detect something important. This isn’t just a safety issue, like going on the road with a sub-par lidar system or without checking the headlights — it’s a failure of judgement by Uber, and one that cost a person’s life.
Arizona, where the crash took place, barred Uber from further autonomous testing, and Uber yesterday ended its program in the state.
Uber offered the following statement on the report:
Over the course of the last two months, we’ve worked closely with the NTSB. As their investigation continues, we’ve initiated our own safety review of our self-driving vehicles program. We’ve also brought on former NTSB Chair Christopher Hart to advise us on our overall safety culture, and we look forward to sharing more on the changes we’ll make in the coming weeks.
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