May 15
Colbert Savages ‘Peace-Treaty Barbie And Collusion Ken’ Over Embassy Opening
Posted in: Today's ChiliThe “Late Show” host took aim at Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner’s presence in Jerusalem.
May 15
“Bob Mueller has no duty to tip his hand and show his cards until the end of his investigation,” Andrew Napolitano said.
May 15
Sadr has led two uprisings against U.S. forces in Iraq and has distanced himself from Iran.
May 15
Following the council vote, Amazon said it had resumed construction planning for its so-called Block 18 project.
May 15
Rooting on Android seems to be slowly falling out of fashion, especially with the recent decline of developers working on rooting methods. One part of Android modding that seems to still be going strong is custom ROM development. It hasn’t been a smooth ride and has had its ups and very high-profile downs. It seems that there will be a … Continue reading
May 15
What should have been a great successor to a great first product quickly turned into a disaster. The Google Pixel 2, most especially the bigger Pixel 2 XL, was beset by many complaints and issues. The first of those was about how its OLED screen was dry and dull, forcing Google to add some color mode options. Google, however, is … Continue reading
May 15
This week Black Panther comes home on Ultra HD Blu-ray after its video-on-demand premiere last week, and it is must-buy, both for the impressive picture quality (despite a few issues with the CGI) and director’s commentary. Michael B. Jordan’s second…
May 15
It seems that California’s roads are about to get slightly more populated with self-driving cars, as according to reports, China’s Didi Chuxing has recently received a permit in which they will be allowed to test their self-driving cars in the state. This doesn’t come as a surprise as many companies have been expanding their tests to try and gather as much data as possible.
For those unfamiliar with Didi Chuxing, this is a Chinese company that is more or less known as Uber’s rival in China. In fact a couple of years ago, Uber had ceded their market share in China to Didi Chuxing by selling their business to the Chinese company. Also just like Uber, Didi Chuxing also started to dabble in self-driving cars and just a little over a year ago, opened a research lab in the US.
According to the DMV, a total of 53 companies have recently received their permits for self-driving cars on public roads. The list also mentions Apple which shouldn’t be surprising as it has been known that Apple is testing out the technology, although just like Apple, it is unclear as to what Didi Chuxing plans to use its self-driving tech for.
The company largely operates in China so it is unclear if them branching to the US could signal that they want to expand to the US market, or if they are simply looking to gather more data on self-driving cars from other drivers in different parts of the world.
Didi Chuxing Can Now Test Its Self-Driving Cars In California , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.
May 15
Tesla has made it abundantly clear that its Autopilot mode in its cars is not a self-driving feature, but we’ve seen many drivers ignore those warnings. We’ve also seen how Autopilot has resulted in a couple of accidents, such as an incident back in 2016 that resulted in a fatality, and another earlier this year.
However could these accidents have been avoided if there were safeguards put into place? That’s what a report from The Wall Street Journal (via Engadget) is claiming, although it is also what Tesla is denying. The report claims that Tesla had foregone Autopilot safeguards, such as the use of eyetracking and steering wheel sensors due to concerns about cost.
An anonymous source told the publication, “It came down to cost, and Elon was confident we wouldn’t need it.” However Musk has since denied those claims by saying, “This is false. Eyetracking rejected for being ineffective, not for cost. WSJ fails to mention that Tesla is safest car on road, which would make article ridiculous. Approx 4X better than avg.”
Tesla has also since issued a statement that reads, “Ensuring that drivers stay engaged and alert when using Autopilot is extremely important. That is why we designed the system to deliver an escalating series of visual and audio warnings reminding the driver to place their hands on the wheel. That’s also why we’ve taken so many steps to improve this process over time, including an update that prevents a driver from re-engaging Autopilot if they ignore repeated warnings. We’ve explored many technologies and opted for the combination of a hands-on-wheel torsion sensor with visual and audio alerts, and we will of course continue to evaluate new technologies as we evolve the Tesla fleet over time.”
Tesla Denies That They Rejected Autopilot Safeguards Because Of Cost , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.
May 15
Onboard graphics chips have earned a not so good reputation for being near useless beyond basic display capabilities. That reputation is partly thanks to Intel who, until recently, hasn’t exactly given its built-in GPUs much love. AMD, in contrast, is playing up its Radeon property, acquired from old NVIDIA rival ATI, to boost both its images and its graphics chops. … Continue reading
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