"Urgent" air bag danger for 313000 Honda owners
Last Updated Jun 30, 2016 4:05 PM EDT DETROIT -- The U.S. government is urging owners of 313,000 older Hondas and Acuras to stop driving them and get them repaired after new tests found that their Takata air bag inflators are extremely dangerous.The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Thursday that it has data showing that chances are as high as 50 percent that the inflators can explode in a crash, injuring people by sending metal shrapnel into the passenger compartments."Thes..>> view originalTesla driver's death using car's 'Autopilot' probed by NHTSA
A driver so enamored of his Tesla Model S sedan that he nicknamed the car "Tessy" and praised the safety benefits of its sophisticated "Autopilot" system has become the first U.S. fatality in a wreck involving a car in self-driving mode.The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced the driver's death Thursday, and said it is investigating the design and performance of the Autopilot system.Joshua D. Brown of Canton, Ohio, the 40-year-old owner of a technology company, was killed M..>> view originalFacebook gives up on Paper
The words "Facebook Paper" might only be vaguely familiar to you. This is because Facebook's iPhone-only news app, launched in 2014, never got much traction. Facebook never shared any usage numbers for the app, but the signs that Paper's shelf life is coming to an end were plenty. Facebook shut down Creative Labs, Facebook's internal team that brought the app to life, in Dec. 2015, and Paper wasn't updated at all this year. Now, in a message to users, Facebook announced it would completely shut..>> view originalAlphabet's Nest wants to patent a surveillance crib to monitor your baby's every move
Nest, best known for its smart thermostat, applied to patent a smart crib that would keep tabs on infants, and, when necessary, display soothing sounds and images. The Alphabet subsidiary wants to plug it into a smart home system that would make for data-rich nap times. The proposed device includes a thermal-imaging camera, pressure sensors, speakers, microphones, projectors, and air-quality instruments, according to a pending 2014 patent application published for the first time on Thursday. T..>> view originalHTC swiftly promises Android Nougat for One M9, A9, HTC 10
So Google has finally decided that Android N will be forever known as Nougat. We'll leave open the debate of whether it actually matched what the Interwebs voted for (some claim it doesn't). For now, we will focus briefly on the rush of OEMs swearing fealty to the upcoming nutty treat. What rush? It seems that manufacturers aren't that hasty in promising the heavens to their customers. HTC, of course, is haviong none of that and has indeed promised Android Nougat for HTC One M9, One A9, and HTC..>> view originalBright spot: Antarctica's ozone hole is starting to heal
WASHINGTON – Antarctica's ozone hole finally is starting to heal, a new study finds. In a triumph of international cooperation over a man-made environmental problem, research from the United States and the United Kingdom shows that the September-October ozone hole is getting smaller and forming later in the year. And the study in Thursday's journal Science also shows other indications that the ozone layer is improving after it was being eaten away by chemicals in aerosols and refrigerants. Ozo..>> view originalHPE wins $3B in lawsuit against Oracle over Itanium
Hewlett Packard Enterprise has been awarded $3 billion in a lawsuit it brought against Oracle five years ago over a now largely forgotten Intel processor. The two sides had been fighting over Oracle's decision to stop developing versions of its software for Intel's Itanium, a server chip that never found much success in the market. After the jury verdict Thursday, Oracle said it planned to appeal. It's Oracle's second big court loss in as many months. In May, a jury rejected Oracle's c..>> view originalFacebook simplifies confusing chatbots with buttons, not text commands
“What do I type?” is the big question making chatbots hard to use. So today Facebook Messenger is giving chatbot developers new “Quick Reply” buttons and persistent menu options to make their bots easier to navigate. Messenger bots can also now send videos, audio, GIFs, and files so they can encompass wider range of use cases. People can now rate bots with one to five stars to teach developers how to improve, though there’s no word on the chatbot analytics Facebook has promised. And if custome..>> view originalNASA's Juno spacecraft enters Jupiter's magnetic field
This chart presents data the Waves investigation on NASA's Juno spacecraft recorded as the spacecraft crossed the bow shock just outside of Jupiter's magnetosphere on July 24, 2016. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/Univ. of Iowa ...>> view original
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