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iPhone 14 models hit Thai market on Sept 16
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 09/09/2022
» Thailand has been promoted to Apple's first-tier of rollout markets with availability of the new iPhone 14 lineup scheduled for Sept 16, in a move that industry pundits say signifies the importance of the country for the US tech giant in terms of sales.
Companies envision taxis flying above jammed traffic
AFP, Published on 10/05/2022
» SAN FRANCISCO: As urban traffic gets more miserable, entrepreneurs are looking to a future in which commuters hop into "air taxis" that whisk them over clogged roads.
Burnin' up
Guru, Eric E Surbano, Published on 06/12/2019
» In recent years, the Need For Speed franchise has tried to evolve but sadly, change isn't necessarily a comfortable thing for most people. It's the usual challenge of wanting to embrace the new yet keep the familiar things that made it so memorable. Thankfully, Need For Speed: Heat hits the sweet spot of new and classic, reinvigorating the franchise and at the same time bringing gamers familiar with the title back to the good ol' days of NFS.
Human override here to stay
Life, James Hein, Published on 10/04/2019
» Computers are useful tools and they will emotionlessly churn through thousands of operations in the blink of an eye to produce whatever results they were programmed to do. Most of the time the results are welcomed. When it comes to malware the results generate a different reaction, and then there are those spaces in the middle. The situation surrounding the Boeing 737 Max MCAS aircraft and the recent crash is an excellent example. The latest analysis would seem to indicate that the computer engineers made some choices that have had unintended consequences. In this case overriding the wishes of the pilots by assuming the plane was crashing, when it wasn't, and not allowing the human pilots to correct the computer's decisions.
Caution is the internet watchword
News, Sukhumaporn Laiyok, Published on 26/11/2016
» Like a coin with two sides, there is more to digital media than meets the eye as it penetrates our privacy and is prone to abuse if handled carelessly and irresponsibly. The potential dangers transcend just about every age bracket.
Tesla 'on autopilot' crashes on German Autobahn
AFP, Published on 29/09/2016
» BERLIN - A Tesla electric car crashed into a tourist bus on a motorway in northern Germany, police said Thursday, with the driver claiming he had activated the car's autopilot system.
Dutch police closes probe into fatal Tesla crash
AFP, Published on 09/09/2016
» THE HAGUE - Dutch police closed a probe Friday into a fatal crash involving a Tesla, accepting the US electric car firm's findings that the Model S sedan was not on auto-pilot when it smashed into a tree.
Tesla on Autopilot was speeding before fatal crash: probe
AFP, Published on 27/07/2016
» WASHINGTON - The Tesla electric car driving in semi-autonomous mode when it crashed and killed its driver was speeding just ahead of impact with a tractor-trailer, a preliminary probe showed Tuesday.
US probes second suspected Tesla Autopilot crash
AFP, Published on 07/07/2016
» NEW YORK - US highway safety officials said Wednesday that they are investigating a second crash of a Tesla car that may have been operating on the vehicle's pioneering self-drive Autopilot technology.
Google takes some blame in self-driving car bang-up
AFP, Published on 01/03/2016
» SAN FRANCISCO - Google on Monday said that its self-driving car bore some of the blame in a recent fender-bender after making the kind of assumption a human might have made.