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Month: April 2019
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Tesla’s plan to convert customer cars into robo-taxis
At an autonomous driving event for investors at Tesla headquarters in Palo Alto, CEO Elon Musk and along with some Tesla engineers, showed off the hardware, the software and the network that the company says […]
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Earth Day is a time to put tech on an energy diet
Technology is helping us save the earth. Right? Well, it feels that way if we’re spending more time reading online and consuming fewer paper-based books, magazines and newspapers. Perhaps you’re streaming video instead of driving […]
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How to keep your digital assistant from listening to you
If you’re worried about stories you may have seen about Amazon employees listening to what people say to Alexa, there is something you can do about it. You can turn off your devices microphone using […]
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Take a virtual tour of Notre Dame as it was before the fire
None of these tours require VR headsets. You can drag around and view them in 360 degrees on PCs and phones Cathedral Notre Dame Paris – a video tour in 360° Interior of Notre Dame […]
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Social media use holds steady, but will that last?
Despite all the negative publicity about social media, a recent Pew Research poll found that “the share of U.S. adults who say they use certain online platforms or apps is statistically unchanged from where it […]
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Australian law holds tech companies accountable for violent content. But could it stifle legitimate speech?
Click for Larry’s 45-second CBS News segment The Australian legislature last week past a new law that could hold tech companies accountable for violent and hateful speech posted on its platforms. The Sharing of Abhorrent […]
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Microsoft makes it OK to yank out that USB drive without ‘ejecting’ it
With Windows version 1809, Microsoft has added a “Quick removal” mode for USB external drives as the default configuration. That enables you to remove them without having to do a formal eject. But there are […]
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Review Of Tesla’s Fully Automatic Highway Autopilot Software
Click to listen to Larry’s 45-second segment on Tesla’s newest feature I drove from a freeway on-ramp near the San Carlos, California Airport to the off-ramp of a different highway in Mountain View, a distance […]