Tesla FSD’s New Safety Trick: It Can Grab Control To Dodge A Crash
Automatic Collision Evasion in Tesla FSD v14.3.9 can briefly steer, brake, and accelerate on its own to avoid crashes during manual driving.
Worried Anthropic researchers warn that AI ‘could kill all humans’
A senior Anthropic safety researcher has said there is more than a 10 percent chance artificial intelligence “could kill all humans” by the end of the decade, just hours after a colleague resigned over fears the AI lab and its rivals are carelessly racing to build “superhuman systems” they cannot control. In a post on … Read more
Volkswagen ID. Polo Is Sold Out, 30,000 Orders Leave Buyers Waiting
Strong demand for the Volkswagen ID. Polo across trims has created a ten-month European waitlist and turned production capacity into the real bottleneck.
Why this month’s Microsoft patch release is a doozy
Microsoft’s patch for September is a doozy, with a record number of roughly 972 vulnerabilities fixed and 112 of them meeting the high critical-severity threshold. It was only two months ago that Microsoft patched a then-record 570 vulnerabilities. Then, last month, Microsoft patched some 620 of them. Google and other companies have also published record … Read more
Jeep Told 328,381 Grand Cherokees Fixed Wrong Again, Third Time's A Charm
Certain 2021 to 2023 Jeep Grand Cherokee models face another coil spring recall, including SUVs already repaired in earlier safety campaigns.
GOG brings back “big box” PC games, one printable template at a time
Those who remember PC gaming in the days before Steam may have fond memories of the “big box” packaging that made those games stand out as shelf eye candy and sought-after in-home collectibles. Today, PC gaming platform GOG is hoping to reignite some of the nostalgia for those days by adding downloadable 3D models and … Read more
Land Rover’s Wolf Series II Debuts Four Military Defender Variants Next Week
Land Rover reworks the Defender’s D7x monocoque into four Wolf Series II military variants targeting the UK Light Mobility Vehicle contract.
LG TV shown scanning LAN for third-party phones and other devices
LG TVs are facing scrutiny due to a video seemingly showing the devices’ capability to track users when the TVs are off. YouTube channel Gamers Nexus worked with Level1Techs, a technology-focused YouTube channel, and security researchers to analyze LG TVs’ tracking capabilities. They shared packet captures that pointed to the TVs, including LG’s pricey G5 OLED … Read more
Hyundai Wants To XRT All The Things With Rugged Model Offensive
Dedicated off-roaders could crown the lineup.
Tesla Cybercab doesn’t have any manual controls — but it does have a virtual joystick
The Tesla Cybercab is notable for what it lacks, namely a steering wheel and pedal. By design, there is no way for this vehicle to be manually controlled — or so we thought. Less than a week after the Cybercab was officially launched in Austin, Texas, some riders have discovered the Cybercab’s secret manual controls … Read more