Technology
Inquiry into Tesla Autopilot being expanded by US safety officials
San Francisco, June 10 After discovering fresh incidences of Tesla's Autopilot advanced driver assistance system colliding with parked first-responder vehicles, US federal safety officials have "upgraded" their probe. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said in a notice on Thursday that it was expanding its preliminary evaluation of Tesla ...Samsung sued for algorithm that predicts remaining battery life on phones: Report
Seoul, June 10 South Korean tech giant Samsung has been reportedly sued by a patent troll over the use of an algorithm that predicts the remaining battery life on its Android smartphones. The company is being sued by a company called K. Mizra LLC. For those unaware, a patent troll ...NASA creates research team to study UFO sightings
Washington, June 10 NASA on Friday announced that it is commissioning an independent study team to examine unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs), the updated term now used to refer to "unidentified flying object" (UFO). The agency defined UAPs as observations of events in the sky that cannot be identified as aircraft ...Meta’s AR glasses will only be available to developers in first release
San Francisco, June 10 Meta, formerly Facebook, has reportedly decided to not sell the first version of its full-fledged AR glasses, codenamed Orion, and will instead distribute them to developers. A person familiar with the matter told The Verge that the tech giant has decided to distribute them to developers ...Scientists craft sweaty, self-healing living human skin for robots
Tokyo, June 10 Scientists from Japan have brought us one step closer to human-like robots by crafting living human skin on robots which gave their fingers skin-like texture, as well as water-repellent and self-healing functions. While current silicone skin made for robots can mimic human appearance, it falls short when ...Webb telescope endures impact from larger than expected micrometeoroid
Washington, June 10 The next-generation and powerful James Webb telescope was hit by space debris called micrometeoroid, leading to a "marginally detectable effect in the data" but has suffered no damage, according to NASA. Since its launch on December 25 last year, the Webb telescope faced four smaller measurable micrometeoroid ...LinkedIn expands its live audio feature for creators
San Francisco, June 9 With an aim to empower creators, Microsoft-owned LinkedIn is expanding its Clubhouse-style live audio feature. The company, which first launched live audio events in January, will now open up hosting capabilities to all creators. With the update, all LinkedIn creators who use the platform's "creator mode" ...‘Musk’s $44 bn Twitter takeover deal draws investor suit over bot account claims’
San Francisco, June 8 After tech billionaire Elon Musk threatened to blow up the $44 billion buyout over the bot issue, a media report has stated that a Twitter shareholder wants a judge to order the microblogging site to turn over internal papers about spam and fake accounts. According to ...NASA to launch 3 research rockets from private Australian space port
Sydney, June 8 US space agency NASA is set to launch three rockets into space from a private space port in Australia for scientific research. The rockets will be launched between June 26 and July 12 from the Arnhem Space Centre, which is owned and run by Equatorial Launch Australia, ...Musk warns of killing Twitter deal over lack of user data transparency: Report
San Francisco, June 6 Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on Monday stated that if Twitter fails to give data on spam and fake accounts, he may walk out of his $44 billion acquisition agreement. In a fresh SEC filing, Twitter shared a letter it received from Musk's legal team ...