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Uber has no plans to sell self-driving car unit- CEO

9/6/2018, 2:38:27 PM
He said that Advanced Technologies Group would be part of Uber after the IPO, but it also would partner with other companies that are building self-driving technology. ✔ Well we are, we have undertaken a top to bottom audit of our processes from the safety front ✔ I can guarantee you that, as the CEO, I’m going to be satisfied that’s, when we get back on the road, we get back on the road in a safer manner as possible ✔ Khosrowshahi also said the company plans to use sensors on the driver’s phone to analyze acceleration data and other factors to detect probable crashes


Ford to Recall F-150 Models for Seat Belt Equipment Issue

9/6/2018, 1:05:17 PM
Ford Motor is recalling about 2 million F-150 trucks after it received reports of a seat belt equipment malfunction that could cause smoke or fire in the vehicle. ✔ The company maintained its full-year adjusted earnings forecast of between $1.30 and $1.50 a share ✔ Chief Executive Jim Hackett has outlined a plan to cut about $25 billion in costs by early next decade and disclosed a separate $11 billion restructuring plan likely to target unprofitable overseas operations


Fortnite patch notes - 5.40 update brings High Stakes, Getaway mode and the Grappler gun

9/6/2018, 12:09:58 PM
FORTNITE’S 5.4 update has been released by Epic Games, alongside an extended list of patch notes and some downtime. More interestingly, the update is headlined by the introduction of the High… ✔ Increased maximum stack size for Shield Potions from 2 to 3 ✔ Expanded device support to the Essential-PH, Motorola, HTC, Sony Xperia devices ✔ Major memory optimization on Android devices with Adreno GPUs ✔ Go to Settings > Display > Navigation > Hard Press Home Button > Turn the feature off


The Samsung Galaxy Watch is now TechRadar's best smartwatch in the world

9/6/2018, 3:16:52 PM
The Apple Watch 3 has been toppled ✔ It resembles a real watch, has a healthy number of auto-tracked workouts, and its core software operates intuitively via the rotating bezel ✔ The four-day battery life allows for more doing and less charging ✔ Any of these could easily rank in our best smartwatch guide when we've fully reviewed them, so it may be our ranking will change dramatically in the coming months


Peter Sellers’ Aston Martin DB4 GT sells for £2.65m at auction

9/6/2018, 2:49:56 PM
A 1959 Aston Martin DB4 GT driven by Peter Sellers in The Wrong Arm of the Law has been sold at the RM Sotheby’s London auction yesterday (September 5) for £2. ✔ Released in 1963, the film featured a fine script, theme music from Richard Rodney Bennett and a hand-picked cast of Britain’s finest character actors (Michael Caine has a bit-part, but you will be hard-pressed to spot him) headed by the priceless double act of Peter Sellers and Lionel Jeffries ✔ There was also a James Young-bodied Rolls-Royce Silver Dawn, an Austin-Healey Sprite Mk2, a Ford Zodiac Mk2 and, as with any self-respecting..


Uber will suspend low-rated riders in Australia and New Zealand

9/6/2018, 2:25:25 PM
Passengers with ratings of four stars or lower will be banned after several warnings. ✔ A spokesperson told the BBC only a few thousand customers in the region had ratings that low ✔ The policy is aimed at improving some passengers' behavior, and riders will receive multiple warnings as well as tips and reminders of what not to do before being issued a suspension ✔ Take your rubbish with you and don't make messes in the car, Anderson said on Australia's Channel 7 morning show Sunrise


Lister unveils new £140,000 SUV that can hit a top speed of 200MPH

9/6/2018, 3:51:39 PM
Cambridge-based company Lister, who produced one of Britain’s most successful sports cars during the 1950s, is set to launch its SUV in September with deliveries set to begin in October. ✔ SUVs are more likely to be associated with busy family days out than the racing track ✔ The 'Cars from Cambridge', originally designed and built by Brian Lister, dominated the field in their 1950s heyday, with Archie Scott Brown driving, as well as the legendary F1 star Stirling Moss


2,000-year-old Roman water feature left to rot by local authority 

9/6/2018, 12:48:38 PM
Colchester Council was given the stone basin for safe keeping after it was discovered in the city during an excavation in 2000, but it was discarded when the council moved sites six years later. ✔ The ancient fountain was left outside under a tarpaulin due to insufficient space at a storage facility and was then discarded when the council moved sites six years later ✔ He added: 'It was taken to what we thought was a place of safety ✔ 410AD - All Romans were recalled to Rome and Emperor Honorious told Britons they no longer had a connection to Rome


Lyft rolls out its first electric scooters in Denver

9/6/2018, 2:08:23 PM
The company is playing catch-up in a flush market ✔ Lyft is the latest company to jump on the shared-scooter bandwagon, announcing on Thursday that Denver would be its first market in the US for its dockless electric scooters ✔ The company’s leap into the scooter frenzy comes at a time when cities are wising up, writing new rules, and requiring closer collaboration and compliance to better manage the influx of rentable, pay-per-minute electric scooters on their streets


Fido Alliance adds a biometrics certification program to help fight spoofing

9/6/2018, 3:20:07 PM
In a move aimed at upping standards across biometric user verification systems, the industry consortium, Fido Alliance, has launched a certification program for biometrics systems. “The goal of the Biometric Certification Component Program is to provide a framework for the certification of bi… ✔ And hasn’t been meaningfully hacked (well, barring attacks by identical twins/strikingly similar looking family members) ✔ With biometrics being a popular option for mobile and web applications implementing Fido Authentication, there is a growing need for those service providers to appropriately assess the risk of fraud from lost or stolen devices, he added ✔ She added that the Alliance will update this list as more are added


Men are afraid to talk about mental health, and it's literally killing them

9/6/2018, 12:08:20 PM
Men are less likely than women to discuss mental health issues and far more likely to attempt suicide. Can mobile apps help men save their own lives? ✔ There needs to be a diversity of services, Scholz says, because there's a diversity of men ✔ Some guys want physical health services, some want to go to meditation classes, some want to talk remotely ✔ CNET Magazine: Check out a sample of the stories in CNET's newsstand edition


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