We haven’t seen it in full yet, but the auto maker released a teasing first look on Instagram. Just a silhouetted front end highlighted by LED running lights and a glowing Lamborghini logo.
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A report on Autoblog notes that the silhouette bears a resemblance to the Terzo Millennio, which has the same kind of Y-shaped headline setup on its front end. The 2017 concept car developed in a partnership with M.I.T. was said to feature a specialized electric motor and autonomous driving capabilities. Read more…
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Not all the advice that a budding business leader hears on a podcast will be particularly actionable or beneficial. There is, however, some very good information and perspectives out there. To help newer leaders be more aware of things they can and should do in regards to their business, we asked members of Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) the following: (more…)
If it takes a few transit methods to get from a party to your front door, Google Maps didn’t used to be much help. But, as announced Tuesday, the navigation app can now give transit directions that include different modes.
“Mixed modes” will soon show up on the transit tab and will include ride-sharing and cycling options within the public transit directions. Instead of you having to manually piece together a trip, the app puts together different options for you.
You can get detailed information about ride-sharing, like the cost of either an Uber or Lyft and the different types of rides, like a carpool or SUV and how long it’ll take to get to you. The app will give info about the train or bus you’re catching and how much traffic to expect on the way. But you still have to book an Uber or Lyft in its respective app. Read more…
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If you’re driving in San Francisco one week and then New York City the next, you’re probably not paying attention to the small differences in rules when it comes to sharing bikes lanes, passing school buses, and turning right on red.
If you’re in a self-driving car, those state-by-state distinctions aren’t just a nuisance (and potential ticket since ignorance isn’t a legal defense), but rules the self-driving companies don’t want to overlook, no matter how tedious. The software controlling the car needs to have those slight variations in traffic law programmed in, especially since companies don’t want negative media attention or a blemished record showing it broke the law. Read more…
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Illustration by James Bareham / The Verge A letter sent from Facebook to Democratic lawmakers has shed new light on the Messenger Kids breach that took place this summer — and inspired new backlash from Congress. Earlier this year, an implementation error in the Messenger Kids app had allowed children to create group chats with unauthorized users. That violated a core promise of the app, which had pledged to give children a way to talk with friends without potentially exposing them to strangers online. In the wake of the news, Senators Ed Markey (D-MA) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) wrote to Facebook seeking more information on the flaw, specifically raising the question of whether the company had violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (or COPPA). But Facebook’s response, sent August 27th, makes clear that the company does not believe the app ultimately violated that law. “Facebook’s response gives little reassurance to parents that Messenger Kids is a safe place for children” “We believe… that Messenger Kids complies with COPPA,” public policy VP Kevin Martin wrote to lawmakers, “and we are committed to continually improving it to ensure we not only comply with COPPA but we meet and exceed the high standards of parents and families.” The letter also gives more detail on when the flaw was implemented, when it was discovered, and when it was ultimately patched. According to Walker, the error was introduced in October 2018, just ten months after the app was introduced. Facebook discovered the issue the next year, on June 12th, and updated its code to fix the issue the next day. It would be more than a month later, on July 15th, that parents began to be notified, according to Walker’s timeline. Those emails were published by The Verge the following week. “Messenger Kids takes children’s privacy and security seriously, and we are committed to ensuring any technical errors are investigated and addressed quickly,” Martin said. Senators Markey and Blumenthal were not impressed by the explanation. “Facebook’s response gives little reassurance to parents that Messenger Kids is a safe place for children today,” the Senators wrote. “We are particularly disappointed that Facebook did not commit to undertaking a comprehensive review of Messenger Kids to identify additional bugs or privacy issues. If Facebook wants children and parents’ trust, it has to do a lot better than this. That means dropping Facebook’s current whack-a-mole method and taking a proactive approach that makes privacy and security the platform’s number one priority—particularly for kids.” The scandal comes at an awkward time for Facebook, as it seeks sympathetic regulation for its proposed Libra currency. Just a week after the Messenger Kids issues came to light, the Federal Trade Commission announced a $5 billion settlement with Facebook over a string of prior privacy issues — a settlement many critics found unacceptably light. It’s still unclear whether the FTC will take any action in response to the Messenger Kids issue, although Facebook says the settlement would not currently indemnify the company from such a suit. “We are in regular contact with the FTC on many issues and products, including Messenger Kids,” Martin said in the letter. “Consistent with our practice, we seek to be cooperative and responsive to their inquiries.”
In June, Apple recalled the 2015 MacBook Pro with Retina Display, sold between September 2015 and February 2017, because the battery “may pose a fire safety risk,” and the FAA soon reminded airlines not to carry those laptops with defective batteries on board. But some airlines are now banning Apple laptops whether they’ve got a bad battery or not, as reported by Bloomberg. Virgin Australia isn’t taking any chances: it’s banning every single MacBook from being carried in checked baggage. In a notice on its “Dangerous Goods” page, the company doesn’t differentiate by shape, screen size, or the year it was made: all “Apple MacBooks” can only be brought onto planes in carry-on baggage. That may sound extreme, as the large majority of Apple laptops have not been recalled. The policy does make it sound like you can still use your laptops once on the flight, though. Lots of MacBooks are being banned that weren’t part of the recall But if you’re flying Qantas Airways with a 15-inch MacBook Pro, that last part may not be true. Not only is the carrier banning every single 15-inch MacBook Pro from checked baggage, it won’t let you use them in flight. “Until further notice, all 15-inch Apple MacBook Pros must be carried in cabin baggage and switched off for flight following a recall notice issued by Apple,” a Qantas spokesperson told ZDNet. While it’s understandable that Quantas might not be able to easily tell whether a 2015 15-inch MacBook Pro has one of the recalled batteries or not — that’d require looking up a serial number online — it’d be nice if they exempted the 2016-and-later MacBook Pro with Touch Bar, which has several pretty easily distinguishable visual characteristics and hasn’t had a battery recall that we know of. If you have an affected 15-inch MacBook Pro, Apple says it will replace your battery for free, but you’ll have to send your laptop to an Apple repair center. You can check if your unit is eligible for a replacement here.
Photo by Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images for Discovery Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak is wildly outspoken, and he’s never been shy to criticize the company he helped build. This week, he told Bloomberg that Apple should have been broken up a long time ago. He’s not necessarily talking about government regulators stepping in the way Elizabeth Warren wants, though. Rather, he seems to be talking about building an environment where engineers like himself are free to work on their own. Here’s the full quote: “I wish Apple on its own has split off a long time ago and spun off independent divisions to far away places and let them work independently, like Hewlett Packard did when I was there.” Apple seems to be doing pretty well as a monolithic entity, though You might note that HP was the company that turned down Wozniak when he wanted to make a personal computer — five times, according to Woz — and that HP as a company isn’t anywhere near the wildly successful juggernaut that Apple is today. But Woz has also praised HP in the past for letting him work freely. “Engineers could go in at night and have access to all the parts they needed and tools to work on their own designs,” he recalled in 2011. “I think big tech has gotten too big, it’s too powerful a force in our life, and it’s taken our choices away. It’s hard to escape,” Woz told Bloomberg, but added that he thinks Apple is “the best of the companies” because it’s mostly making money selling products rather than tracking people. He thinks that when it comes to Facebook and Google, competition should be enforced — but in the meanwhile, he has an ask: “Give me a choice to pay for almost no tracking.”
Rihanna’s lingerie brand Savage X Fenty has received new funding from investors following a strong first year, bringing the total amount invested in the company to roughly $70 million.
