Tag: software

  • Tesla pulls Full Self-Driving update due to ‘issues’

    Tesla pulls Full Self-Driving update due to ‘issues’

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    Tesla has rolled back the latest version of its Full Self-Driving car software, from version 10.3 back to version 10.2. The Full Self-Driving (FSD) is optional software that enables a number of autonomous driving features in Tesla cars (though it does not really enabled autonomous driving without driver supervision). The company released it as limited…

  • Unlocking India’s $1 trillion SaaS opportunity

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    India could be on the cusp of unlocking a $1 trillion opportunity for Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)  companies, creating nearly half a million new jobs by 2030, according to a report titled ‘Shaping India’s SaaS Landscape’ by SaaSBOOMi, in association with McKinsey.  To be clear, software accounts for 20 percent of the total enterprise spending on technology…

  • Tesla will update its Autopilot software on around 285,000 vehicles in China because drivers are switching it on by mistake, a state regulator says

    Tesla will update its Autopilot software on around 285,000 vehicles in China because drivers are switching it on by mistake, a state regulator says

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    Tesla CEO Elon Musk walks in front of a Model Y image in Shanghai. Aly Song/Reuters Tesla will update software on about 285,000 vehicles in China, a state regulator said on Saturday. Autopilot software will be updated on some Model 3 and Y vehicles, Reuters reported. Drivers "easily activate the cruise control function by mistake,"…

  • A ‘more honest’ stock market

    A ‘more honest’ stock market

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    Hello friends, and welcome back to Week in Review! Last week, I talked about Clubhouse’s slowing user growth. Well, this week news broke that they had been in talks with Twitter for a $4 billion acquisition, so it looks like they’re still pretty desirable. This week, I’m talking about a story I published a couple…

  • Decrypted: Tesla’s ransomware near miss, Palantir’s S-1 risk factors

    Decrypted: Tesla’s ransomware near miss, Palantir’s S-1 risk factors

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    Another busy week in cybersecurity. In case you missed this A popular messaging app used by more than a million protesters has many key security flaws; a little-known loophole has let the DMV market driver’s licenses and Social Security records to private investigators; and the U.S. government is wanting to recover over $2.5 million in…

  • Grid Giants Contend for Dominance at the Distributed Edge [GTM Squared]

    Grid Giants Contend for Dominance at the Distributed Edge [GTM Squared]

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    SAN ANTONIO — The power grid company is more about integrating renewable energy and distributed energy sources at scale. Ask any grid seller at DistribuTech, the nation ’s annual utility industry trade show.  Just like years past, this year’s DistribuTech conference featured a dizzying variety of technology to monitor, manage and orchestrate electricity that’s progressively…

  • Opera and the firm short-selling its stock (alleging Africa fintech abuses) weigh in

    Opera and the firm short-selling its stock (alleging Africa fintech abuses) weigh in

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    Internet services firm Opera has arrived under a short-sell attack according to allegations of predatory lending practices with its fintech goods in Africa. Hindenburg Research issued a report claiming (among other matters ) that Opera’s finance goods in Nigeria and Kenya have run afoul of sensible consumer clinics and Google Play Store guidelines for financing…

  • How India’s car market is undergoing a rapid change

    How India’s car market is undergoing a rapid change

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    When Shubhankar Rawat, 39, purchased a Kia Seltos sports utility vehicle in late December, he states it felt like an upgrade. The Korean automaker’s offering on the roads in India was packed with attributes of at a car. It’s filled with bells and whistles — even three screens, including a retractable one, to deal with…

  • Google to pay security researchers who find Android apps and Chrome extensions misusing user data

    Google to pay security researchers who find Android apps and Chrome extensions misusing user data

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    Google stated it will pay security researchers that find “verifiably and unambiguous evidence” of information abuse with its own platforms. It’s part of the firm ’s efforts to catch those who misuse user information accumulated through Android apps or Chrome extensions — to prevent its own version of a scandal like Cambridge Analytica, which saw…

  • Hackers to stress-test Facebook Portal at hacking contest

    Hackers to stress-test Facebook Portal at hacking contest

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    Hackers will soon be able to stress-test that the Facebook Portal at the annual Pwn2Own hacking contest, following the debut of the societal media giant’s debut hardware device last year. Pwn2Own is one of the largest hacking contests on earth, where exhibit and security investigators descend to locate their exploits for vulnerabilities such as automobiles…