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Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a bill into law on Wednesday that will tighten government control over the internet. The new law requires that internet service providers in Russia unplug from foreign servers. It also calls for the creation of… Source: Engadget | Putin signs Russian internet isolation bill into law
May 1, 2019 | by RaheelA glaucoma diagnosis typically requires multiple painstaking tests to accurately gauge vision loss. If IBM has its way, though, you might just have to ask a computer to do the hard work. The company's research wing has used AI to discover retina im… Source: Engadget | IBM hopes AI can speed up glaucoma treatment
May 1, 2019 | by RaheelLyft announced today that it is hiring Tal Shaked, an engineer who previously worked at Google, to serve as its first-ever head of machine learning and artificial intelligence. According to the company, Shaked will largely be focusing on improving te… Source: Engadget | Lyft hires ex-Google engineer to be its new head of AI
May 1, 2019 | by RaheelIt's been a long road, but the right-hand drive Tesla Model 3 has at last gone on sale in the UK. Elon Musk previously teased a May launch date for the most "affordable" car in Tesla's range, after a rocky start to deliveries in Europe. Source: Engadget | Tesla's Model 3 finally goes on sale …
May 1, 2019 | by RaheelFor the first time, a drone has delivered a kidney to a transplant patient who had waited eight years for a donor. The organ was carried on a short, 10 minute, 2.7 mile test flight from Baltimore's St. Agnes Hospital to the University of Maryland (UM… Source: Engadget | A drone delivered an organ to …
May 1, 2019 | by RaheelWhen the launch of NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory and Glory missions failed in 2009 and 2011, the agency said it was because their launch vehicle malfunctioned. The clamshell structure (called fairing) encapsulating the satellites as they travele… Source: Engadget | NASA was sold faulty rocket parts for almost 20 years
May 1, 2019 | by RaheelLast spring, Apple engineer Walter Huang aka Wei Lun Huang died in a crash when his Tesla Model X hit a median on Highway 101 in Mountain View while the car's Autopilot driving assist was engaged. Now ABC 7 News and NBC Bay Area report that Huang's f… Source: Engadget | Tesla sued over fatal …
May 1, 2019 | by RaheelElon Musk now knows exactly what Tesla information he can tweet without getting in trouble with the Securities and Exchange Commission. According to The Wall Street Journal, US District Judge Alison Nathan has signed off on the agreement the executiv… Source: Engadget | SEC and Elon Musk tweet agreement gets a judge's seal of approval
May 1, 2019 | by RaheelGood news: you don't have to buy a brand new Toyota (or score a very lightly used model) just to get modern mobile conveniences. The automaker has announced that you can add Amazon Alexa and Apple CarPlay (sorry, no Android Auto) to the 2018 Camry a… Source: Engadget | Toyota brings Alexa and CarPlay to …
May 1, 2019 | by RaheelOut of all the announcements Facebook made at its F8 2019 developers conference, one of the most important was the redesign of its core smartphone app. The new application, which has been updated with what Facebook is calling the "FB5" version, is no… Source: Engadget | A closer look at the redesigned Facebook app
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