Month: April 2024
Senate Democrats urge crackdown on autonomous vehicles and driver assist
Two prominent Senate Democrats are calling for increased scrutiny of autonomous vehicles and advanced driver-assist systems (ADAS) like Tesla’s Autopilot, arguing that the unimpeded flow of highly automated vehicles on public roads in recent years risks exacerbating the traffic safety crisis in the US. “We cannot allow partially automated driving…
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Underestimating the dangers within: mitigating the insider cyber threat
The cybersecurity risks that businesses are often most concerned about come from external attacks. But at the same time, threats – both by accident or with malicious intent – by their own employees are overlooked, despite accounting for 58% of cybersecurity breaches in recent years. As a result, a large…
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The road to analytics excellence is paved with automation
As organisations embark on becoming more digitally enabled, the road is paved with many twists and turns. Data science teams and analysts, as well as the teams they serve, know full well that the path to analytic excellence is not linear. The good news is organisations have opportunities to unlock…
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Pixel’s new satellite feature could show people where you are on Google Maps
Recent leaks claim Google is working on further integrating satellite connectivity to their Pixel phones and could introduce support for the tech in Google Maps. This information comes from two industry insiders: AssembleDebug who shared his findings with PiunikaWeb and Nail Sadykov over on Telegram. Beginning with the former, users…
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I really hope Google doesn’t promise 7 years of Android for the Pixel 8a
When Google and then Samsung promised seven years of major OS updates for the latest Pixel 8 and Galaxy S24 families, I was left agog. That’s longer than any other phone maker before; even longer than Apple, which quietly supports every iPhone with five years of iOS. Since then, I’ve…
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Google fires 28 employees after sit-in protest over Israel cloud contract
Serious consequences for disruptive behavior Googlers, You may have seen reports of protests at some of our offices yesterday. Unfortunately, a number of employees brought the event into our buildings in New York and Sunnyvale. They took over office spaces, defaced our property, and physically impeded the work of other…
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