Two identical private jets took off, one returned and landed while the other lay in smoldering ruins. Yevgeny Prigozhin was said to be on board… one of them. This detail popped into my head as I read the MI6 quote to the Independent. [Putin is] making clear to everyone inside and outside of Russia that … Continue reading The Mystery Second Plane of Yevgeny Prigozhin That Didn’t Crash
Humans often get cited for being influenced by drugs or alcohol when they make terrible decisions. Autonomous vehicles (AV), on the other hand, need no drugs or alcohol to make such bad decisions. This often gets reported as an AV isn’t at risk from drinking, while in reality the risk is from… influences. And it … Continue reading Autonomous Vehicles Need No Drugs Or Drink To Be Bad Drivers
I’ve never been a fan of screens in cars. The last thing I want are “idiot lights” on a dashboard. In 2020, Autoevolution highlighted “lack of physical buttons [in Tesla] as one of the worst automotive trends.” Lo and behold the new Cadillac EV designers understand why touch means haptic, and they’ve delivered a proper … Continue reading Luxury EV Cadillac Lyriq Wows Critics With Knobs and Buttons
As I warned back in April, we now are exactly where anyone could have predicted. Hate Speech’s Rise on Twitter Is Unprecedented, Researchers Find. Problematic content and formerly barred accounts have increased sharply in the short time since Elon Musk took over, researchers said. Before Elon Musk bought Twitter, slurs against Black Americans showed up … Continue reading Twitter Code Quality Crashing, Hate Speech Exploding and Unregulated