September 6, 2023

Associated Press: Carmakers fail privacy test, give owners little or no control on personal data they collect

Associated Press: Carmakers fail privacy test, give owners little or no control on personal data they collect. “Cars are getting an ‘F’ in data privacy. Most major manufacturers admit they may be selling your personal information, a new study finds, with half also saying they would share it with the government or law enforcement without a court order. The proliferation of sensors in automobiles — from telematics to fully digitized control consoles — has made them prodigious data-collection hubs.” Never thought I’d be glad our car is 15 years old.

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September 2, 2023

SF Gate: Injured person reportedly dies after Cruise cars block first responders

SF Gate: Injured person reportedly dies after Cruise cars block first responders. “On Aug. 14, two stalled Cruise vehicles delayed an ambulance from leaving the scene of a crash in which a driver had hit a pedestrian with their car, according to reports from the San Francisco Fire Department. The pedestrian later died of their injuries, which first responders linked to the delay in getting them to the hospital.”

Security & Legal Issues 0
August 28, 2023

The Next Web: Autonomous cars worse at detecting children and dark-skinned pedestrians, study finds

The Next Web: Autonomous cars worse at detecting children and dark-skinned pedestrians, study finds. “Researchers from King’s College London (KCL) tested the software on over 8,000 images of pedestrians. They found that the average detection accuracy was almost 20% higher for adults than it was for children. The systems were also 7.5% more accurate for light-skinned pedestrians than hey were for darker-skinned ones.” And for night driving conditions, as you might expect, it’s even worse.

Research & Opinion 0
August 19, 2023

North Carolina State University: Self-Driving Cars Can Make Traffic Slower

North Carolina State University: Self-Driving Cars Can Make Traffic Slower. “A new study finds that “connected” vehicles, which share data with each other wirelessly, significantly improve travel time through intersections – but automated vehicles can actually slow down travel time through intersections if they are not connected to each other. The culprit? Safety.” “Culprit”?

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August 17, 2023

Road & Track: NASCAR Just Released Over 1000 Archived Race Broadcasts At Once

Road & Track: NASCAR Just Released Over 1000 Archived Race Broadcasts At Once. “For the past two decades, anyone wanting to watch a historic NASCAR race was best off looking for a video of a VHS tape of a decades-old broadcast uploaded directly to YouTube. That changed this week, with NASCAR uploading a massive archive of over 1000 official broadcasts and condensed races to a new NASCAR classics website. The archive starts with the 1951 race at Daytona Beach and continues all the way through to last month’s Cup Series race at Richmond.” Access is free as far as I can tell.

New Resources 0
August 4, 2023

Hagerty Media: The last Jaguar V-8 will live forever—in a library

Hagerty Media: The last Jaguar V-8 will live forever—in a library. “It won’t be long before every Jaguar will be powered by near-silent electricity, but the brand’s most glorious gas-guzzling legacy is to be saved forever—or at least the sound of it is. Jaguar has recorded the roar of the very last F-Type 75 R and submitted it to the British Library in London to be stored where it will ‘enable people worldwide—and for all time—to enjoy the sounds of the last combustion-engine Jaguar sports car.’”

Research & Opinion 0
August 2, 2023

WTHR: Middletown police arrest Google Street View driver after 100+ mph chase

WTHR: Middletown police arrest Google Street View driver after 100+ mph chase. “A driver for Google is in custody after they were clocked going over 100 mph near a school Monday east of Pendleton. According to Middletown police, Coleman Ferguson, who has a Florida driver’s license, was driving a Google Street View car in front of Shenandoah High School when he refused to stop, going ‘well over 100 miles per hour and was passing several other vehicles.’” The Florida driver’s license is mentioned because this happened in Indiana.

Around the Search & Social Media World 0
July 28, 2023

Engadget: The new Mercedes-Benz E-Class puts TikTok on the road

Engadget: The new Mercedes-Benz E-Class puts TikTok on the road. “The E-Class is Mercedes’ first car with a selfie camera and the first car in the world that offers TikTok, WebEx, and Zoom right there in the dashboard. All that, paired with some advanced driver assistance on the highway plus all the luxuries you’ve come to expect from a Mercedes, creates a sedan that’s perhaps a bit too steady for some, but will be right on the money for many.”

Around the Search & Social Media World 0
July 25, 2023

The Verge: People are using Google Maps to cut down tailpipe pollution

The Verge: People are using Google Maps to cut down tailpipe pollution. “Drivers are taking Google Maps’ advice for how to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from their trips, according to the company. In late 2021, Google debuted a feature in Google Maps that allows users to see the most fuel-efficient routes. The feature has since helped prevent around 1.2 million metric tons of planet-heating carbon dioxide emissions, Google estimates in its latest environmental report released today.”

Research & Opinion 0
July 7, 2023

WITZ: State Launches First of Its Kind Vehicle Data Dashboard

WITZ: State Launches First of Its Kind Vehicle Data Dashboard. “Roughly 6.5 million cars, trucks, motorcycles, and recreational vehicles are registered each year in the State of Indiana through the Bureau of Motor Vehicles (BMV). This tool allows users to see how many are powered by gas, diesel, and electric, among others. In 2018, there were 76,000 electric and electric hybrid vehicles in the state. That number increased to nearly 125,000 by 2022.”

New Resources 0
July 6, 2023

Delaware Online: Why Delaware’s new searchable crash database has years of wrong information

Delaware Online: Why Delaware’s new searchable crash database has years of wrong information. “Delaware announced earlier this year it had rolled out a website aimed at increasing access to the state’s crash statistics and reports — even claiming the portal would equip drivers with information to help them make safer decisions behind the wheel. But the portal, which was publicly launched in February after being signed into law 17 months prior, has discrepancies.”

Around the Search & Social Media World 0
June 14, 2023

USGS: It is easier than ever to view Mars landscapes in high resolution

USGS: It is easier than ever to view Mars landscapes in high resolution. “There is a huge difference between looking at a photo of the Grand Canyon and seeing it in person. If you want to look at another planet’s landscape, seeing it in person is not an option. That’s why a team at the U.S. Geological Survey used supercomputers and cloud computing to process and release a treasure trove of ready-to-use Mars data: more than 4,800 digital terrain models, known as DTMs, and more than 155,000 ultra-high-resolution images of the surface of the planet.”

New Resources 0

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