self-driving car
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Want Free Self-Driving Mode In Your Tesla? Researchers Found a Jailbreak
A group of researchers has discovered a technique to jailbreak a Tesla’s infotainment system, unlocking Full Self-Driving, heated seats, and other paid features for the low price of zero dollars. According to a report in TechCrunch, three students from Technische Universität Berlin and an independent researcher used a method called voltage glitching for a digital-age…
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U.S. Government Curious Why Teslas Allow Gaming While Driving
When Tesla expanded its growing list of dashboard touchscreen games last winter, the update inexplicably allowed drivers to play them while the electric car was in motion. Almost a year later, the United States government is finally asking the company why.
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Ex-Google Self-Driving Car Guru Is Likely Headed To Prison
Last August, attorneys for Anthony Levandowski, who left Google to found his own company, ended up as an engineer at Uber, and briefly ran his own techtopian church, said, “He didn’t steal anything from anyone.” On Thursday, Levandowski said in papers filed in U.S. federal court, “I stole.”
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Not Even Google’s Self-Driving Car Can Escape The Cops
Google’s self-driving car might be intentionally designed to look cute and innocent, but as we all know, puppy-dog eyes are not enough to escape the police.