Accidental Tesla ‘butt dial’ upgrade highlights confusing future of car maintenance

Jan16
by on January 16, 2020 at 3:59 pm
Posted In: Cars, world


Upgrading an internal combustion engine vehicle typically requires the help of a mechanic or a visit to the car’s dealership. But with Tesla‘s over-the-air software updates the future of vehicle modifications looks very different. Earlier this week, author, scholar, statistician, and self-professed flâneur, Nassim Nicolas Taleb, tweeted about his interactions with Tesla after he accidentally upgraded his EV with his posterior. According to Taleb, he “butt dialed” the Tesla app and bought the $4,333 Full Self Driving upgrade accidentally. He subsequently shared his correspondence with Tesla‘s customer support, and it’s, erm, concerning. Elon @elonmusk, your Customer Support at Tesla is…

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Instagram’s decision to hide photoshopped images is a disservice to art

Jan15
by on January 15, 2020 at 3:34 pm
Posted In: Design & Dev


In a controversial turn of events, Instagram has begun hiding photoshopped images on its platform — even in the case of creative uses. San Francisco-based photographer Toby Harriman was scrolling through his Instagram feed when he suddenly spotted a post flagged for “False Information,” PetaPixel writes. It was a first for him, so he clicked through the warning pop-up, only to find it was simply of photo of a man standing on a rainbow-colored hill. “Independent fact-checkers say this is false,” the message warned. “The primary claims in this information are factually inaccurate,” it continued, linking to a report from a…

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It actually happened — Akon just founded his own crypto city in Africa

Jan14
by on January 14, 2020 at 3:34 pm
Posted In: blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Akon really did it. He’s founded his own fucking city — Akon City — and cryptocurrency is reportedly set to power it. This is supposedly real. According to the rap star’s Twitter feed, an agreement between Akon and the country of Senegal has been finalized, which means that Akon City is officially here. Just finalized the agreement for AKON CITY in Senegal. Looking forward to hosting you there in the future pic.twitter.com/dsoYpmjnpf — AKON (@Akon) January 13, 2020 According to a CNN article from 2018, Akon noted that his city would be built on a 2,000-acre piece of land that was to be gifted to…

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