What Is Car Hacking and What Can You Do to Prevent It ?

Car hacking could become a serious issue in the future. With cars becoming ever more connected to the internet with each new model, some theorize we risk a new type of carjacking. It is currently incredibly rare but has actually happened. Car engines can’t be turned off just yet, but break-ins using keyless entry is a reality. This would circumvent the security of your car and let would-be thieves empty your car of all your lovely possessions.

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How to free up space on your smartphone

How to free up space on your smartphone

You pull out your phone to snap a spontaneous photo...and get an error message because you have no space for the image. Running out of room on your phone—with no memory left for photos or videos, new apps, or data for your existing apps—can be a disaster. To avoid this scenario, free up some space with these tips.

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How the government is making way for self-driving cars

How the government is making way for self-driving cars

Driverless cars are moving fast. Google and Lyft flash us their self-driving-car schemes, and Uber has already put robo-cabs to work in Pittsburgh. But if autonomous cars are going to chauffeur us, we need to regulate them.

During his time as Secretary of Transportation, Anthony Foxx, who leaves his post at the end of January, penned laws to keep us safe on these changing roads. And he has some tips for the new hire.

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THE AMAZON GO STORE WILL REPLACE CHECKOUT LINES WITH ADVANCED SENSORS

THE AMAZON GO STORE WILL REPLACE CHECKOUT LINES WITH ADVANCED SENSORS

Seattle's Amazon Go is a grocery store without grocers. The physical shop design, brought forth by the massive online retail giant, promises a technological marvel: a store that knows what’s in your basket, and charges customers for just that as they leave the store, no human interaction needed. It’s a weird, frictionless universe, where smartphone apps and advanced computer vision replace human interaction and, importantly, low-wage human labor.

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The Dirty Little Secret Traditional Enterprise Software Companies Don't Want You Knowing

What if everything we've been led to believe about enterprise software was a well constructed lie?

If you look closely at how the enterprise software market is set up, I think you will see that over the last fifty years, a "syndicate" of the largest software companies in the world; names we all know well, have worked tirelessly to architect a business model where their customers pay them billions of dollars, but receive little in return except frustration and promises. This fabricated reality is so successful that customers of these firms rest easy believing two things to be true; 1. the products and services they receive from these firms are actually helping their businesses; and 2. that because they themselves are large businesses, they have no options but these legacy companies.

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