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Tesla may offer remote access to your car's Autopilot cameras

Posted: 28 Nov 2020 02:48 PM PST

As helpful as Tesla's Sentry Mode may be, it doesn't provide much insight from the car's cameras until there's an incident. What if you could take a peek at any moment? You just might. Electrek reports that code sleuth Green has discovered hints at r...

Leak exposes personal data for millions of Brazilian COVID-19 patients

Posted: 28 Nov 2020 01:59 PM PST

Medical data breaches are serious as a rule, but an incident in Brazil may be particularly severe. According to ZDNet, Brazilian newspaper Estadao has learned that a Sao Paolo hospital worker uploaded a spreadsheet with login details for two governme...

'Spider-Man: Miles Morales' bug gives NYC the patio heater superhero it needs

Posted: 28 Nov 2020 12:21 PM PST

Game glitches are all too common, but a flaw in Spider-Man: Miles Morales is providing plenty of entertainment on its own. Andy H, Froste and others have discovered a bug that turns the web-slinging superhero into various game world objects, includin...

Scientists might know why astronauts develop health problems in space

Posted: 28 Nov 2020 11:21 AM PST

People are more likely to develop health issues with extended time in space, such as cardiovascular and sleep disruptions. But why? Scientists might have an idea. They've published research indicating that mitochondria, the energy-producing "powerhou...

This bluetooth-enabled Altec turntable is $52 for Black Friday

Posted: 28 Nov 2020 10:55 AM PST

People play music for different occasions. Some love to have background noise during family dinners. Others strike up the latest hits when hanging out with friends. Then there are the cleaning warriors who power through dishes, laundry and the like w...

Black Friday online shopping surged over 21 percent amid the pandemic

Posted: 28 Nov 2020 10:16 AM PST

Many were expecting a spike in online Black Friday sales due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but it's now clearer just how large that shift really was. Adobe now estimates that internet Black Friday sales in the US jumped 21.6 percent year-over-year to hit...

Hitting the Books: How autonomous EVs could help solve climate change

Posted: 28 Nov 2020 08:30 AM PST

Climate change is far and away the greatest threat of the modern human era — a crisis that will only get worse the longer we dither — with American car culture as a major contributor to the nation's greenhouse emissions. But carbon-neutralizing energ...

Zappos' pioneering ex-CEO Tony Hsieh dies at 46

Posted: 28 Nov 2020 08:24 AM PST

Internet shopping just lost one of its most influential figures. TechCrunch has confirmed that Tony Hsieh, the former CEO of online shoe giant Zappos, died on November 27th at the age of 46 from injuries sustained in a house fire. He's best known for...

The Morning After: The best Black Friday deals that are still going

Posted: 28 Nov 2020 07:58 AM PST

Black Friday is over, but many of the discounts are still available. Packing into stores is a riskier idea than usual this year, but we're still keeping track of the best offers and continually updating posts to reflect which special offers are expir...

Recommended Reading: Using AI to create alarmingly realistic fake people

Posted: 28 Nov 2020 07:00 AM PST

Designed to deceive: Do these people look real to you?Kashmir Hill and Jeremy White, The New York TimesFake personas on the internet are nothing new, but completely fake people that appear to be alarmingly real in photographs or animations are becomi...

Engadget readers get $200 off Roomba's i7+ vacuum at Wellbots

Posted: 28 Nov 2020 05:00 AM PST

Roomba's i7 series has some of the most advanced robo-vacs you can get, but they come at high prices. But for Black Friday, Engadget readers can save $200 on both of the robot vacuums in the line. The Roomba i7+ drops to $599 and the Roomba i7 falls...

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