No one else in the world could actually make a run at Tesla, because they either don’t have the cash and, most importantly, they don’t have the ability to give assurances to Elon that they won’t f@#$ it up.
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Police investigate after bot created by web developer Jeffry van der Goot tweets ‘I seriously want to kill people’.
via Randomly generated tweet by bot prompts investigation by Dutch police | Technology | The Guardian.
Starting in the next few days, when you ask Google about common health conditions, you’ll start getting relevant medical facts right up front from the Knowledge Graph. We’ll show you typical symptoms and treatments, as well as details on how common the condition is—whether it’s critical, if it’s contagious, what ages it affects, and more.
via Official Google Blog: A remedy for your health-related questions: health info in the Knowledge Graph.
This cyber world is the Wild Wild West, and to some degree we’re asked to be the sheriff.
via Obama: “Everybody’s online and everybody’s vulnerable” | Ars Technica.
We’re starting to use probe data as a cue for semi-automated improvements to OpenStreetMap. With algorithms that filter out noise and infer things like directionality and popularity of routes, we can identify roads missing from OpenStreetMap, turn restrictions, and even speed limits for Smart Directions.
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Selon un sondage réalisé auprès de 750 étudiants, plus de 70% disent se sentir coupables s’ils ne répondent pas à un message, en sachant que l’interlocuteur sait qu’ils l’ont lu. Ils expliquent ainsi poursuivre des conversations pendant des heures voire des jours, sans oser interrompre l’échange.
via Pourquoi Line, la messagerie instantanée, rend (vraiment) les Japonais fous | Slate.fr.
Every time you post a photo to Instagram, it loses a tiny bit of quality.
via Experiment Shows What Happens When You Repost a Photo to Instagram 90 Times.
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Samsung Electronics Australia is aware of an issue that has caused some Samsung Smart TV users to experience program interruption in the form of a Pepsi advertisement.
This was a result of an error that occurred as part of a recent software update that was not intended for the Australian market.
via Samsung Smart TVs forcing ads into video streaming apps – CNET.
Le tribunal a expliqué que la justice s’arrêtait là où commençait les « secrets d’Etat ».
via Surveillance de la NSA : la justice américaine donne raison au gouvernement.