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The tech world is currently abuzz with news about today's Apple event, but since that's going to fill up your newsfeed today anyway, we figured we'd serve up something different: An update on Tesla's ongoing autopilot issues, a dispatch from the world of NFTs, and another amazing wearable that won't break the bank. Enjoy! |
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Tesla chief Elon Musk has said that the automaker's early investigations suggest that the Model S involved in the fatal accident in Texas over the weekend didn't have Autopilot enabled.
Saturday's crash in Spring, just north of Houston, killed two men ages 59 and 69 when the vehicle hit a tree and burst into flames. Police at the scene said one person was found in the front passenger seat while the other was in a rear seat, indicating that the car may have been in Autopilot or Full Self-Driving (FSD) mode when the accident occurred. The other possibility is that the driver was thrown from the driver's seat, or moved out of it, around the time of the impact.
In a tweet on Monday, April 19, Musk said that the vehicle data logs "recovered so far" show that Autopilot was not enabled at the time of the crash, and that the car's owner had not purchased FSD. Musk continued, saying that the street where the crash occurred did not have any lane lines, which the CEO said standard Autopilot requires in order to activate. His comments add more mystery to the events surrounding the crash as investigators try to determine the cause. |
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NFTs, aka non-fungible tokens, are all the rage right now. A way of storing artwork on the blockchain for fun and profit, they're an attempt to create artificial scarcity in a world of endless digital reproducibility.
The simplest way to think of an NFT is, essentially, as a digital autograph. While a piece of artwork in the real world could be endlessly copied, a genuine signature on that artwork is only authentic on the original version. As such, NFTs provide a way to sell ownership of a particular artwork online.
With NFT mania running wild, there's no shortage of unusual non-fungible projects coming out of the woodwork. Some, like Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey's first tweet selling for $2.9 million as an NFT, are well-known. But others — from robot-created artworks to collaborations with rap royalty — have not been quite so highly publicized. Here are four recent NFT projects likely to raise eyebrows (and, perhaps, some serious bank). |
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It's probably best not to think of the Honor Band 6 as a simple fitness tracker, as it does more than count your steps, but for a lot less money than a smartwatch. All the sensors and health-tracking tech you expect is inside, plus Honor has added in some smartwatch-like functionality, just as it did on the Honor Watch ES. Does this make the Honor Band 6 a desirable hybrid device, or is it a messy amalgamation that doesn't really know what it's supposed to be? Check out our full review to find out! |
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TIPS, TRICKS & TECHNIQUES |
When it comes to browsing the web without leaving a trail, there is a lot of noise out there. Advice varies from getting a VPN to disabling cookies to utilizing the private browsing mode within the browser of your choice. But which of these tools actually work? And how do they work? The truth is, different tools prevent different kinds of tracking. Here's everything you need to know. |
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