Anduril will install hundreds of surveillance towers across the rugged terrain, The Washington Post reports. The pillars will use cameras and thermal imaging to detect anyone trying to enter “the land of the free” and send their location to the cellphones of US Border Patrol agents. US Customers and Border Protection confirmed that 200 of the towers would be installed by 2022, although it didn’t mention Anduril by name, nor the cost of the contract....

Twitter stock opened 4% lower on Thursday morning, which valued the Jack Dorsey-led firm at $27.02 billion, down from almost $28 billion at the previous day’s close. While $TWTR remains in the green for the year-to-date (up 5% in 2020), it trails significantly behind the tech-heavy NASDAQ 100, which has risen nearly 20% over the same period. [Read: Fake Texan barbecue business gets $1M PPP loan, trades crypto, profits???] Like previous iterations of the Twitter scam, users were promised double their cryptocurrency in return for any Bitcoin sent to a specific address....

The news comes via a tweet from Twitter support, which reveals the prompt is running for Android. It’ll ask the user about reading the article specifically if they haven’t opened it from the link in the tweet. Presumably there’s no way Twitter would know whether you’ve read it elsewhere, though given how much information is available on social media nowadays, it wouldn’t surprise me if it somehow knew anyway. I admit, I find the idea of Twitter essentially guilting its users for not reading what they’re about to retweet very amusing....

The trend of deteriorating conditions for NSFW artists to make a living online first started last year when Tumblr announced that it would block anything it considered to be adult-rated visual content. Now, Twitter, a platform that tolerates sexual expression, has joined the censorship-ranks by changing its guidelines around its “sensitive media policy.” As of January 1, 2020, the social networking site will ban “violent sexual conduct” and “gratuitous gore content....

Imagine sharing a name with the most loathed human being on the planet, and then having a Twitter account. It’s like opening a sluice gate of hatred, with thousands of messages celebrating your death (which didn’t happen, because you’re not him) or accusing you of committing the most unpardonable offences towards children. Epstein (the Disney one), I presume, didn’t have a particularly good weekend. — Jeffrey R Epstein (@EpsteinJeffrey) August 11, 2019 He’s is just an ordinary guy with an unfortunate name....

The ride-hailing app business is to appear in the UK’s Supreme Court later today to defend its business model that classifies its drivers as independent contractors, not as employees, Reuters reports. [Read: Germany developing legislation to be first to commercialize Level 4 autonomous vehicles] The ride-hailing company’s hearing has been bumped up to the Supreme Court after two failed appeals over a case that started in 2016. Back in 2016, two Uber drivers lobbied for gig-workers to receive basic employment benefits like minimum wage, paid holidays, and sanctioned rest breaks....

Earlier this year, Bitcoin was setting records for 12-month price highs. It’s also been demonstrating market dominance as it affirms its spot as the number one cryptocurrency. But there’s another metric, hash rate, which has been reaching all time highs this year. But what is it? What does it mean? And why do people regard it as a measure of the network’s health? The hash rate low down Put simply, hash rate is a general measure of the processing power of the Bitcoin network....

The Ethical Use of Artificial Intelligence Act would place a moratorium on federal government use of facial recognition technology (FRT) until Congress passes legislation regulating how it’s used. It would also prevent state and local governments from spending federal funds on FRT. However, the bill would still allow police to use the technology after obtaining a warrant. “While a good first step, the bill’s exceptions — including allowing police to use this technology with only a warrant — fails to fully account for the realities of this mass surveillance tool,” ACLU Senior Legislative Counsel Neema Singh Guliani said in a statement....

Ask Loved One If you have loved ones residing in the area that you are visiting, you could ask them to propose a good place to you. They can send you pictures of the proposed rental via your smartphone of cloud-based software. The same applies to areas that they have visited before. They could direct you around and how to choose a great place to reside in while they’re using the GPRS....

The only thing early-stage investors care about is whether you will grow quickly enough to be attractive for another round of funding and increase the value of their initial investment. Much like Ponzi schemes, the gains of previous investors are paid for by the new entrants, who are wooed by friends, promises, half-truths, and strategically crafted narratives. The reality matters less than the pitch. For instance, a startup with a sizable war chest can afford today’s exorbitant user acquisition costs and appear to be the next big thing on paper by throwing money at (somewhat) vacuous growth....

Elite sports events are still largely closed to the world – but July 2020 has still been an unprecedented month for the global sporting calendar thanks to the world’s first Virtual Tour de France, which – despite the name – was based nowhere in particular, as riders took part from their homes in all parts of the world. It’s historic, not just because the event brought together the world of esports cycling and the iconic and grueling race – this was also the first time that women competed in a multistage Tour....

The dual-front camera setup has a 32-megapixel primary sensor and an 8-megapixel wide-angle sensor. Apart from this, the device features a quad-camera assembly on the rear with a 48-megapixel primary sensor. Looking at the spec sheet, the phone certainly belongs at the higher-end of the mid-range segment: Specifications: Screen: 6.44-inch full HD AMOLED display Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon 675 RAM: 8GB Rear camera: 48-megapixel primary sensor + 13-megapixel telephoto sensor + 8-megapixel ultra-wide sensor + 2-megapixel depth sensor Front camera: 32-megapixel primary sensor + 8-megapixel wide-sensor Battery: 4,100 mAh Internal storage: 128GB Software: Android 9....

Sadly, they aren’t yet flooding the streets, as we expected or wished for. Regulatory approvals aren’t that easy to get, and the tech is still facing some hurdles. But don’t despair just yet — there are indeed some places around the world where you can actually take a ride with an AI driver. For now, the major players are operating in the US and China. So unless you already reside in the areas listed below, the only thing you can do is book a flight....

Don’t worry though, I’m no longer succumbing to be a harbinger of doom and gloom. Instead, I’m bringing you a salve for your sore, worried mind, and it comes in the form of an electrified classic VW bus. Over the past year, I’ve watched more car restoration shows than I’ve watched in the preceding five years. There’s something cathartic and soothing about watching a pile of rust be transformed back to its former glory with nothing more than skill, love, and time....

One of the latest spawns of the self-driving skunk works comes with a sliver of insanity: it can DRIFFFFTT! That’s the excitement we need. [Read: How much does it cost to buy, own, and run an EV? It’s not as much as you think] The Toyota Research Institute has equipped a prototype race-ready Supra with all gubbins, so it can drive, and drift, itself. Sorry Vin Diesel, but we don’t need your cohort of Fast and Furious cronies anymore, cars can drift themselves....

Japanese tech conglomerate SoftBank Group said it had “no choice” but to go back on its offer to buy $3 billion in WeWork shares — money that would’ve mostly gone to shareholders. Neumann was to personally pocket almost $1 billion in the process. [Read: WeWork can be salvaged — but its turnaround plan isn’t enough] SoftBank cited multiple pending civil and criminal investigations in its decision to drop the deal, which had been pieced together in the fallout of WeWork’s disastrous Initial Public Offering last October....

Over the past few years, cameras have become the de facto point of differentiation for phones. Let’s take the new iPhone 11 range as an example. If you caught any of the adverts on TV, it’s pretty clear that Apple was pushing the camera as one of the phone’s main selling points. Have a look at this dedicated advert for example: It’s not just Apple either. Companies like Huawei, Google, and Samsung have all launched devices that prioritize the camera, using the technology as a hook to entice people to upgrade....

I’ve been watching a lot of electric vehicle restomod videos on YouTube lately. There’s something quite cathartic about watching a rusted old heap transform into a zero emission beauty. The principles behind electric restomods are simple: take an old car, restore it aesthetically, remove the old engine, fabricate some custom mounts, and throw in an electric motor and some batteries. In reality, it’s never that simple. There are quite a few more vital components that need to be installed....

The Facebook-owned chat app had originally introduced the updated privacy policy in January through a pop-up to users. However, after a major user backlash, it decided the rollout to February 8 and eventually to May 15. The company had said at that time that if a user won’t accept the new privacy policy by then, their accounts would be deactivated temporarily. In order to activate the account, they had to accept the policy....

That’s why I called up Heini Zachariassen, Vivino’s opinionated and vocal founder, who’s got tons of experience listening to — and not listening to — his investors to shed some light on this awkward little dilemma. You’re the right person to lead the company For Zachariassen, the most important thing to remember is that you landed a financial backer based on your vision and ideas: “Investors know that the best person to run a company is the founder....