The RISKS Digest Forum on Risks to the Public in Computers and Related Systems ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy, Peter G. Neumann, moderator Volume 31 Issue 27 Friday 31 May 2019 Contents Russia hacked us: We made it far too easy—and still …
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Month: June 2019
Carmakers see $17 billion wiped out by Trump’s Mexico threat
TOKYO/WASHINGTON – The automotive industry is bearing the brunt of trade-war crossfire again as U.S. President Donald Trump threatens to slap tariffs of as much as 25 percent on goods from Mexico, a key production hub for carmakers from Mazda Motor Corp. to G…
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1 dead, 4 injured after fiery crash near downtown Berkeley
BERKELEY, Calif. — One woman died and four others were injured in a fiery crash that involved five vehicles Friday night near downtown Berkeley, police said.The crash reported at 11:47 p.m., was triggered when a speeding Tesla headed westbound in the 2200 bl…
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There Is Absolutely No Reason to Trust the Safety Record of Tesla’s Autopilot System
Tesla has long lurked in a category of its own in the self-driving car race; where Uber and Googles Waymo are building fully autonomous vehicles essentially from the ground up, Elon Musks electric car company is slouching towards autonomy through a series of …
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Apex Legends Season 2 – new Battle Pass, Wattson, Ranked Mode
Respawn Entertainment have drip-fed us details over the past couple months on the upcoming second Season of Apex Legends, and from what we’ve gleaned so far, a lot of effort is being put into decidedly not repeating the mistakes made with the release of Seaso…
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