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Recode Daily: Sri Lanka blocks Facebook and Twitter following Easter morning attacks
The Sri Lankan government blocked Facebook and other social media following deadly blasts that killed 290 people on Sunday. On Easter morning, eight coordinated explosions at churches and hotels shook the country; the government blamed an Islamist group, Nati…
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Tesla’s 2020 self-driving car promise sounds too good to be true because it is
Even Elon Musk seems a little skeptical of his promise to get 1 million completely self-driving Tesla robotaxis on the road next year. The South African-born entrepreneur at Teslas Autonomy Investor Day on Monday made a number of bold claims about whats ahea…
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Tesla investigates video of parked Model S exploding in Shanghai
Electric car maker Tesla says it has sent a team to investigate a video on Chinese social media which showed a parked Tesla Model S car exploding, the latest in a string of fire incidents involving Tesla’s cars. The video, time-stamped Sunday evening and wid…
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The three challenges keeping cars from being fully autonomous
Understanding where we are in the pursuit of self-driving cars can be as confusing as understanding where we are in the pursuit of AI. Over the past few years, the flood of companies entering the space and the constant news updates have made it seem as if ful…
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