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16 September, 2016

the Blackbird. The electric car doesn’t look like any ride you’ve seen during a commercial break. Instead of a roof on top, it’s got a pile of spinning lasers and cameras. It’s covered in white triangles. It has just one seat. But it can take on the form of a nearly infinite number of cars. If you see an Audi, various Mercedes, an Aston Martin, a Corvette, a Mustang, even a Chevy Sonic, on TV—you might be looking at the Blackbird, under a digital disguise.

https://www.wired.com/2016/09/magic-machine-tricks-seeing-car-wants/

Hacker George Hotz is gearing up to launch his automotive AI start-up's first official product. In December, the 26-year-old—known for infiltrating Apple's iPhone and Sony's PlayStation 3—moved on to bigger things: turning a 2016 Acura ILX into an autonomous vehicle. According to Bloomberg, Hotz outfitted the car with a laser-based radar (lidar) system, a camera, a 21.5-inch screen, a "tangle of electronics," and a joystick attached to a wooden board.

https://techcrunch.com/2016/09/13/comma-ai-will-ship-a-999-autonomous-driving-add-on-by-the-end-of-this-year/?ncid=rss

Xiaomi Can Silently Install Any App On Your Android Phone Using A Backdoor

http://thehackernews.com/2016/09/xiaomi-android-backdoor.html

While telcos by and large have conceded that there is room for improvement when it comes to disclosure of fixed broadband speed and performance levels, the industry has pushed back against any move by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) introduce independent monitoring.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/technology/telcos-reject-need-for-broadband-speed-test/news-story/f4136ffbb5d8c578229ee8665898ad21