I sat hunched under my elderly mother’s car, video running on the phone in one hand, showing how to remove a ridiculously complicated headlamp cover, just to replace a busted headlight. Hand scraped and bleeding, but it got done. Would have NEVER figured it out otherwise.
Thanks that one YouTuber.
This, in a folding, commuter e-bike.
If you’re in the Microsoft, Apple, or Google OS ecosystem, or use one of the appstores, it’s likely they already have this age information, or could verify it via indirect means (credit card checks, public records, etc).
If you have set up a family plan, then they already know the age of the children to enable access to appstores.
What the OS will do is likely store some sort of validated token or system level cookie that says “adult = true” and we’ll never even hear about it. My guess is Unix-based distros will do it too and avoid having to piss-off customers by implementing third-party attestation, or worse, per website.
The reason the European systems had to ask for a third-party verification system with you having to upload IDs and all that was exactly because the OS didn’t do this. Now, it’s going to be done once (and not require any user interaction) and that will be that.
Personally, if implemented properly, I think it’s a much better system than having them upload private data to some nebulous third party. That’s a big IF. They could cock it up and make everyone upload face scans and pictures of IDs. In which case we’ll be back to rubber masks and stupid override games we’ve seen.
The BBC Microbit was designed for exactly this scenario: https://microbit.org/
If you want them to have a more desktop-like environment, the Raspberry Pi has kid-specific projects: https://www.raspberrypi.org/learn/
Or you can get a Pi Kano kit and it has everything you need: https://www.kano.me/
Privacy, shmivacy.
If someone gets physical access, all bets are off. Just wire a ChipWhisperer (https://www.newae.com/chipwhisperer) between the TEE and the CPU or GPU, and it’s trivial to get around all protections. Throw in clock or voltage-glitching and…
Can someone plausibly explain the Bending Spoons business model?
Big chunk of debt financing for decrepit brands with old tech. Other than strip-mining user data, I can’t figure it out.
Was in San Francisco last Sunday. Ridiculous number of robotaxis everywhere, most of them empty. Mostly Waymos, but also a few Zoox ones and 3-4 others with a training driver.
I kept trying to get away from them, but there were groups of 2-3 driving around, boxing me in. Mostly clustered around popular tourist spots.
On top of that, San Francisco has now started implementing traffic cameras that will snap your license and automatically send you a speeding ticket if you’re 5 miles over the speed limit. I get that it’s a congestion management thing, but add that to all the robotaxis and I’m not sure many people will be driving in San Francisco.
Come to think of it, that’s actually a good thing. Carry on.
That’s pretty decent range, and having solar panels trickle charge all day means for a lot of people it’s basically at zero fuel cost. That right there is the big selling point.
If they figure out how to lop off a foot or two from the back without destroying aerodynamics and solar charging, it would look and park more like a normal vehicle.
Gullwing doors are fun, but a bigger person might have trouble fitting through that gap.
FWIW, Toyota experimented with a three-wheel, two-seater a while back, but range was nothing like this: https://theautofuture.com/2014/07/12/toyotas-three-wheeled-road-ev/
The browser is one of the few places users interact with the internet. To train models, you need data and here you are getting a firehose of data including destinations, clicks, messages, everything. You can’t really get that from a browser extension because it’s not always running for every window and tab.
The only stream missing are user interactions via apps. They already offer SDKs for embedding inside apps, but they need to sweeten the deal to encourage adoption. That will come through offering ad embedding services or revenue-sharing with devs.
If they truly wanted to get every interaction, they could offer discount ‘smart’ WiFi routers, and either cut deals with telcos or create MVNOs to have visibility into those data streams as well.
It’s not Man-In-The-Middle if you invite them in. 🤷🏻♂️
Just tell them to Let Off Some Steam.
Ask for a ride off-planet?
That thing is a BEAST!
Just the processor alone: https://www.mediatek.com/products/broadband-wifi/mediatek-filogic-880
Throw in some SSDs and a Hailo M.2 neural processor card and you can do some REALLY interesting applications: https://hailo.ai/products/ai-accelerators/hailo-8-m2-ai-acceleration-module/
I got one years ago. Used it for quite a bit. Worked great, but I stopped using it when my daily computer didn’t have a USB-A port any more.
You do have to remember what each numbered button is for.
6 FIDO keys in one.
Groundhog Day with guns and aliens.
Side effects: sharp fangs and uncontrollable drooling.