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I spoke with Rivian software head Wassym Bensaid today about his last harrowing 36 hours. Rivian’s software team scrambled after an incorrect OS update build was sent out to the company’s fleet with an incorrect certificate. The update hung before it could complete, disabling most of the consumer-facing infotainment features on around 3% of the company’s consumer vehicles according to Bensaid. more… The post Rivian fixes infotainment software bug via OTA, around 3% affected appeared first on Electrek. I spoke with…

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Twitter users in areas affected by major hurricanes discussed climate change much more frequently right after the hurricane, according to a study published November 23, 2023 in the open-access journal PLOS Climate by Maddalena Torricelli from the City University of London, UK, and colleagues. There's…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Production at the maker of Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep and Ram models is being affected after a cyberattack on an automotive supplier disrupted its operations, the automaker said. The cyberattack affected Chinese supplier Yanfeng International Automotive Technology Co.…

Amazon Games has laid off 180 employees across Crown Channel and the Game Growth team. The cuts are part of a larger goal to focus more on Prime Gaming.Amazon Games confirmed the layoffs to Aftermath. "We’ve listened to our customers, and we know delivering free games every month is what they want most, so we are refining our Prime benefit to increase our focus there," Amazon Games vice president Christoph Hartmann said in an email to employees.He continued, "With these changes in our business approach…

Too Long; Didn't ReadThe White House issued an executive order to help workers affected by AI. It tasks agencies with assessing AI's impact on jobs and unemployment aid, training displaced workers, and developing principles to protect worker wellbeing when AI is used. Too Long; Didn't ReadThe White House issued an executive order to help workers affected by AI. It tasks agencies with assessing AI's impact on jobs and unemployment aid, training displaced workers, and developing principles to protect worker wellbeing…

Don’t try to start your vehicle if it was submerged in water. Or else you will not get any claim — insurance or warranty, is the advice that is largely now being heard.Vehicles getting submerged due to heavy rain or being washed away by flood waters seems to be becoming a regular feature in India.During the 2015 Chennai floods several cars and two-wheelers got submerged. Those who had a comprehensive insurance policy and didn’t start their vehicles before the engine was set right were able to get an insurance claim.Roopam…

For the first time ever, Samsung will be holding an Unpacked event in its home country. The second Unpacked event of 2023, where Samsung will unveil flagship devices in the foldable, tablet, and smartwatch segments, will be held in Seoul on Wednesday, July 26. As with every Unpacked event, this one will be attended by journalists and media (including SamMobile) from around the world and will be streamed online for everyone else. But Samsung also had plans to hold a live outdoor viewing for citizens and tourists. In…

Spatial distribution of threshold values (the 97.5th percentile of ΔT from the 1960–1961 to 1989–1990 fire seasons) for strong temperature drop events across southeast Australia. In this study southeast Australia refers to the combined states of New South Wales (NSW), the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and Victoria. Red shading in the inset map shows the geographic location of southeast Australia. Credit: Environmental Research Letters (2022). DOI:…

UBC Okanagan research has determined there is a lot more to a tasting at a local winery than what is being poured into the glass. Credit: UBC Okanagan New research from the University of British Columbia's Okanagan campus has determined that enjoying a tasting at a winery goes well beyond the sip. Professor Annamma Joy, with UBCO's…

Maria Grau and Carles Pericas from the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences of the University of Barcelona. Credit: University of Barcelona The COVID-19 pandemic hit educational systems. It is estimated that approximately 1.6 billion children worldwide were affected by school closures, which had a major impact on their learning. In Catalonia, one of the measures to control the spread of this virus was the confinement of…