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Tesla is reportedly going to implement a new vehicle hazard warning system through a partnership with Emergency Safety Solutions, Inc. (ESS), creator of the Hazard Enhanced Location Protocol (H.E.L.P.®). Emergency Safety Solutions describes the H.E.L.P. system for disabled vehicles on the highway: ESS’ Hazard Enhanced Location Protocol (H.E.L.P.®) is designed to provide highly conspicuous lighting and digital communication using existing vehicle lighting systems, in-vehicle telematics, OEM cloud platforms and…

A new update for PlayStation 5 consoles has gone live, and as usual, don't expect it do too much for your gaming hardware beyond the usual performance and stability upgrade. "This system software update improves system performance," reads the very brief notes for update 22.02-06.02.00.The last substantial update for the PS5 was the September patch that added 1440p support and folders, as well as several other handy features for the console. This is the second system patch this month, as an October 5…

Street Fighter 6‘s recent beta left an amazing impression on me and, according social media chatter, lots of other fans too. The upcoming fighting game has already delivered on many fronts, even during its beta, with stylistic battles and a thoughtful social integration. For fans of the genre though, much of the conversation is centered around the game’s universal battle mechanic, called Drive Impact. This system is broken into five separate pieces that can be used in different creative ways, which adds a lot of…

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday (local time) said that Singapore and UAE have shown interest to make the RuPay payment system acceptable in their countries. Sitharaman also said that India is holding consultations with different countries to make RuPay acceptable in their nations."We are talking to different countries. Singapore and UAE have all come forward now to make RuPay acceptable in their countries," Sitharaman said at the Brookings Institute think-tank during a fireside conversation with…

BMW is the latest automaker trying to get gaming to happen on vehicle infotainment screens while you’re charging or otherwise waiting around in your car. The company plans to add AirConsole, a party game service that normally runs on devices like Android TV or PC, into cars equipped with the curved infotainment display at the heart of its iDrive 8 system.AirConsole delivers games over the internet, with controls handled by smartphones instead of dedicated controllers. The library of over 180 games available on the PC…

Image: Getty/ John RenstenSamsung has shipped smart TVs with its Tizen operating system since 2015, and is now licensing it out to other manufacturers.Tizen, a Linux-based open source operating system, hatched around 2012, was at one point a possible third contender on mobile to Android and iOS. At the time there was also plenty of alternative options including Mozilla's Firefox OS, Jolla, BlackBerry OS, and Microsoft's Nokia-fueled ambitions for Windows Phone. But none caught on for smartphones. Samsung smart TVs…

Electric vehicles are getting an overwhelming reception from people not only in India but across the globe. Several countries are pushing hard for electrification in public transport to replace the ICE-powered vehicles. Going a step ahead in the same direction, engineers at University of New South Wales (UNSW) have found success in retrofitting a diesel powertrain to use hydrogen as a fuel in order to reduce carbon emissions. It might sound a bit unrealistic but the team’s hard work of 18 months has paid off in style. The…

The bubble of space encasing the Solar System might be wrinkled, at least sometimes.Data from a spacecraft orbiting Earth has revealed ripple structures in the termination shock and heliopause: shifting regions of space that mark one of the boundaries between the space inside the Solar System, and what's outside – interstellar space.The results show that it's possible to get a detailed picture of the boundary of the Solar System and how it changes over time.This information will help scientists better understand a region…

Prisoners and staff share responsibility for taking care of the fish tank at the ‘Little Scandinavia’ housing unit in a Pennsylvania prison. Credit: Commonwealth Media Services The United States has the largest number of people incarcerated in the world—about 25% of all people imprisoned worldwide are in American prisons and jails.…

Back in 2019, Andover Audio launched the Spinbase speaker system for turntables featuring vibration control tech from its flagship music system. Now a cheaper version of that Model One all-in-one unit called the One E has been announced.As we've noted many times before, sales of vinyl records have been enjoying a healthy rise in recent years, prompting many music lovers to dust off old albums and break out the turntable again – or invest in a new disc spinner.Andover's Model One (now called the Andover One) is a good fit…