MobileNews

YouTube for Android TV adds playback speed controls in latest update

YouTube for TVs generally lags behind a bit when it comes to new features, but progress is always being made. In the latest quiet update, Google appears to have widely rolled out support for playback speed controls on YouTube for Android TV. In what appears to be yet another server-side switch, the YouTube app on Android TV has added support for playback speed controls so you can slow down or…
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Cleantech & EV'sNews

Tesla is working on driver ‘safety rating’ based on driving behaviors and Autopilot use to affect insurance cost

Tesla is currently integrating Autopilot usage and more driving habits into its insurance program to deliver more accurate pricing. According to some new reverse engineering of the Tesla mobile app, you will now be able to see your live “safety rating” score in the app. In 2019, Tesla launched its own insurance program, starting with availability in California, where the automaker claims…
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MobileNews

Google commits to making Android 12 ripple effect ‘less glitch-feeling’ in upcoming betas

With the first beta at I/O, many of the consumer-facing changes in the next major version of Google’s mobile OS were revealed. One of the most controversial visual updates in Android 12 is the ripple effect when tapping. The company has heard the feedback and committed to improving it over the coming releases.  After installing Beta 1 and tapping on any button, many users believed that the…
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AI & RoboticsNews

Machine learning security needs new perspectives and incentives

Elevate your enterprise data technology and strategy at Transform 2021. At this year’s International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR), a team of researchers from the University of Maryland presented an attack technique meant to slow down deep learning models that have been optimized for fast and sensitive operations. The attack, aptly named DeepSloth, targets “adaptive deep…
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