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Watch Cruise’s self-driving cars perform 1,400 unprotected left turns in 24 hours
Left hand turns are tough, and unprotected lefts — no traffic light or stop sign to guide the way — are even harder. This holds true for both human and robot drivers; even the most skilled self-driving car struggles to make a seamless left turn.
Rotten Tomatoes Changes Audience Reviews to Protect Against Whiny Man-babies
Rotten Tomatoes is adding a new feature to keep the Audience Score more authentic by verifying that users have seen the movie. And whiny, woman-hating man-babies are going to be pissed.
Watch the first teaser for CBS' 'Star Trek: Picard' series
An Astounding Amount of Water Has Been Discovered Beneath the Martian North Pole
Using ground-penetrating radar, scientists detected a massive reservoir of frozen water sandwiched by layers of sand beneath the northern polar ice cap on Mars. This reservoir contains so much ice that, if melted and brought to the surface, it would submerge the entire planet.
Republicans and Democrats are learning how to work together on tech regulation
Last spring, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg sat before Congress to atone for the company’s Cambridge Analytica scandal, and in the following months, momentum has built in the halls of the Capitol to regulate these giant tech companies, or even break them up.
These are the best Memorial Day 2019 deals
Memorial Day is May 27th, a day of remembrance in the US. Though, like most holidays on the calendar, it’s also a day when a load of retailers lower prices, making it a good opportunity to tick a few boxes off of your wishlist (or someone else’s). And, aside from Amazon Prime Day 2019, which is expected to happen in mid-July, this might be your best chance to save on some tech products until Labor Day or Black Friday comes around later in the year.
An engineer allegedly falsified inspection reports for SpaceX rockets
The Senate votes to approve anti-robocalling bill
On Thursday, the Senate voted to approve a bill creating new carve outs for the Federal Communications Communications to better combat the growing scourge of robocalls by an overwhelming 97-1 vote.
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