Autonomous
New Ford patent gives us details for autonomous police cars
A new patent granted to Ford should give us some reminders of RoboCop. This month, Ford was granted a new patent for autonomous police car (via CNET). The…
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What’s Hot gathers trending stories from The Jolt Journal across AI, gaming, Apple, streaming, security, transportation and internet culture.
Gaming
Blizzard is on the lookout for toxic Overwatch players on YouTube
Blizzard is taking it upon itself to seek out toxic players that play Overwatch and show themselves on YouTube. Right now, toxic players are a huge problem for…
Mobile
Ahead of next month’s unveiling, Samsung Galaxy S9 images have leaked
Next month at Mobile World Congress, Samsung is planning to unveil its next mobile offering, the Galaxy S9 handset. We've seen teasers of the Galaxy S8 successor to…
Apple
Venmo will now let you instantly transfer money to your debit card for 25 cents
PayPal-owned Venmo just rolled out a previously announced feature called Instant Transfer. The company first announced the support for the feature in early summer last year. Now they…
Facebook
Lyft is investigating claims of staff abusing access to customer data
It appears that Lyft is conducting an investigation about its employees abusing customer data access privileges. According to a user that posted on the anonymous app Blind, the…
Amazon
Amazon has added single sign-on functionality across select Fire TV apps
Last September, Amazon had teased about single sign-on across apps when it launched the new 4K Fire TV. We had been wondering when the company was going to…
Legal
San Jose mayor quits FCC broadband committee because telecom companies are running it
Under Trump-appointed chairman Ajit Pai, the FCC launched an advisory committee last year on high-speed internet access, saying that it planned to bring broadband access to more people.…
Entertainment
CNN shuts down Casey Neistat’s company Beme that it bought for $25 million 14 months ago
CNN's purchase of Casey Neistat's video company Beme didn't work out very well. It was a gamble to begin with and it seems CNN has come to the…
Culture
Disgraced YouTuber Logan Paul tries to save his image by donating $1 million to suicide prevention
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWjxSkJpxFU Disgraced YouTuber Logan Paul has made his return to YouTube less than a month after releasing a highly insensitive vlog that showed a man who had committed…
Internet
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signs executive order to protect net neutrality
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has followed the footsteps of Montana Governor Steve Bullock by signing an executive order for net neutrality. Today, Governor Cuomo signed an executive…
Business
Facebook acquires company that verifies government IDs
Facebook has acquired up a software company that created tools allowing startups to instantly verify and authenticate driver's licenses and other forms of government IDs. The company said…
AT&T
AT&T wants ‘Internet Bill of Rights’ after tearing down net neutrality laws
Has AT&T had a change of heart? Not likely, but it appears that the wireless carrier is asking for something it fought years to tear down. CEO Randall…
Science
With government shutdown over, SpaceX is testing Falcon Heavy’s 27 engines
US government shutdown caused SpaceX to delay several of its operations despite. Despite being a private company, SpaceX still has to adhere to certain government regulations. Now that…
Internet
GAO agrees to investigate fake net neutrality comments
Last month, several US Representatives sent a letter to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) asking to investigate the fraudulent comments submitted to the FCC's proposal to repeal net…
GM
GM now faces a lawsuit over self-driving Chevy Bolt crash with motorcyclist
GM's self-driving efforts have hit a legal setback. It appears that a motorcyclist involved in a crash last month in San Francisco with a Cruise Automation self-driving vehicle…