Tesla has been seen testing what could be a new range of autopilot sensors in a Model S test mule vehicle. In 2016, Tesla introduced a new set of autopilot sensors consisting of cameras, radars, and ultrasonic sensors: “Eight wrap-around cameras provide 360 degrees of visibility around the car at …
Read More »Republican Senator Says China Is Using Coronavirus Pandemic To Take Power In Asia
Senator Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, accused China on Sunday of using the coronavirus pandemic as cover to seize power in disputed regions along its borders. Referring to recent actions that Beijing has taken in the South China Sea and in the Himalayas along its border with India, Cotton said that with …
Read More »Banking reforms ‘too big to fail’ acclaimed by the Financial Stability Board
Reforms to keep the world’s largest banks from being “too big to fail” have made lenders more resilient and less susceptible to risky behavior than before the 2008 financial crisis, but the gaps remain in the new regulatory regime , according to the Financial Stability Board. Systemically important global banks, …
Read More »George Floyd protests make white Americans look inside
Mike Sexton is white and Republican and lives in a prosperous suburb of Fort Worth, where many neighbors support President Trump and some work in the police. Anger breaks out in his voice when he says that George Floyd, a black man, was “basically lynched.” Shawn Ashmore is an independent …
Read More »‘Feeling like death’: inside a Houston hospital preparing for a virus spike
Hospitals generally operate with ICUs almost full, and had planned to increase the number of critically ill patients they could treat. But the next morning, the governor issued an executive order that again restricted elective surgeries in Harris County. The order, however, allows hospitals to continue to perform surgeries and …
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