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Autonomous vehicles will pose challenges for the small fry of the auto industry

Autonomous vehicles will pose challenges for the small fry of the auto industry

Tech race pits haves vs. have-nots
Self-driving cars — or more precisely, the technology that guides them — won’t be cheap will require deep pockets and could force some niche carmakers to sit on the sidelines. But even big competitors know they can’t go it alone.


Has anyone else had there payments account closed arbitrarily by +Google? A cryptic email says only "Due to suspicious activity, your Google Payments account has been temporarily closed."

I went to payments.google.com and went through the verification process and they still won't reactivate my account. Worse still, they won't provide any indication as to why this is happening aside from a vague "violation of terms of service".

How am I supposed to keep this from happening again if they won't tell me what happened in the first place?

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Google Wallet lets you make purchases at thousands of online stores.


Just as the midsize pickup truck segment is heating up again, the +

Just as the midsize pickup truck segment is heating up again, the +TOYOTA Tacoma got a complete redesign last year including a TRD Off-Road model.

2016 Toyota Tacoma TRD Off-road – And Off-road is Where it Belongs – Sam’s Thoughts
The idea of the off-road vehicle is by no means new, but it used to be that people that wanted to go bouncing around in sand dunes, crawling through canyons or racing through the desert would basically have to build their own. Aside from the Jeep Wrangler and its predecessors, almost no factory-built truck had …


Alex Roy is perhaps the most entertaining storyteller I know and should be the host of Top Gear alongside Chris Harris

Alex Roy is perhaps the most entertaining storyteller I know and should be the host of Top Gear alongside Chris Harris. George Hotz is also probably a lot smarter than me. However, what he's doing now is the easy part of the task of developing autonomous control systems. There are nearly 250 million cars on the road in America today, many piloted by yahoos in all manner of conditions and an autonomous system needs to be able to deal with that. So far I've not seen any evidence that Hotz's hubris and bravado have achieved that

Can George Hotz “Win” Self-Driving Cars? – The Drive
The Ferris Bueller of autonomous tech will not be stopped.


Alex Roy knocks another one out of the park

Alex Roy knocks another one out of the park. I admire George Hotz's skills and intellect, but frankly I trust Americans with a DIY autonomous kit, even less than I do with a 2016 balllot. Even if his system works in many conditions, I forsee catastrophe

George Hotz Invented the First DIY Self-Driving Car – The Drive
Track days with George Hotz, self-driving genius.