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Tesla Recalls Almost 12,000 US Vehicles

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  Tesla is recalling almost 12,000 U.S. vehicles because a communication error may cause a false warning for a forward collision or unexpectedly activate the emergency brakes.  Video Player is loading. PauseUnmute Fullscreen VDO.AI Kent Nishimura | Getty Images The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced the recall Tuesday, saying it impacted Model S, X, 3 and Y vehicles sold since 2017. The total amount of affected vehicles is 11,704. The recall comes after an Oct. 23 software update to vehicles in the limited early access version 10.3 Full-Self Driving (FSD) (Beta) group.  Related: Tesla's China "Recall" Can Be Fixed With Software Update Per the NHTSA, the electric automaker “uninstalled FSD 10.3 after receiving reports of inadvertent activation of the automatic emergency braking system,” then “updated the software and released FSD version 10.3.1 to those vehicles affected.” The agency also noted it “will continue its conversations with Tesla to ensure ...

Astronomers May Have Located a Planet Outside of Our Galaxy for the First Time

 The search for expolanets — those orbiting stars beyond our sun — is taking place outside of the Milky Way as we speak, and astronomers using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory have observed indicators of a planet in the Messier 51 (M51) galaxy, 28 million light-years away.  PlayUnmute Fullscreen VDO.AI If confirmed, this planet, estimated to be the size of Saturn, would be the farthest from our own ever detected. Exoplanet candidates in the Milky Way galaxy are no more than 3,000 light-years from Earth.  The recent finding was made possible by transits, a phenomenon that occurs when a planet passes in front of a star and blocks some of the star's light, which leads to a dimming effect that can be picked up by telescopes. Thousands of exoplanets have been located with this method. Researchers didn't think gas clouds or dust were responsible for the reduced brightness because such characterstics weren't present in the M51 event. The findings did support the presence of a ...

The spooky and dangerous side of black licorice

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  Black licorice may look and taste like an innocent treat, but this candy has a dark side. On Sept. 23, 2020, it was reported that black licorice was the culprit in the death of a 54-year-old man in Massachusetts. How could this be? Overdosing on licorice sounds more like a twisted tale than a plausible fact. PicturePartners/Getty Images - The Conversation I have a longstanding interest in how chemicals in our food and the environment affect our body and mind. When something seemingly harmless like licorice is implicated in a death, we are reminded of the famous proclamation by Swiss physician Paracelsus, the Father of Toxicology: “All things are poison, and nothing is without poison; the dosage alone makes it so a thing is not a poison.” I am a professor in the department of pharmacology and toxicology and author of the book “Pleased to Meet Me: Genes, Germs, and the Curious Forces That Make Us Who We Are.” The root of the problem The unfortunate man who succumbed to excessive bl...

Bagging Design with functionality

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  Post IIMA, when Disha Singh wanted to startup, she knew she wanted to do something in the lifestyle and fashion space. In fact, she spent some time working with a boutique fashion house and working with a designer for Lakme Fashion Week, before starting Zouk. PlayUnmute Fullscreen VDO.AI Entrepreneur india Disha Singh, Founder & CEO, Zouk The idea of Zouk was born when Disha visited Kutch for an IIMA course. She saw that her friends loved the local handicraft items but did not buy any, given they were not functional. That’s when she studied multiple markets in the lifestyle and fashion space. “I saw a gap for a brand that is inspired from our homeland but is modern and world-class. Thus, my IIMA batchmate, husband Pradeep and I set out on the mission of bringing to customers stylish and functional products with an essence of India,” shares Disha. After an initial few lakhs of sales, distribution can make or break the growth of your business. If you want to create a large bran...

Facebook, now Meta, already offers a career and certification in Augmented Reality

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  While we are still recovering from the shock of the name change of Facebook Inc. , which will now be called Meta , the company surprises with another novelty. This Friday, the Spark AR company, also owned by Mark Zuckerberg, announced that it already offers a career and a certification program in Augmented Reality. PlayUnmute Fullscreen VDO.AI  Skip Ad Vinicius It may interest you: Zuckerberg announces that the next step for Facebook is to create a "metaverse", a world of augmented reality "We are excited to share a sneak peek of upcoming updates to the AR for Professional Creators curriculum, including the introduction of Facebook 's first Certified Spark AR Creator program, as well as a new AR Professional course that teaches advanced technical tools and concepts." announced Facebook through a statement on its blog. Sue Young , Spark AR Director at Facebook , said the new shows will arrive in early November. He also explained that the Spark AR certification ...

'The Greatest Trade of All Time': $13,000 Worth of Shiba Inu Coin Bought Last Year Now Worth $5 Billion

  In what some are calling " the greatest trade of all time ," a  Shiba Inu coin   (SHIB) investment of approximately $13,000, made just last year,   has grown to a staggering $5 billion . That's an estimated 38,461,400% increase.  Shiba Inu coin, named for the memeified dog breed, is the joke spin-off of popular  cryptocurrency   Dogecoin  (DOGE).  But it's unclear if the unknown investor will actually be able to access the funds. The wallet has been 'inactive' for 192 days, with no buys, sells or transfers in that time.  Related:  Shiba Inu Coin Price Soars to Record High After Robinhood Petition News of the colossal investment comes after SHIB soared to record highs over the weekend, which continued  after a crypto whale bought $11.5 million worth of the tokens  on Monday. Although SHIB's  price dipped temporarily by 15%  after  Elon Musk ,  known for his tweets that move crypto market...

SpaceX Addresses Leakage Issues on Crew Dragon Toilet Before Weekend Launch

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  Most people don't think twice about going to the bathroom, but when you're going to space, a faulty toilet can be a critical issue — which is exactly the problem SpaceX Crew Dragon is fixing ahead of its weekend launch. Orlando Sentinel | Getty Images During the craft's Inspiration4 mission in September, the capsule alerted astronauts that the toilet wasn't working properly. The crew found that the problem had to do with the toilet's fan, which is essential in proper suction of human waste.  "There's a storage tank where the urine goes to be stored [and] there's a tube that came disconnected or came unglued," SpaceX head of mission assurance William Gerstenmaier told CNN. "That allowed urine essentially to not go into the storage tank, but essentially go into the fan system." Related: SpaceX Will Make Elon Musk a Trillionaire, According to Predictions Although the four astronauts didn't notice at the time, the SpaceX team later obse...