Self-driving cars hog the road at CES
The article is about how new cars have been announced at the CES in Las Vegas that drive themselves and can even give commands to your house to do things like turn on the front door light or open the garage door. The cars are always connected to the internet and is being developed by Ford.
- voice-activated Alexa and Echo assistants into Ford’s cars, which would enable drivers to connect to their home systems and ask the car to open the garage door, start the engine or turn on the light above the front door.
- Carmakers sold more units in the US than ever before in 2015, with the car industry now worth $2.3tn (£1.57tn).
- But the transportation industry was $5.4tn
- “We are a long way from the finish line of fully autonomous cars”
- Many experts believe full adoption of autonomous vehicles will not happen until 2030.
In my opinion technology is moving forward very fast in this new and digital age which means that we have to go along with it, however technology in my opinion is making people more and more lazy with the things it can do in replacement for things we humans normally do for ourselves, like shopping or driving.
Google, Facebook and Twitter among internet giants attacking 'snooper's charter'
This article is about ow the big technological giants such as Google, Facebook and Twitter are arguing the new bill that gives them powers to record all data from peoples computer, including web browsing and social media. Also the bill states that it requires these companies to assist them in hacking into smartphones and computers.
- The draft Investigatory Powers Bill unveiled last year includes a requirement for internet firms to store records of data relating to people’s web and social media use for up to a year, and domestic communications providers will be required in law to help officers hack into suspects’ smartphones and computers.
- Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Twitter and Yahoo criticised plans to force firms to help security services hack into devices as “very dangerous”
- They stated that “as a general rule” users should be informed when the Government seeks access to data.
In my opinion the government should not have the right to have access to everything we do on the computer and especially our social media. The fact that the government can even get this bill anywhere is appalling and should definitely not be given powers to force companies to hack into our devices.
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