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Uber is facing a $1.1 million fine in California after a state review found the ride-hailing company failed to investigate many "zero tolerance" cases involving alleged drunk drivers. Of the 2,047 complaints Uber received about drunk drivers between August 2014 and August 2015, the company suspended only 574 drivers, according to a complaint filed this week by California's Public Utilities Commission, which handles the regulation of ride-hailing companies. The complaint specifically focuses on 154 cases during the period, and alleges Uber conducted an investigation in only 21 of those instances. Buildings are reflected in a window of an office of the taxi mobile app service Uber.   Alex Hoffard / EPA Perhaps the most troubling detail: Within an hour of being the subject of a zero tolerance complaint, 64 Uber drivers were still picking up passengers. According to the complaint, in many cases, there was "no evidence" that the company "followed up i...

Federal regulations designed to give you more control over your web browsing history and other personal information may soon be eliminated. What to know about Internet privacy changes There are steps you can take to protect yourself -- but you'll have to do more than set your browser to private mode. And there is no perfect solution, experts agree. The House of Representatives voted Tuesday to repeal Internet privacy protections that were approved by the Federal Communications Commission in the final days of the Obama administration, following a Senate vote last week to roll back the rules. The protections would have required internet service providers, such as  Comcast   ( CCV )  or CenturyLink, to ask for permission before tracking and selling users' information. The resolution now goes to President Trump's desk, and the White House said Tuesday it "strongly supports" the repeal. The information in question includes everything from w...

Instagram is overhauling its direct messaging feature, adding the  ability to send disappearing videos and photos  in group and individual messages in a bid to capture more of the ephemeral messaging phenomenon ushered in by competitor Snapchat. The updates to Instagram Direct are rolling out for Android and iOS users—now 375 million strong, Instagram says—with version 10.16 of the Instagram app. Once you update, you'll be able to swipe left to access Direct, where you'll see a new blue camera icon to add a disappearing photo or video to an existing message thread. This being Instagram, you can also add effects and filters (pictured above) before you send. When you've perfected your photo or clip, you then select the people or groups you'd like to send it to. Or, you can send it to multiple people at once—up to 15 at a time—who are not part of a group chat; they'll be notified individually. Within each thread, you can see if your friend recieved, opened, re...

Samsung is working hard on getting the kinks out of foldable phones. File photo: People are silhouetted as they pose with mobile devices in front of a screen projected with a Samsung logo, in this picture illustration taken in Zenica October 29, 2014. (REUTERS/Dado Ruvic) Samsung Electronics and Samsung Display are working on “developing foldable smartphones that fold and unfold [using a] single flexible OLED [organic light-emitting diode] display, according to a  report  at Korea IT News. Those smartphones would have designs with panels that fold “outwardly." Not your father’s Motorola flip phone This isn’t a Motorola flip phone. The foldable devices Samsung is eying have  screens  that fold in half or expand from a smartphone into a tablet.  This is a big step up from the fixed curved displays available today from Samsung on its Galaxy S8. SAMSUNG'S BIXBY VOICE ASSISTANT IS BEING DELAYED “Foldable smartphones have been technically possible f...

Toyota will be renting out robotic leg braces to 100 Japanese medical centres from autumn this year. The Welwalk WW-1000 system is designed for people with severe mobility loss in one leg, such as stroke patients. The motorised brace fits around the knee and lower leg, helping the wearer to bend and straighten the joint. Experts say that being able to rent the equipment should make it more affordable for medical facilities than buying it outright. The system will cost one million yen ($9,130; £7,298) up front, with a monthly fee of 350,000 yen ($3,195; £2,554). Toyota has not released details of how much it would cost if it were available to buy rather than rent. It was developed in conjunction with Fujita Health University Hospital. Patients first learn to use the device by walking on a special treadmill that monitors their gait, with their weight supported from above by a harness. 'Just enough assistance' One of Toyota's chief research officers, Toshi...

Airbnb is improving the security of its app and website after a BBC investigation found people’s homes had been burgled by scammers using stolen accounts. The BBC spoke to three people who were robbed after they advertised their properties on the accommodation-booking service. The scammers hijacked accounts with verified badges and changed some of personal details to pull off the thefts. Airbnb said it had already been working on the changes – which include sending text warnings if profiles are altered – when the crimes were brought to its attention. "Unfortunately there have been some incidents where hosts and guests have suffered," said Nate Blecharczyk, co-founder of Airbnb. "This is not acceptable to us, therefore we’re working around the clock to do everything we can to improve our detection and prevention methods." (bbc)

Those TU-95 strategic bombers and missile platforms are pretty rare to spot. Why? Because they can go thru huge distances without refuelling so normally you can see them only on airbases where they live. But this time a photographer got lucky in Novosibirsk and thanks to Nikolay we can see the nice birds too: So it can cross 10500 km without refuelling! Four engines give it speed of up to 840 km/h. The production of those begun in 1955. Modern modifications are TU-95MS - produced from 1979-1992 years. The proppelers are huge - 5.9m in diameter. Because of this it makes tremendous noise. Those particular TU-95s are missile platforms. They carry six X-55 missiles with nuclear warheads. It can hit a target at up to 3000 km distance. The size of the plane is 49m. The size of the wingspan - 50m. And those are a few IL-78s. Hope you liked the planes! And thanks to Nikolay for the photos, his website is below: http://wi...

Man from Russia 3D printed a Terminator clone. He made a full size T-800 replica skeleton with eyes and a head. He installed an artificial intellect system inside his robot. He uses voice syntheseiser to respond to the questions and listens to the person speaks to him. Now it can answer the questions, perform commands and do a lot of talking. Here we have a video too showing all the cool things the robot can do: On this video you can see what the robot can do. The author called him John Henry so the robot responds to that name. He performs simple questions - "John Henry look around" - and the robot starts saying "looking down - looking up - looking left" etc and moving his head. Then author asks him different questions about life, weather forecasts and even the horoscopes and robot proceeds on responding. The author then asks him - John Henry - where do you get your information from? And he responds: "From my personal database and from Internet...

Russian blogger Mihael went to the village of Rostoshi which has pretty cool army museum and photographed one of the exhibits - Russian MI-24P attack helicopter. Let's see his photos. This is a on board cannon PSH-30K. Wings can carry missiles. (englishrussia.com)