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Waymo is sending autonomous vehicles to Japan for first international tests
Waymo’s autonomous vehicles are going to Tokyo, marking the first time that the Alphabet company is deploying vehicles on public roads in a foreign market. Waymo is billing the excursion as a simple “road trip” for collecting data about the nuances of Japanese driving, including left-hand traffic and navigating a dense urban environment. The vehicles will be driven manually for…
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Japan warns of IO-Data zero-day router flaws exploited in attacks
Japan’s CERT is warning that hackers are exploiting zero-day vulnerabilities in I-O Data router devices to modify device settings, execute commands, or even turn off the firewall. The vendor has acknowledged the flaws in a security bulletin published on its website. However, the fixes are expected to land on December 18, 2024, so users will be exposed to risks until…
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The demise of the floppy disk continues: Months after Japan ‘won the war’ on the legacy storage medium, San Francisco announces plans to spend millions overhauling its metro rail technology
Officials from the San Francisco transportation department have announced they will be replacing their floppy disk-based train control system, jumping on the bandwagon to do away with the legacy storage platform. The Municipal Transportation Agency board, which is responsible for overseeing San Francisco’s Muni Metro light rail network, signed a new $212 million contract with Hitachi Rail to overhaul its…
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Palworld’s PS5 port is on hold indefinitely in Japan
Palworld | Screenshot: PlayStation (YouTube) Sony included the PS5 launch of Palworld as one of its news items during Tuesday evening’s State of Play presentation, but it left out a detail. While the game has launched on PlayStation platforms in 68 countries and regions worldwide, Japan is not one of them. The official Japanese account for the game said on…
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