Posts by o5ky

Infosys scores deal to write code for EV-maker Polestar

Volvo / Polestar's current software

There are many forums online that show how poor their current software update process is anyway. They had Android Automotive OS 11 which ran kind of fine, then they upgraded to AAOS12 which is terrible at memory and process management. Now they have a system that closes background apps like Spotify when you want them to run. Also they've had to shut off the maps on the dash to allow the reverse camera / sensors to function in real time. Shows just how under allocated these vehicles are.

P.S. my 2022 Volvo has been in the dealership many times over the past 6 months, sometimes for a week at a time, just because of this software.

https://volvo.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/10366/~/ota-%28over-the-air%29-software-updates

Global smartphone sales come tumbling down as reality bites

Re: About frakking time

I miss the IR feature on the P20 Pro, that was great for turning on TV's where remotes had been lost. Same with OnePlus removing the notification profile slider from the side of their phones, that feature will be missed.

Braking news: Cops slammed for spamming Waze to slow drivers down

Re: I think Waze should .....

Exactly this happens, report too many times and your account gets blocked out. Especially if someone says "not there" to your constant reports

Tesla faces Autopilot lawsuit alleging phantom braking

Re: Simple logic is not enough

I've had the same thing with a car with adaptive CC, saw someone running on the pavement next to me as the road went slightly right... did an emergency stop! Luckily nothing was behind me but everyone got a good shock.

British motorists will be allowed to watch TV in self-driving vehicles

Re: Too early.

These are the ones that you sit on the hard shoulder whilst waiting to cross the slip road at 90 degrees with your backside to the live lane as well. Not sure who thought it was a safe route :-|

Hooking up to Starlink might be pricier than you thought

You think it's cheap and simple to dig a trench that requires closing roads, going over other people's land and then build the infrastructure at the other end. The nice thing about satellites is that you don't have all the councils trying to cash in on the road being closed.

French court: Google, Microsoft en ami must say 'au revoir' to pirates

So they get a court order to block 16 domain names which takes months... and it takes minutes to set a new one up, why bother?

Apple patents technology to STALK YOU in your own HOME

So the fact that I already have a smart home that monitors where people are and turns lights on for them, it also detects when the cat walks into the kitchen and makes sure they have enough water...

I mean seriously the kit would have already been patented!!

Douglas Adams was RIGHT! TINY ALIENS are invading Earth, say boffins

27 kilometres = 88 582.6772 feet

Yahoo! web! traffic! BIGGER! THAN! GOOGLE! in! July!

So they actually think that 87% of people used Yahoo rather than Google and Bing? even Google would find it hard to get that percentage

NFC SD crew gives up: No one wants our safe bonking tool

Why can't they just give us Google Wallet in the UK!

All I want is to take my phone out on a night out and then not have to worry about taking cards out...

US retail kingpins swoon: Nobody bonks like Google does

it would just be nice to have an NFC wallet in the UK!

YouTube's hilarious cat videos could soon cost you $5 a month

why would we pay for something that we currently get for free?

Apple users: Only Apple can track us! Not Google

seriously you think Google are the only ones to have tracking cookies... it's just that Safari is such an insecure browser that they are easy to write for!

get a real browser and then you won't have the problems :)

China may axe 13-year console ban, games OK for kids after all

what's more confusing is that you can buy a computer (anyone can) and can play any game on there... whats the difference between a computer game and a ps3 or xbox game?

Look out, fanbois: One in two nicked mobes is an iPhone - cops

so dont buy an iPhone (or look like a mug who buys one) and you'll be less likely to have your phone stolen :)

Forget 3D: 13,000 UK homes still watch TV in black and white

Yeah surely the B&W tvs dont have scart or other input (as mine didn't) meaning that they can't have a freview box unless it's plugged into a tape recorder then outputted to RF... how likely is that!

Wireless charger posse smacks down rival in EXPLICIT video

Surely it's just an induction coil? so they should be compatible

5,000 UK pubs get free Wi-Fi... and they're not even all in London

More fun to be had with the droidsheep like software?

Dell dangles dongle PC at enormo-display-desiring road warriors

so £40 for a cheaply made one or what's going to be £69.99 for a Dell one that's probably made to the same standards

or if you are going to do that you may as well plug your smart phone into the TV with an MHL adapter and a bluetooth keyboard / mouse and it's the same thing!

FBI-wanted US bank hack suspect chills in Bangkok cooler

and probably kept enough away in multiple accounts across the world to keep him going once he's out of jail

Marvell: Ignore the $1BN PATENT JUDGMENT... Check out this new cache kit

Close the company and sell the rights / patents to a new company then start training under their name... that should save paying the fine :)

Motorola whacks laptop-like phone dock

Maybe if they made it universal so any android phone could run it, then it'd be a bit better :)

Scottish brainiacs erect wee super-antenna

Better license it before Apple gets hold of it...

Samsung slams Apple patent jury, wants new trial in US

Go Samsung! lets see this court case be run properly :)

Google whips away card, leaves just clouds in your Wallet

would be nice to have this in the UK

iPhone 5 to boost US GDP says JP Morgan

Re: or perhaps not

Lets just hope!

Google skids car insurance comparison engine onto rivals' lawn

Re: Have used...

That can be true, however being 22 and only 2 years no claims it's cheaper for me to use the price comparison sites. Even if I then go to the actual site their prices are higher than running the search first through a price comparison

Amazon: Pay more for Kindle Fire, smoke ads from slabs

surely within a week there will be a work around for this... maybe just a new lockscreen app that replaces the current?

South Korea probes 'mobe patent bully-boy' Samsung

So Apple can use their patents as they wish and Samsung & Mobility can't?

Yeah that's fair...

UK.gov's web filth block plan: Last chance to speak your brains

how is it going to be filtered? DNS or the same approach as piratebay?

Merde! French Prez palace blueprints nicked from cable layer

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA