Month: February 2022

Tesla’s radar-less cars investigated by NHTSA after complaints spike

Tesla’s safety camera system has a real problem with false positives.

Tesla's camera-only approach to driver assistance keeps landing it in trouble.

Enlarge / Tesla's camera-only approach to driver assistance keeps landing it in trouble. (credit: Aurich Lawson | Tesla)

Tesla is facing a new headache this week. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has opened an investigation into a "phantom braking" problem after receiving hundreds of complaints from owners of recent Models 3 and Y. In total, the NHTSA says that about 416,000 cars are affected.

In May 2021, Tesla decided to remove the forward-looking radar sensor from the Model 3 and Model Y EVs. This sensor was used by some of the cars' advanced driver-assistance systems, like adaptive cruise control, forward collision warning, and automatic emergency braking.

Instead, new Teslas built for the North American market rely entirely on cameras. At the time of the removal, Tesla noted that the change meant the cars' forward collision warning and automatic emergency braking functions were no longer rated by the NHTSA but that the company expected that rating to happen "in the coming weeks."

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Motorola Frontier smartphone with a 194MP camera leaked (again)

This is the year when we’re likely to start seeing smartphones with 200MP cameras, with the latest chips from Qualcomm, Samsung, and MediaTek all supporting the high-resolution image sensors. And one of the first phones to feature a (nearly) 200MP camera could be the upcoming Motorola Frontier. Details about the phone were first leaked by WinFuture […]

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This is the year when we’re likely to start seeing smartphones with 200MP cameras, with the latest chips from Qualcomm, Samsung, and MediaTek all supporting the high-resolution image sensors. And one of the first phones to feature a (nearly) 200MP camera could be the upcoming Motorola Frontier.

Details about the phone were first leaked by WinFuture in January, and now Evan Blass (private account) has shared a new image giving us a better look at the phone… plus confirmation that it will have a 194MP primary camera.

The new images show off the USB-C port on the bottom of the phone, as well as what looks like a bottom-firing speaker and a SIM card slot.

On the front of the phone you’ll find slim top and bottom bezels, a curved screen that wraps over the left and right sides, and a hole-punch cut-out for the front-facing camera.

The back of the phone features three cameras including the 194MP primary camera which not only has a high pixel count, but which also takes up a lot of space (and makes for a rather large camera bump). That camera features a 1/1.5″ image sensor and support for optical image stabilization, according to the description printed on the phone itself. There’s also an LED flash.

According to WinFuture, the Motorola Frontier will be available in July and the smartphone’s specs will include:

  • 6.67 inch curved POLED 144 Hz FHD+ display
  • Qualcomm Snapdragon SM8475 (Snapdragon 8 Gen 1) processor
  • 194MP primary + 50MP wide angle + 12MP 2X telephoto cameras
  • 60MP front-facing cameras
  • Stereo speakers
  • Three microphone array
  • USB-C with DIsplayPort 1.4 support
  • Under-display fingerprint sensor
  • 4,5000 mAh battery
  • 125 watt fast charging (wired)
  • 50 watt wireless charging
  • Dual nano SIM support
  • WiFie 6E, Bluetooth 5.2, NFC, and GPS

The phone is expected to ship with android 12 software and come with between 8GB and 12GB of LPDDR5 memory and 128GB and 256GB of UFS 3.1 storage.

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Motorola Frontier smartphone with a 194MP camera leaked (again)

This is the year when we’re likely to start seeing smartphones with 200MP cameras, with the latest chips from Qualcomm, Samsung, and MediaTek all supporting the high-resolution image sensors. And one of the first phones to feature a (nearly) 200MP camera could be the upcoming Motorola Frontier. Details about the phone were first leaked by WinFuture […]

The post Motorola Frontier smartphone with a 194MP camera leaked (again) appeared first on Liliputing.

This is the year when we’re likely to start seeing smartphones with 200MP cameras, with the latest chips from Qualcomm, Samsung, and MediaTek all supporting the high-resolution image sensors. And one of the first phones to feature a (nearly) 200MP camera could be the upcoming Motorola Frontier.

Details about the phone were first leaked by WinFuture in January, and now Evan Blass (private account) has shared a new image giving us a better look at the phone… plus confirmation that it will have a 194MP primary camera.

The new images show off the USB-C port on the bottom of the phone, as well as what looks like a bottom-firing speaker and a SIM card slot.

On the front of the phone you’ll find slim top and bottom bezels, a curved screen that wraps over the left and right sides, and a hole-punch cut-out for the front-facing camera.

The back of the phone features three cameras including the 194MP primary camera which not only has a high pixel count, but which also takes up a lot of space (and makes for a rather large camera bump). That camera features a 1/1.5″ image sensor and support for optical image stabilization, according to the description printed on the phone itself. There’s also an LED flash.

According to WinFuture, the Motorola Frontier will be available in July and the smartphone’s specs will include:

  • 6.67 inch curved POLED 144 Hz FHD+ display
  • Qualcomm Snapdragon SM8475 (Snapdragon 8 Gen 1) processor
  • 194MP primary + 50MP wide angle + 12MP 2X telephoto cameras
  • 60MP front-facing cameras
  • Stereo speakers
  • Three microphone array
  • USB-C with DIsplayPort 1.4 support
  • Under-display fingerprint sensor
  • 4,5000 mAh battery
  • 125 watt fast charging (wired)
  • 50 watt wireless charging
  • Dual nano SIM support
  • WiFie 6E, Bluetooth 5.2, NFC, and GPS

The phone is expected to ship with android 12 software and come with between 8GB and 12GB of LPDDR5 memory and 128GB and 256GB of UFS 3.1 storage.

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Roadmap: Was Intel bis 2025 alles Tolles schaffen will

Von Hybrid-CPUs über Arc-Grafik bis Xeons mit Little-Cores: Intels Roadmap kombiniert spannende Neuerungen mit erneuten Verspätungen. Eine Analyse von Marc Sauter (Intel, Prozessor)

Von Hybrid-CPUs über Arc-Grafik bis Xeons mit Little-Cores: Intels Roadmap kombiniert spannende Neuerungen mit erneuten Verspätungen. Eine Analyse von Marc Sauter (Intel, Prozessor)

Uncharted film review: This is how you don’t adapt a video game

Bad casting, bad script, bad action: This is the worst Uncharted-related release yet.

Tom Holland stars as Indi—er, as Nathan Drake in Columbia Pictures' <em>Uncharted</em>.

Enlarge / Tom Holland stars as Indi—er, as Nathan Drake in Columbia Pictures' Uncharted. (credit: Columbia Pictures)

Imagine a video game sequel where pretty much everything fans liked about the original was gone. Less action; simpler puzzles; boring environments; plot holes big enough to drive the "Hog Wild" seaplane through; and perhaps worst of all, main characters with dull dialogue.

This imaginary game, I should add, opens with an interminable 80-minute cut scene, only to be followed by an energetic action sequence that recalls the original series' best, most swashbuckling bits.

That's what the first-ever Uncharted film feels like. It's based on the popular PlayStation-exclusive game series of the same name, and it stars the same main characters. But, while reminiscent of Indiana Jones, the movie doesn't have the same breezy, comical, action-packed stuff of that franchise—or of the Uncharted games. How wild that a video game delivers better movie-like thrills than its live-action version.

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