The Associated Press looks at three new fatalities involving Teslas this week, saying the crashes have “increased scrutiny of the company’s Autopilot driving system just months before CEO Elon Musk has planned to put fully self-driving cars on the streets.” Last Sunday, a Tesla Model S sedan left a freeway in Gardena, California, at a…

Golden Globe-nominated director Sam Mendes, cinematographer Roger Deakins, plus two actors and a screenwriter, talk about re-creating the harrowing trenches of war. …read more Source:: CNet

Alexa can read you the forecast, but this detailed weather display turns weather into high-tech art. …read more Source:: CNet

Your lungs, sinuses and skin don’t like things too dry. This line up of air humidifiers will keep them moist these holidays. …read more Source:: CNet

“Companies are finally getting really good at selling directly to consumers, forcing them to question Amazon’s value to them,” writes a columnist at the Motley Fool: Rather than one single powerhouse, the threat to Amazon comes in the form of hundreds of smaller e-commerce venues that can each take a tiny, collective stab at online…

We know that Samsung is designing a foldable phone that flips open like the Motorola Razr. Here are the rumors, leaks and specs. …read more Source:: CNet

Small hobby aircraft and light plastic parts go hand in hand, and a 3D printing pen makes lightweight plastic things without the overhead of CAD work and running a 3D printer. So could a 3D pen create useful plastic bits for small quadcopters? [Michael Niggel] decided to find out by building his drone parts with…

A new leak of more than 100,000 documents from Cambridge Analytica’s work in 68 different countries “will lay bare the global infrastructure of an operation used to manipulate voters on ‘an industrial scale,’” writes the Guardian. Long-time Slashdot reader Freshly Exhumed shares their report: The release of documents began on New Year’s Day on an…

Evidence is also mounting that Samsung will unveil a foldable phone rival to the Motorola Razr that closes into a square. …read more Source:: CNet

The striking aluminum soundbar demonstrates Vizio’s renewed focus on design. …read more Source:: CNet