Slashdot reader internet-redstar writes: The Tesla Hacker, Jasper Nuyens — who uncovered Tesla’s “unconfirmed lane change” last year — now launched at FOSDEM an open-source project called “FreedomEV” to run on top of rooted Teslas. It adds new features to the vehicles, such as a “Hotspot Mode” for in-car Wi-Fi and a “Cloak Mode” to…

We know the effect of passing white light through a prism and seeing the color spectrum that comes out of the other side. It will not be noticeable to the naked eye, but that rainbow does not fully span the range of [Roy G. Biv]. There are narrowly absent colors which blur together, and those…

All your extra bits and bytes of this week’s infosec news in less than 5 minutes Roundup Here’s a summary of more infosec news beyond what we’ve already reported this week – enjoy.… …read more Source:: Register

Researchers discover yet another Bleichenbacher attack variation (yawn!). …read more Source:: ZDNet

Amazon at times dips into the tips earned by contracted delivery drivers to cover their promised pay, a Los Angeles Times review of emails and receipts reveals. From the report: Amazon guarantees third-party drivers for its Flex program a minimum of $18 to $25 per hour, but the entirety of that payment doesn’t always come…

Houston’s historic third ward, aka “The Tre,” is ripe with history, and some of that history is digitally preserved and accessible through an art installation in the form of repurposed payphones. We love payphones for obvious reasons and seeing them alive and kicking warms our hearts. Packing them with local history checks even more boxes….

Facebook says it has acquired visual shopping and artificial intelligence startup GrokStyle in a move to bolster the social-media company’s own AI work. From a report: GrokStyle’s technology, which was integrated into Ikea’s mobile app, was simple in practice. A user takes a picture of a piece of furniture and the technology would match it…

“Researchers at Purdue University have developed a new chemical process that they say can convert approximately one-quarter of the world’s plastic waste into gasoline and diesel-like fuels,” writes Slashdot reader dmoberhaus. Motherboard explains how it works: As detailed in a paper published this week in Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, the chemists discovered a way to…

When writing code for the ATtiny family of microcontrollers such as a the ATtiny85 or ATtiny10, people usually use one of two methods: they either add support for the chip in the Arduino IDE, or they crack open their text editor of choice and do everything manually. Plus of course there are the stragglers out…

New day, new rumors, new color (it’s Canary Yellow!). Plus: free wireless Galaxy Buds with preorders? …read more Source:: CNet