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Doll-Heads Apparently Fooling Tesla FSD. Is Facial-Recognition Update Next? Chinese e-commerce platforms are selling miniature heads that, according to Fred Lambert at the EV blog Electrek, are being used to "trick Tesla's cabin camera into thinking a driver is paying attention." Priced at $20 to $50 and marketed as dashboard decorations or "travel companions," these miniature heads are mounted near the rearview mirror to mimic a human face while Autopilot or Full Self-Driving is engaged. via Instagram user "decentmiss_" ...  While FSD is engaged, Tesla's cabin camera monitors driver attentiveness, including whether the...

Consumer Credit Smashes Estimates As Credit Card Debt Hits New All-Time High The relevering of the US consumer continues: one month after the June consumer credit number came higher than estimates (and followed the unexpected May contreaction in US credit), in July consumer credit came in even higher than expected, with the Fed reporting in its latest G.19 report that in July, US consumer credit rose by a whopping $18.1BN - more than the $14.6 billion in June - and far above the $11.7 billion estimate.  The rebound was driven by...

President Donald Trump described CIA Director John Ratcliffe’s trip to Russia as routine engagement. He went on to dismiss the possibility that Russia could attack a NATO member.  On Thursday, Trump was asked by Axios reporter Barak Ravid if he was concerned that Russian President Vladimir Putin would authorize an attack on a NATO state. […]