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Uber has admitted that there is a "problem" with the way autonomous vehicles cross bike lanes, raising serious questions about the safety of cyclists days after the company announced it would openly defy California regulators over self-driving vehicles. An Uber spokeswoman said on Monday that engineers were working to fix a flaw in the programming that advocates feared could have deadly consequences for cyclists. Uber began piloting its self-driving vehicles in its home town of San Francisco last week, despite state officials' declaration that the ride-share company needed special permits to test its technology. On day one, numerous autonomous vehicles – which have a driver in the front seat who can take control – were caught running red lights and committing a range of traffic violations. Self-driving cars: Uber's open defiance of California shines light on brazen tactics Despite threats of legal action from the department of motor vehicles (DMV) and California's attorney general, Kamala Harris, Uber refused to back down on Friday, claiming its rejection of government authority was "an important issue of principle".

And while the word is out that law enforcement agencies from California to New York have used the devices to monitor citizens for years, a new report (PDF) from the bipartisan House Oversight and Government Reform Committee shows that the rules governing their usage can vary greatly from state to state or even department to department. As a result, committee chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) and member Elijah Cummings (D-MD) are calling on Congress to establish "a clear, nationwide framework that ensures the privacy of all Americans are adequately protected." The committee has already pushed the Department of Justice, the Department of Homeland Security and the IRS to require a warrant before deploying a Stingray or other similar cell network-spoofing device, but the report's findings showed that in many states law enforcement agencies don't even need probable cause in order to justify their usage. To remedy that situation, the report recommends that Congress pass clear rules about "when and how geolocation information can be accessed and used." The DOJ and DHS will then be responsible for requiring local law enforcement agencies to adopt the framework before they can receive federal funding for Stingray devices like the ones that violated FCC regulations in Baltimore.

Drone boats belonging to the U.S. Navy have begun learning to work together like a swarm with a shared hive mind. Two years ago, they would have individually reacted to possible threats by all swarming over like a chaotic group of kids learning to play soccer for the first time. Now the drone boats have showed that they can cooperate intelligently as a team to defend a harbor area against intruders. The U.S. Office of Naval Research (ONR) held its latest robot swarm demonstration in the lower Chesapeake Bay off the Virginia coast for about a month. Four drone boats showed off their improved control and navigation software by patrolling an area of 4 nautical miles by 4 nautical miles. If they spotted a possible threat, the swarm of roboboats would collectively decide which of them would go track and trail the intruder vessel.

Last month, people in India woke up to the news about the largest data breach in the country. It involved data stolen from 3.2 million debit cards between 25 May and 10 July from a network of bank ATMs, managed by a Japanese payment services company. However, the breach was reported in the media only on 21 October. This fraud is simply a case in point. It was only this January, for instance, that the data of over 7 million users of the mobile edition of the popular game Minecraft was breached.

BEIJING/WASHINGTON – China on Monday rejected U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's claim that it had "stolen" an American research drone, as state media said his diplomatic inexperience could spark a confrontation between the two nations. Beijing's seizure of the marine probe in international waters in the South China Sea raised already heightened tensions between the world's two largest military powers. On Sunday, after Beijing and Washington announced the drone would be returned, Trump tweeted: "We should tell China that we don't want the drone they stole back. Trump's accusation that China had stolen the drone was "not accurate," said foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying. "Imagine that you found something on the street -- you would need to first check and verify it before handing it back to someone else," she told a regular press conference. Hua said the two sides "are in smooth communication through military channels, and we believe the incident will be properly handled." She gave no further details. The Chinese military is expected to return the probe to the U.S. Navy in the South China Sea on Tuesday, a U.S. defense official said. "A U.S. destroyer will be there," the official told AFP on Monday, speaking on condition of anonymity. The Pentagon said last week a Chinese naval vessel had "unlawfully" grabbed the unmanned underwater vehicle around 50 nautical miles northwest of Subic Bay in the Philippines. China said the drone had been snatched since it might pose a safety hazard to other vessels. It also said it "strongly opposed" U.S. reconnaissance activities and had asked Washington to stop them. The U.S. said the device was collecting information on water temperatures, salinity and sea clarity. In an earlier misspelled tweet Saturday, Trump also accused Beijing of theft. "China steals United States Navy research drone in international waters?rips it out of water and takes it to China in unpresidented act," he wrote. The state-owned China Daily rejected the claim in an editorial. "What is truly amazing about this tweet, was the soon-to-be U.S. president completely misrepresented what had actually happened -- that is more dangerous than funny," it said. Trump's behavior "could easily drive China-U.S. relations into what Obama portrays as'full-conflict mode,'" it added, next to a cartoon that depicted Trump riding a bull into a china shop while U.S. businessmen looked on aghast. A separate article quoted experts as calling Trump's behavior "diplomatically inept.

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Just because BlackBerry is done making its own smartphones doesn't mean it won't be a big name in consumer tech. The company has unveiled the BlackBerry QNX Autonomous Vehicle Innovation Center (AVIC), a facility in QNX's Ottawa home that will be key to building the framework for self-driving cars. It's not crafting the autonomy code, but it will create the underlying platform. One of its first initiatives will have it team up with Renesas, PolySync and the University of Waterloo to build a concept vehicle to test on Ontario roads. To put it mildly, the Canadian government is enthusiastic.