German officials frown on Tesla’s usage of ‘Autopilot’ in its ads

Germany isn’t the only one who has come down auto manufacturers who use the word ‘Autopilot’ or its equivalent or one(s) with similar meaning, including but not limited to “self-driving” or “autonomous” in advertisements. A draft regulation by California’s Department of Motor Vehicles has also taken a similar view. A couple of days ago, Germany’s…

Samsung engineers unable to replicate smoking and catching fire of Galaxy Note 7 smartphones

The former director of the Center for Advanced Batteries at the Korea Electronics Technology Institute, has said “I think there was nothing wrong with them (batteries) or that they were not the main problem.” Although Samsung has stopped the manufacture of its Galaxy Note 7, the more important question of how and why the phones…