HDB BTO Feb 2023 Launch Review: Jurong West, Kallang/Whampoa, Queenstown, Tengah

If none of the November 2022 BTO launches caught your fancy, no worries. The upcoming February 2023 BTO exercise will offer about 4,410 flats across four estates to choose from. The Feb 2023 BTO …

https://sg.finance.yahoo.com/news/hdb-bto-feb-2023-launch-222835076.html

Federico Valverde: Uruguay’s Mr Versatile finding his shooting boots and earning Gerrard comparison

Federico Valverde is as irreplaceable for Uruguay as he is for Real Madrid and will be central to his country’s World Cup hopes as a player with youth and experience on his side in a squad blessed …

https://sports.yahoo.com/federico-valverde-uruguay-mr-versatile-064031801.html

Tesla extends FSD access to “anyone in North America who requests it”

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Tesla is extending its “full self-driving” (FSD) beta software “to anyone in North America who requests it from the car screen,” according to CEO Elon Musk who tweeted out the news late Wednesday evening. The rollout of FSD across the continent comes as Tesla is potentially facing a criminal investigation from the U.S. Department of Justice over false claims relating to the company’s advanced driver assistance system Autopilot.

Autopilot comes standard on Tesla vehicles and performs automated driving functions such as steering, accelerating and automatic braking. FSD, which costs North American drivers $15,000, is an extension of Autopilot that includes features like assisted steering on highways and city streets, smart vehicle summoning, automatic parking and recognizing and reacting to traffic lights and stop signs.

Autopilot, and by extension FSD, have come under regulator scrutiny in recent years following a series of Tesla crashes, many of which were fatal. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has opened special investigations into 36 Tesla crashes involving Autopilot since 2016, five of which happened this year. Tesla has also come under fire from California’s Department of Motor Vehicles and drivers who claim the company falsely advertised the self-driving capabilities of Autopilot and FSD.

Some Tesla owners and enthusiasts predicted the company might allow FSD into all cars after Tesla appears to have dropped the requirement for 100 Autopilot miles and a safety score of at least 80 to receive the FSD update. This is a concerning lack of scrutiny considering fears that drivers using ADAS are less likely to watch the road and be alert in case the system malfunctions. Tesla’s website does encourage drivers to keep their hands on the wheel and eyes on the road.

Despite concerns, any driver who has already paid the steep price for Tesla’s FSD will be able to access the software in North America. Tesla had previously extended FSD access to 160,000 owners in the U.S. and Canada in September, and today’s widespread rollout makes good on previous promises from Musk to get FSD in every Tesla by the end of 2022.

Musk has claimed that Tesla could achieve full-self driving by the end of the year, but during the company’s third quarter earnings admitted that FSD wouldn’t gain regulatory approval to be driven without someone behind the wheel in 2022. The move to expand the number of users and possibly give Tesla’s supercomputer Dojo more data to work with might be one of the reasons Tesla has chosen now to expand.

It might also be a move to ease investor worries and accrue some more revenue. Tesla’s stock is at a two-year low and its market cap slashed from $1.2 trillion last November to $574 billion today following Musk’s buyout of Twitter and the ensuing dramas of the company overhaul.

The FSD scaling also follows news from Tesla engineers Romi Phadte and Gabe Gheorghian who spoke at BazelCon this week and shared that Tesla has increased the number of FSD simulations per week from around 250,000 in 2020 to 2 million today.

Tesla extends FSD access to “anyone in North America who requests it” by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch

https://techcrunch.com/2022/11/24/tesla-extends-fsd-access-to-anyone-in-north-america-who-requests-it/

Rundown on Thursday’s four World Cup matches

Here’s a look at Thursday’s World Cup matches:

https://nypost.com/2022/11/24/rundown-on-thursdays-four-world-cup-matches/

The motive behind the deadly mass shooting in a Virginia Walmart remains unclear

After an ordinary workday turned deadly Tuesday night at a Walmart in Chesapeake, Virginia, survivors and investigators are spending the Thanksgiving holiday questioning the motive of an employee who opened fire on coworkers, killing six before fatally turning the gun on himself.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/24/us/chesapeake-virginia-walmart-shooting-thursday/index.html

Big Tech: Can small companies break the tech giants’ power?

As chaos engulfs Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter, firms and nonprofits like Signal, Mozilla, and Proton want people to ditch Big Tech. But how do you take on the world’s tech giants?

https://www.dw.com/en/big-tech-can-small-companies-break-the-tech-giants-power/a-63857110?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf

Texas DPS announces 3 of state’s ‘Most Wanted’ offenders arrested in one week

Three of the Top 10 Most Wanted fugitives and sex offenders in Texas were arrested over the past week, according to the state’s Department of Public Safety.

A Tuesday news release from the agency said all three arrests took place between Nov. 15 and Nov. 17.

Fugitive Julian Murillo was arrested Nov. 15 in California while sex offenders Catarino Chavez III and Daniel Munoz were both arrested on Nov. 17 in Dallas and San Antonio, respectively.

Texas DPS said Murillo’s capture came after a tip made to Texas Crime Stoppers, so a reward of up to $5,000 will be paid out to the unidentified caller.

TEXAS DPS TROOPER HOSPITALIZED AFTER FENTANYL EXPOSURE DURING TRAFFIC STOP, OFFICIALS SAY

Murillo, 23, was located and arrested in Olivehurst, Calif. by the U.S. Gulf Coast Violent Offenders Fugitive Task Force, DPS Special Agents and the U.S. Marshals Pacific Southwest Regional Fugitive Task Force.

He had been wanted since December 2021 by the Victoria County Sheriff’s Office for murder, aggravated robbery, evading arrest/detention and failure to identify. The warrants were issued against Murillo after his alleged involvement in the September 2021 death of a 19-year-old man in Victoria, Texas.

Chavez, 60, was arrested by multiple agencies at a residence in Dallas. 

He had been wanted since May when the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles issued a parole violation warrant for his arrest. In August, another warrant was issued for him by the Grand Prairie Police Department for failing to register as a sex offender.

Chavez was convicted in 1998 of attempted aggravated sexual assault of a child and sentenced to five years. In 2005, he was convicted of two counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child and two counts of indecency with a child following incidents involving a 13-year-old and 14-year-old girl.

He was sentenced to 20 years for each charge, but was released on parole in June 2021.

Munoz, 40, was arrested at a residence in San Antonio by multiple agencies, including U.S. Marshals Lone Star Fugitive Task Force, DPS Special Agents, Texas Highway Patrol, Bexar County Sheriff’s Office, Bexar County District Attorney’s Office, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Texas Attorney General’s Office and the U.S. Naval Criminal Investigative Service all assisted in the arrest.

He had been wanted since February when two warrants were issued for his arrest by the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office for failure to comply with sex offender registration requirements.

In 2000, Munoz was convicted of robbery and sentenced to 10 years. Five years later he was convicted on two counts of sexual assault of a child following an incident with a 14-year-old girl. He received two separate 10-year sentences to be served concurrently, but was released early. The exact date of release was unavailable.

In 2019, he was convicted of failure to comply with sex offender registration requirements and sentenced to three years probation.

TEXAS DPS APPREHENDS 19 ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS FROM HUMAN SMUGGLING ATTEMPTS, STASH HOUSE

In 2022, Texas DPS said its officers and other agencies have arrested 64 people on the state’s 10 Most Wanted Fugitives and Sex Offenders list, including 22 gang members and 34 sex offenders.

There have also been $88,000 in rewards paid out to tipsters who gave information leading to an arrest. Anyone providing information that leads to an arrest of someone on Texas’ Top 10 Most Wanted list is eligible for a cash reward.

Tips can be submitted to authorities by calling Crime Stoppers at 1-800-252-TIPS (8477), through the DPS website by selecting the fugitive you have information about or through the Texas 10 Most Wanted Facebook by clicking “Submit A Tip.”

All tips are submitted anonymously and tipsters will be provided with a number instead of having to using their name.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/texas-dps-announces-3-states-most-wanted-offenders-arrested-one-week

Malaysia: Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim named PM

Malaysia’s king has tapped long-time opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim to become prime minister after inconclusive polls.

https://www.dw.com/en/malaysia-opposition-leader-anwar-ibrahim-named-pm/a-63867899?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf

Giants vs. Cowboys: Preview, predictions, what to watch for

An inside look at Thursday’s Giants-Cowboys matchup in Dallas. Marquee matchup Cowboys RB Tony Pollard vs. Giants ILBs Jaylon Smith and Micah McFadden Move over, Ezekiel Elliott. The top back in Dallas is Pollard, who is establishing himself as a force in his fourth NFL season. Pollard had two touchdown receptions last week against the…

https://nypost.com/2022/11/24/giants-vs-cowboys-preview-predictions-what-to-watch-for-7/

Liberal professor loses it over Elon Musk’s Twitter polls: For the next poll he can ‘shove it up his a–‘

Author and NYU professor Scott Galloway lost it on Tuesday over new Elon Musk using Twitter polls to help make decisions for the company.

Galloway’s outburst occurred on his podcast “Pivot,” which he co-hosts with Vox’s Kara Swisher. Swisher suggested that after Musk had complained about Twitter being filled with bots, he then resorted to a “bot-filled Twitter poll” and faced accusations of having made Twitter a “space for fascists.”

“I actually kinda like Trump being on the platform because I want to have a front row seat to seeing his demise,” Galloway joked. 

He added that the “biggest business mistake Musk is making is not one they’re talking about.”

ELON MUSK POLLS USERS ON WHETHER DONALD TRUMP SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO RETURN TO TWITTER, MILLIONS SWIFTLY RESPOND

He said, “The more moderation” there is, “the more profitable the platform” will be, adding that Musk is “alienating people; people don’t want to be part of the cesspool.”

“People are finally waking up to the fact that just seeing this s—, just being a part of it, and then maybe you get tempted to weight in, and say ‘Yeah, I don’t agree with your statements,’ and other people attack you. It takes a toll on you,” Galloway continued. 

He predicted Twitter will breakdown sooner rather than later and made a reference to when a United Kingdom tabloid put a head of iceberg lettuce on display to see if it would outlast the reign of U.K. Prime Minister Liz Truss, whose short-lived tenure only ended up lasting 45 days. 

“My prediction is, and we’ve been saying this for a long time, I’m doing a head of lettuce test,” waiting to see if it will last longer than the time spent “until the site goes down.” 

LIBERALS WARN MUSK FOR SIGNALING HE MIGHT REINSTATE ALL BANNED ACCOUNTS: ‘SWIMMING IN NAZIS’

He then mocked Musk’s uses of polls.

“’It’s a poll!’ Oh yeah? Okay sure, like just when you ran the poll around whether you should sell Tesla stock, and then it ended up you had been selling stock all along,” he said. “He should absolutely take that poll and stick it up his a–. I’m just sick of these people.” 

Galloway also suggested that Musk “would rather kill a live puppy on Twitter Spaces than be out of the news for 48 hours.”

Musk asked Twitter users in a poll whether he should reinstate former President Trump’s account. A majority of users said yes. This led Galloway to claim on CBS’ “Face the Nation” that Russia played a role in getting Trump’s Twitter account back. 

“I think these polls are mostly a gimmick, and I would argue the people haven’t spoken, the GRU has spoken,” he said. GRU is a Russian military intelligence service

Galloway added, “Twitter has become a playground for bad actors and fake bots, this poll is meaningless, this decision is meaningless.”

https://www.foxnews.com/media/galloway-tells-musk-take-twitter-poll-stick-backside