Google logged about 50 self-driving cars hit the road in October

Google is steadily making progress with it self-driving car program, which is running in California and Austin, Texas. A recently released report shows that the company had a total of 48 cars running the roads of both areas. There are 23 Lexus RX450h SUVs self-driving in public streets—19 of them are in Mountain View and four are in Austin. There are also 25 prototype cars self-driving public streets—21 of them in Mountain View and four in Austin. The cars can run in Autonomous and Manual modes. Cars driving in Autonomous mode average around 10,000 to 15,000 miles per week these days. It has logged a total of 1,268,108 miles in Autonomous mode since the project began in 2009.

Google has also started testing the self-driving cars around small children. It requires more care due to unpredictability but tests like these do help in the development of truly autonomous vehicles.

Source: Google [PDF] | Via: The Next Web

Coursera comes to Apple TV

Coursera’s giving couch potatoes easy access to learning by bringing its online learning platform to the Apple TV. According to Coursera, they’re the first to bring this kind of platform to Apple’s set-top box. It brings the complete web-based course load to your TV, just like its iOS counterpart. You can learn from a number of courses offered by top universities around the world like Duke and Princeton. The app is available for free download on the Apple TV App Store.

Source: The Next Web

Instagram tested out curated video channel on Halloween

It’s not the most imaginative name for a new curated video channel but Instagram has tested its “Best Videos” feature on Halloween. The videos were bundled under the headline “Watch Halloween’s best videos.” From there, users could see everything from dogs dressed as Stormtroopers, Miley Cyrus singing “Ghostbusters,” to video-editing assisted Halloween magic tricks. The feature went live at around 1 p.m. on Halloween and Instagram was said to have added videos for about 24 hours. Users were able to submit their 15-second clips by tagging them with the hashtag #IGHalloween. Perhaps we shall be seeing this feature more in other upcoming holidays and big news events and festivals.

Source: Engadget

Warner Bros. concedes and now offers refunds for ‘Batman: Arkham Knight’ on the PC

Fans have not been too kind to Warner Bros. after the release of Batman: Arkham Knight on the PC was a big dud initially. They have managed to work out the kinks but that’s after a four-month overhaul. But there are some issues that fans don’t seem to want to forgive. That’s why now those who bought the game on the PC are eligible for a refund between now and the end of the year. The refund has an exception: the Arkham Knight season pass is only eligible for a refund with the main game, you can’t return the DLC separately. And it seems not all the versions of the game are eligible for the refund, either. Some users who bought the retail copy of the game can’t seem to get the refund page to load for them. The full details of the refund are on the game’s Steam community page.

Source: Engadget