But while some lawyers indicated asking Musk to curtail his tweeting might raise First Amendment issues, it’s not entirely clear the First Amendment would protect Musk’s Twitter presence. A judge may have control over some of Musk’s speech because he’s an officer of a publicly traded company, said Ken White, a former US attorney and attorney at Brown White & Osborn LLP.
“The SEC can put fairly strict limits on a publicly traded company’s communications to prohibit and punish fraud and comply with securities rules,” he said in an email. These communications are “commercial speech,” which has less First Amendment protection than whatever Musk might say in his capacity as, you know, a human. “The exact contours of the SEC’s power in the face of a First Amendment challenge aren’t completely clear,” White wrote.
That might mean that a judge could make Musk delete his Twitter account or at least threaten to remove him from the CEO role unless he stops tweeting, on the grounds that the previous measure in the settlement didn’t work. But, says White, if Musk steps down from Tesla, the judge can’t stop him from tweeting.
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Tesla Model 3 Review AutoSteer and AutoPilot
Autosteer, when engaged, behaves more like a human driver than the best lane keeping systems we’ve tested from other car makers. Specifically, the car makes a lot of microcorrections to its line between the lane markings.
This doesn’t seem functionally better or worse than the more robotic nature of a system like Cadillac’s Super Cruise, but it was noteworthy. I did find that the Model 3’s software prefers to stick closer to the right-side lane marking than I’d prefer. This would be fine except for the occasions where your lane suddenly widens (for example when there’s an exit on a freeway).
In these instances, I found the Model 3 would lunge toward the right, sometimes alarmingly so, requiring me to override the steering input. For this reason alone, I would urge any Model 3 driver to always heed the car’s instructions to keep your hands on the wheel at all times.
Scary. We need safer cars not self driving cars.
Lakers, LeBron, Playoff chances mathematically improbable
The Los Angeles Lakers’ playoff chances aren’t mathematically zero, but they’re grim. As of March 5, LA trails the No. 8 seed San Antonio Spurs by 5.5 games with just 18 left to play. There’s less than six weeks for LeBron James and his teammates to figure out their defensive flaws and get a crack at postseason play.
That’s both statistically and realistically improbable. ESPN’s Basketball Power Index gives the Lakers less than a one percent chance of playing postseason ball, which is 1.2 percent lower than the odds it gives the New Orleans Pelicans.
Bad news for the greatest player of our gen.
Sony Officially Kills PS Vita
But despite its niche appeal, the Vita ultimately failed to live up to Sony’s expectations, says Stefan Langford.
“It certainly comes as no surprise that the PS Vita has finally ended production, ultimately sounding the death knell of Sony’s mobile gaming ambitions,” says Mr Spendelow.
While the PS Vita has been consigned to history, Sony is believed to be readying a new games console.Last year, company president and chief executive Kenichiro Yoshida told the Financial Times that it was “necessary” for Sony to work on next-generation hardware. He declined to say whether this machine would carry the name PlayStation 5.
Apple is eating everyone’s lunch.
Chinese Hackers on the Hunt for US Naval Secrets
A report by the Accenture-owned unit iDefense, first obtained by the Wall Street Journal, claims Chinese hackers carried out a targeted campaign against institutions in the US, Canada and South East Asia.
While the full list of universities has not been revealed, iDefense says they share a common interest in research on underwater warfare technology – particularly the launching of submarine missiles.
The attackers used a technique called “spear phishing”, which involved sending emails that were made to look like they had been sent by other universities, but which contained malware that allowed the hackers to access stored research.
The modern warfare.
Tim Schafer Talking Double Fine’s Psychonauts 2
Psychonauts is an interesting thing. It’s about the human mind, and it goes to some really dark places, yet it’s a comedy. We make a lot of jokes, but we deal with life and death and sadness and all sorts of mental conditions. We bring to life and show people’s inner demons.
But I always try to remember it’s a comedy because you can get hung up on resolving plot points and doing that kind of mechanical stuff. You forget that you’re supposed to be making people laugh.
One of the industry’s best talking about the state of the video game business.
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