2020 Porsche 911Derek McNaughton / Driving Its a constant debate when taking car photos: to cover the licence plate, or not to cover? Well, today will be the day we all start covering up our licence plate in pictures; its the day we found out Google and Facebook can read them.Google and Facebook can actually scan a photograph and recognize the letters, turning the plate in the frame into a searchable alphanumeric sequence, something pointed out by, among others, Twitter user Jim Magill.This is likely a product of the image-searchable function, which can recognize similar images and patterns to help you find what youre looking for.If you want to try it for yourself, type CJJR 265 into Google images, and youll get an image of the Volkswagen Golf R we reviewed earlier this year, with that plate number on it. Youll even get similar plate numbers from other Volkswagens in VW Canadas press fleet.All around the office, weve tried it with a few of our cars, and it seems to work with Google, as well as on Facebook, and possibly other social media sites.Maybe some good could come from this tech; like if you see a car you think might be for sale by the side of the road and want to know the price, you could just Google it and see if theres a listing online somewhere. You could also run the plate of somebody who dinged your car door, or perhaps find the phone number of somebody who left their dog in a hot car. Of course, all of this stuff sounds a little creepy, too, and much more nefarious motives are not hard to imagine.At any rate, this is some Stephen-King-level eerie stuff, and wed rather not be a part of
Origin: You can now search people’s licence plates on Google, Facebook
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A Model X-rated video made ‘Tesla’ the top search term on PornHub overnight
Despite its size, this Model X P90D can go from a standstill to 100 km/h in just 3.2 seconds. Now that’s ludicrous.Andrew McCredie/Postmedia It didn’t take long for people to make liberal use of Tesla’s semi-autonomous Autopilot mode in all sorts of creative ways. Shortly after its debut, we were inundated with reports popping up everywhere of people behind the wheel taking naps, using their phones and, y’know, just generally ignoring everything Elon Musk told them not to do in the owner’s manual. We knew, too, it was just a matter of time before the Model S, 3 and X’s hands-free capabilities would let people start having sex on the road, too. We were just caught a bit off-guard to see the act consummated in a porno film. Yes, a video uploaded to website PornHub shows adult actress Taylor Jackson going on a Tinder date with a man driving what appears to be a Tesla Model X; less than a minute after entering the vehicle, things turn very Model X-rated indeed. After some affectionate events, the driver turns on the Autopilot to allow Jackson to sit on his lap. Obviously, we can’t post the video here, but suffice it to say, uh—they had sex. The video was uploaded just before the end of April, and according to Jackson, it at least briefly hit number one on the most-searched-for terms on the entire website. While she seems quite proud, as any artist would, this could have ended much worse than it did. Because while Tesla’s Model lineup does spell S-3-X-Y, we’re not sure this is exactly what Elon intended. (Or maybe he did. Who knows?) At any rate, this should never be attempted; in an emergency situation, it would be very hard for the driver to react properly when, well, otherwise engaged. According to The Next Web, Autopilot crashes are much less likely than those caused by humans, but Autopilot still isn’t a fully autonomous system. It still requires human input—and this doesn’t
Origin: A Model X-rated video made ‘Tesla’ the top search term on PornHub overnight
This video made ‘Tesla’ the top search term on PornHub overnight
Despite its size, this Model X P90D can go from a standstill to 100 km/h in just 3.2 seconds. Now that’s ludicrous.Andrew McCredie/Postmedia It didn’t take long for people to make liberal use of Tesla’s semi-autonomous Autopilot mode in all sorts of creative ways, with reports popping up everywhere of people behind the wheel taking naps, using their phones and generally ignoring everything Elon Musk told them not to do. We knew, too, it was just a matter of time before the Model S, 3 and X’s hands-free capabilities would let people start having sex on the road, too. We were just caught a bit off-guard to see the act consummated in a porno film. Yes, a video uploaded to website PornHub shows adult actress Taylor Jackson going on a Tinder date with a man driving what appears to be a Tesla Model X; less than a minute after entering the vehicle, things turn very Model X-rated indeed. After some affectionate events, the driver turns on the Autopilot to allow Jackson to sit on his lap. Obviously, we can’t post the video here, but suffice it to say, uh—they had sex. The video was uploaded just before the end of April, and according to Jackson, it at least briefly hit number one on the most-searched-for terms on the entire website. While she seems quite proud, as any artist would, this could have ended much worse than it did. Because while Tesla’s Model lineup does spell S-3-X-Y, we’re not sure this is exactly what Elon intended. (Or maybe he did. Who knows?) At any rate, this should never be attempted; in an emergency situation, it would be very hard for the driver to react properly when, well, otherwise engaged. According to The Next Web, Autopilot crashes are much less likely than those caused by humans, but Autopilot still isn’t a fully autonomous system. It still requires human input—and this doesn’t
Origin: This video made ‘Tesla’ the top search term on PornHub overnight