The years 2019 and 2020 are also available.
]]>Another race to 1 Million autonomous miles driven on California roads in a single year was instantiated when Cruse outperformed Waymo in 2020, yet neither company reached 1Million miles. The statistics from 2020 are available here and 2021 will be made available as soon as the CA DMV has compiled and published the stats.
In 2019 Google's autonomy unit "Waymo" surged past 1 million autonomous miles driven on CA highways, surprisingly Waymo was outperformed by GM's Cruise autonomous unit in 2020.
Recent developments in the Autonomous vehicle space include:
It has been an incredibly exciting year for autonomy, fleets have been realized and partnerships forged, the future of autonomy is beginning to come into focus and the next million miler will soon be revealed.
]]>Beta testers wanted for new Alexa mailFI feature!
As many of you know (because I’ve been promising it for so long) Alexa notifications are in development.
What are Alexa notifications?
Alexa routines are awesome if you're standing next to Alexa, but what if you've stepped away?
Enter Alexa Notifications
When Alexa is listening or is talking she exhibits a blue ring, when Alexa has a message to deliver she exhibits a Yellow ring and needs a prompt from you to deliver it.
Alexa mailFi notification powered by “Notify Me” send you the yellow ring every time your mailbox is opened. When you see the yellow ring simply ask Alexa to "play notifications".
Beta testing is limited and will be open to all MailFi users after extensive testing.
Simply click here for instructions on how to set up Alexa Notifications
Beta testers please provide your feedback @ Jason@Alydi.Com
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A long long time ago in a galaxy far far away, all wifi routers sent and received 2.4 Ghz signals. Life was simple. Unfortunately, most of the other communication devices in our homes also communicate on the same frequency making it congested. Why did everyone pile on 2.4Ghz, frankly, because it's robust. It can go through a brick wall and has an unobstructed range of 300 feet.
The new 5Ghz frequency doesn't travel as far, but it's fast (like an electric car).
Modern routers can broadcast in both frequency ranges, or one, or the other.
To configure the mailFi device, we need to connect our cell phone or tab to the 2.4Ghz signal, but how?
An app will tell us. I don't want to recommend any single app, but a quick search for "Wifi Analysis" in the Google Play Store or iTunes will reveal a bunch of them.
Pick one that will show you the 2.4 and 5Ghz frequencies. Here is an example.
You may be surprised to find that you don't have a 2.4Ghz frequency or that both frequencies share the same name, making it difficult to tell which one you're connected to.
If you can't find the 2.4Ghz, it's probably disabled in your router and you'll have to log in as an admin and enable it.
If both networks share the same SSID and you're having a hard time determining which one you're using, you can change the name of one of them to reveal the other.
For instance, if both my networks are called mailFi-WiFi, simply call one mailFi-WiFi24 and leave the 5Ghz network as mailFi-WiFi.
Many users have routers that are supposed to switch automatically between the two networks. This is called "wifi steering" and it's designed to push any device that can communicate on 5Ghz to the 5Ghz network to free up the saturated 2.4Ghz network. There is no standard protocol for Wifi steering, It's designed and implemented by the individual router manufacture making it incredibly difficult to troubleshoot.
Best Practice... Don't cross the streams; verify both networks are broadcasting on their own name.
Need assistance, I'll see you in the chat.
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Why is mail theft committed in the first place? Mail theft is one of the easiest and most rewarding crimes; criminals perform it to gain access to your personal information through sensitive documents sent in the mail. With credit card applications in hand, they then commit identity theft and several flavors of fraud including, bank, employment, loan fraud and more. When was the last time you checked your mailbox security?
Here are some healthy practices that will help secure your sensitive mail.
Be security minded when thinking about your mailbox; having your sensitive information compromised can cause years of frustration. Invest in mailbox security, download a tracker app, use USPS Informed Delivery, and develop a relationship with your delivery person, they have great stories about mail fraud and tips to stay safe, but please keep your pets inside, my mailman gets nervous around my dog. Mail theft is a felony and federal crime; it imposes heavy penalties; however, since it is one of the easiest crimes to commit, it is one of the most prevalent
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