Articles tagged with "open-source"
Security researcher maps hundreds of TeslaMate servers spilling Tesla vehicle data
Security researcher Seyfullah Kiliç from SwordSec discovered over 1,300 publicly exposed TeslaMate servers, hobbyist dashboards used by Tesla owners to log detailed vehicle data such as location history, battery health, charging sessions, and speed. These servers, likely made public unintentionally and lacking password protection, allowed anyone on the internet to access sensitive Tesla vehicle information. Kiliç scanned and mapped these exposed dashboards, highlighting the significant privacy risks, including revealing owners’ movements, charging habits, and even vacation times. This issue is not new but appears to have worsened since 2022, when a similar exposure was reported. TeslaMate’s founder previously implemented a bug fix to prevent unauthorized access, but users remain responsible for securing their servers. Kiliç emphasized the importance of enabling authentication and firewall protections to prevent data leaks and urged TeslaMate users to secure their publicly accessible dashboards. The research aims to raise awareness within the Tesla owner and open-source communities about the risks of inadvertently exposing sensitive vehicle
IoTTeslavehicle-datacybersecuritydata-privacyopen-sourcesmart-vehiclesHugging Face unveils tiny talking robot that kids and adults can code
Hugging Face has launched Reachy Mini, a compact, open-source desktop robot designed to make personal robotics accessible to kids, educators, and developers. Standing 11 inches tall and weighing 3.3 pounds, Reachy Mini features expressive animated eyes, motorized head movements with six degrees of freedom, a 360-degree rotating body, a wide-angle camera, speaker, and multiple microphones for natural interactions. The robot is sold as a DIY kit, encouraging users to assemble it themselves, which serves as an educational introduction to robotics without requiring an engineering background. Reachy Mini is programmable primarily in Python, with JavaScript and Scratch support coming soon, catering to a broad skill range. It connects to Hugging Face’s AI Hub, granting access to over 1.7 million AI models and 400,000 datasets. The robot comes in two versions: a Wireless model powered by Raspberry Pi 5 with a built-in battery for mobility, priced at $449, and a Lite tethered
robotroboticsAIcodingopen-sourceeducationRaspberry-PiHow a data processing problem at Lyft became the basis for Eventual
Eventual originated from a data processing challenge encountered by Lyft engineers working with self-driving cars, which generate vast amounts of unstructured multimodal data—including 3D scans, images, text, and audio. Lyft lacked a unified tool to efficiently process these diverse data types, forcing engineers to rely on a complex and unreliable patchwork of open source solutions. Sidhu, Eventual’s CEO, and his co-founder Chia developed an internal multimodal data processing tool at Lyft, which inspired the creation of Eventual after Sidhu noticed demand for similar solutions during job interviews. Eventual’s flagship product, Daft, is a Python-native open source engine designed to process various data modalities quickly and reliably, aiming to revolutionize unstructured data infrastructure much like SQL did for tabular data. Founded in early 2022, before the widespread awareness of the multimodal data infrastructure gap and the rise of ChatGPT, Eventual has since gained traction across multiple industries beyond autonomous vehicles, including robotics, retail tech
robotautonomous-vehiclesdata-processingAI-applicationsmultimodal-dataopen-sourceEventualJetBrains releases Mellum, an ‘open’ AI coding model
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