Science and Technology

Drivers of Tesla vehicles will automatically receive the software updates the company is issuing to address concerns from federal auto safety regulators about its driver-assistance system, Autopilot.The updates, which Tesla will send to cars over cellular networks, will include new warnings and checks to make sure drivers are paying attention to the road and their cars while using an Autopilot feature that can steer cars on its own. Customers will not have to bring the vehicles into a service center.The company pioneered the use of such wireless updates, which are now also used by many established automakers.Drivers who have questions…

Parents, schools and even attorneys general have increasingly been raising concerns about how TikTok may be hooking children to the app and serving them inappropriate content. But some lawyers say bringing legal action against the company could be more difficult after TikTok quietly changed its U.S. terms of service this summer.In July, TikTok removed rules that had required user disputes to be handled through private arbitration and instead said that complaints must be filed in one of two California courts. While arbitration has long been considered beneficial to companies, some lawyers have recently figured out how to make it costly…

Want to go viral on TikTok right now? Grab some pink ribbon and a random object. A roll of toilet paper, a houseplant, or a kosher dill spear will do. Tie it up in a bow and film it. Post the video online, and voilà.In recent weeks, bows in all the wrong places have become all the rage on the social media platform. Popular TikTok videos have featured ribbons wrapped around a bowl of macaroni and cheese, a knife and a Chick-fil-A order. Another video showed what appeared to be a bowl of cereal at first glance — but instead…

Higher for (not much) longer The “everything rally” has gone global, sending stocks and bonds soaring in Asia and Europe and lifting U.S. stock futures, after investors got their clearest signal yet that the Fed would begin cutting interest rates soon. Hopes are growing, too, on Thursday that other central banks will follow suit.The Fed delivered an unexpectedly dovish forecast on Wednesday, penciling in three rate cuts next year. Those moves are projected to lower the Fed’s prime lending rate to 4.6 percent, a notable drop from the central bank’s last estimate in September.The revision sent the Dow Jones industrial…

Miami, Florida – June 24, 2019 — The International Conference on Neuromarketing and Neuro-Sales brought together marketing professionals, communication strategists, brand managers, designers, executives, and entrepreneurs for an intensive training session on the application of neuroscience to business strategy and communication. The event featured a keynote presentation by Spanish expert Néstor Romero, an internationally recognized researcher and consultant with over 100 neuromarketing projects conducted across multiple countries.The event received official approval from the European Institute of Business and Economics (ISEEN) along with the European Association of Neuromarketing (AEN), guaranteeing both scholarly excellence and practical importance for attendees. Each participant was…