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The influences that surround us drive our experience by moderating the information presented to us. This unique combination of information shapes our own personal world, constructs our reality.

If you follow fashion, you want the latest clothes. If you watch mainstream news, your world is fear and celebrities. If youre an activist, your world is full of problems that you must fight. Its never that black and white of course, we all have varying degrees of exposure to different outlets. We are all influenced in diverse ways, but the majority of people have significant exposure to mainstream culture, so this is the prevalent influence in most societies.

As our realities are molded, we adjust our beliefs, opinions and perceptions based on this reality, allowing ourselves to be changed by this external influence. As well as losing sovereignty of our minds, we are allowing certain entities, namely news agencies and curators such as Facebook, to influence our realities and control our perceptions.

This is dangerous, because our perceptions form the basis of our actions.

Its no secret the influence newspapers have on politics, but people continue to buy these newspapers, as this is their reality similar to how a fish doesnt notice the water around it. For most, what newspapers say is simply fortifying long held views, reinforced over years by the same newspaper.

Newspapers dont advertise that they are manipulating people, they are seen as conveyors of news, fulfilling our insatiable need to kept updated. Even those writing for them dont start with a training day called How to brainwash our readers, they simply work within a particular frame of reference, according to a culture long since laid down within the organisation.

Once a part of this culture, a writer or editor will simply perpetuate their own reality, a reality influenced to an increasing degree by the newspaper itself.

Social media systems add a new dimension to this influence by personalising our information feeds and supposedly giving us a reality more focussed on our interests. It might seem that this gives us some level of control over our realities but actually social media companies manipulate the way this information is selected and therefore maintain significant control over what you see ergo the reality you occupy.

Sometimes, it goes even further, with Facebook performing psychological experiments on large groups of their users by deliberately altering their news feeds to show positive or negative stories, and then measuring their emotions. That was the experiment we found out about. There would be little to stop them or other large social media providers from influencing people in other, even more socially significant ways.

The significance of the feedback loop provided by social media systems should also not be underestimated. By measuring our responses to the information provided, this data can be analysed and used in further experiments, to expedite even more advanced control.

Our societies are controlled by the distributors of information. Whether deliberately or not, their choices determine our choices. Whether acting for good or evil, they are trapping us in narrow frames of reference. Its not even a matter of making the right choices its about what choices are made available to us. They surround us with an environment of their making and our personal worlds are shaped accordingly.

As the curators of these choices, these information distributors the media are the curators of our reality.

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Facebook claims that their role as guardian of users privacy gives them the power to shut down apps that give users more control over their own social media experience. Facebook is wrong. The latest example is their legal bullying of Friendly Social Browser.

Friendly is a web browser with plugins geared towards Facebook, Instagram, and other social media sites. Its been around since 2010 and has a passionate following. Friendly offers ad and tracker blocking and simplifies downloading of photos and videos. It lets users search their news feeds by keyword, or reorder their feeds chronologically, and it displays Facebook pages with alternative skins.

To Facebooks servers, Friendly is just a browser like any other. Users run Friendly much as they would Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, or any other standard web browser. According to Friendly, its software doesnt call anydeveloper interfaces (APIs) into Facebook or Instagram. Friendly has also stated that they dont collect any personal information about users, including posts or uploads. Friendly does collect some anonymous usage data, and sends the ads that people view to a third-party analytics firm.

Over the summer, Facebooks outside counsel demanded that Friendly stop offering its browser. Facebooks lawyer claimed that Friendly violated Facebooks terms of service by chang[ing] the way Facebook and Instagram look and function and impairing [their] intended operation. She claimed, incorrectly, that violating Facebooks terms of service was also a violation of the federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) and its California counterpart.

Although Friendly explained to Facebooks lawyers that their browser didnt access any Facebook developer APIs, Facebook hasnt budged from its demand that Friendly drop dead.

Today, EFF sent Facebook a letter challenging Facebooks legal claims. We explained that the CFAA and its California counterpart are concerned with access to a protected computer:

California law defines access as to gain entry to, instruct, cause input to, cause output from, cause data processing with, or communicate with a computer.Friendly is a web browser, so it is our understanding that Friendly does not itself gain entry to or communicate with Facebook in any way. Like other popular browsers such as Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox, therefore, Friendly does not access Facebook; Facebook users do. But presumably Facebook knows better than to directly accuse its users of being malicious hackers if they change the colors of websites they view.

While EFF is not representing Friendly at this time, we weighed in because Facebooks claims are dangerous. Facebook is claiming the power to decide which browsers its users can use to access its social media sites, an extremely broad claim. According to the reasoning of Facebooks demand, accessibility software like screen readers, magnifiers, and tools that change fonts or colors to make pages more readable for visually impaired people all exist by Facebooks good will, and could be shut down anytime if Facebook decides they change the way Facebook and Instagram look and function.

Friendly is far from the only victim of the companys strong-arming. Just last month, Facebook threatened the NYU Ad Observatory, a research project that recruits Facebook users to install a plugin to collect the ads theyre shown. And in 2016, Facebook convinced a federal court of appeals that the CFAA barred a third-party social media aggregator from interacting with user accounts, even when those users chose to sign up for the aggregators service. In sum, Facebooks playbookusing the CFAA to enforce spurious privacy claimshas made it harder for innovators, security experts, and researchers of all stripes to use Facebook in their work.

Facebook has claimed that it must bring its legal guns to bear on any software that interoperates with Facebook or Instagram without permission, citing to the commitments that Facebook made to the Federal Trade Commission after the Cambridge Analytica scandal. But there are different kinds of privacy threats. Facebooks understandable desire to protect users (and its own reputation) against privacy abuses by third parties like Cambridge Analytica doesnt take away users right to guard themselves against Facebooks own collection and mishandling of their personal data by employing ad- and tracker-blocking software like Friendly (or EFFs Privacy Badger, for that matter).

Nor do Facebooks privacy responsibilities justify stopping users from changing the way they experience Facebook, and choosing tools to help them do that. Attempts to lock out third-party innovators are not a good look for a company facing antitrust investigations, including a pending lawsuit from the Federal Trade Commission.

The web isnt television. Website owners might want to control every detail about how their sites look and function, but since the very beginning, users have always been in control of their own experienceits one of the defining features of the Web. Users can choose to re-arrange the content they receive from websites, save it, send it along to others, or ignore some of it by blocking advertisements and tracking devices. The law cant stop users from choosing how to receive Facebook content, and Facebook shouldnt be trying to lock out competition under a guise of protecting privacy.

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Over 12,000 Tesla Model Ss and Xs built between 2012 and 2018 have had failures of their Media Control Units;the computer system that runs the big center-stack touchscreen and controls all kinds of things, from rearview camera displays to some HVAC functions to even the little clicking sound when the turn indicators are on. These units have been failing at an alarming rate, making cars almost underivable and costing thousands of dollars to repair. The NHTSA has started an engineering analysis, and it seems that its all because of a questionable design.

The issue is quite well-known in the Tesla community and has been covered by other media outlets like our pals over at Ars Technica. Fundamentally, this is what the issue seems to be: in the MCU there is something called an 8GB eMMC NAND flash memory module.

This is essentially the same sort of flash memory as you may have as the main storage device in your computer or as a little USB flash drive. These units are fast and work extremely well, but they have a limited number of times they can have data written to them.

For most of the contexts we interact with flash memory, like with USB thumb drives, were never likely to come anywhere near the write cycle limit of the device. But, for embedded systems where data is being written and read automatically, over and over, this limitation becomes a much greater issue.

Figuring out the lifespans of such memory chips is a big deal, and seems to be at the root of what Tesla misjudged.

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The chip in the MCU has log files written to it on a regular basis, and Teslas original estimates expected the unit to last between 11 and 12 years, what they considered to be a reasonable life of the car.

That hasnt proved the case for many cars. As the NHTSA report states (emphasis mine):

On June 22, 2020, the Office of Defects Investigations (ODI) opened Preliminary Evaluation PE20-010 to investigate incidents of media control unit (MCU) failures resulting in loss of rearview camera in model year (MY) 2012-2015 Tesla Model S vehicles equipped with the NVIDIA Tegra 3 processor with an integrated 8GB eMMC NAND flash memory device. EMMC NAND flash devices have a finite lifespan based upon the number of program/erase (P/E) cycles. The subject MCU allegedly fails prematurely due to memory wear-out of the eMMC NAND flash. Tesla used the same MCU with the Tegra 3 processor in approximately 159 thousand 2012-2018 Model S and 2016-2018 Model X vehicles built by Tesla through early-2018. In response to ODIs Information Request (IR) for PE20-010, Tesla provided ODI with 2,399 complaints and field reports, 7,777 warranty claims, and 4,746 non-warranty claims related to MCU replacements. The data show failure rates over 30 percent in certain build months and accelerating failure trends after 3 to 4 years-in-service.

The likelihood of failure seems to be correlated with how much the car has been driven since thats when logs get written to the flash memory, though this is not always the case with the failures, which can vary pretty wildly.

Heres more description from the NHTSA report:

According to Tesla, for subject vehicles equipped with the NVIDIA Tegra 3 processor with an integrated 8GB eMMC NAND flash memory device, the eMMC NAND cell hardware can fail when reaching lifetime wear, for which the eMMC controller has no available blocks to recover.

With this failure mode, the only recovery available is a replacement of the eMMC device, achieved by physical part replacement of either the MCU assembly or visual control module subcomponent. Tesla provided the effects of MCU failure on vehicle function which result in loss of rearview/backup camera, loss of HVAC (defogging) setting controls (if the HVAC status was OFF status prior to failure.)

There is also an impact on the advanced driver assistance support (ADAS), Autopilot system, and turn signal functionality due to the possible loss of audible chimes, driver sensing, and alerts associated with these vehicle functions.

There are precedents for addressing defects that result in loss of either backup camera, defogging, or turn signal functions under Investigation: EA 20-003 Open Resume Page 2 of 2 safety recalls. Tesla has implemented certain Over-The-Air or OTA updates to subject vehicles to mitigate the effects of MCU failure.

These updates include firmware changes to reduce memory usage of the subject memory card, improve eMMC error correction and storage management strategies, changing the control logic for turn signal activation, and defaulting the HVAC system to Auto (71.6F) for drives after MCU failure to address windshield defogging. Tesla indicated that the MCU failures are likely to continue to occur in subject vehicles as vehicles continue.

Tesla has only repaired these by swapping the entire MCU, which can cost between $2,000 and $5,000. The basic issues are shown well here in this video:

In there, you can see that the memory chip is not removable this could be because the permanent ones are generally a bit better at dealing with vibration and harsher environments, but its not really clear, as theres another flash memory unit used to store the logfiles Tesla service uses, and that one is stored on a removable SD card:

To Teslas credit, earlier this month (November 9, three days before the NHTSA started their engineering analysis and about five months after the NHTSA opened their investigation) it finally announced a warranty adjustment program for people who have had cars affected by this issue.

Refunds could also be available to anyone who paid to have the unit replaced prior, so if thats anyone reading this who enjoys using money to exchange for goods or services, you should probably look into that.

Heres what I cant stop thinking about, though: why did this have to happen? Telsa knows this flash memory should be thought of as a consumable since it has a limited number of write cycles and they knew they would be writing a lot of data to it as the car drove, so if you know that, why design such a part to be integrated into an expensive component?

They didnt do this for the Gateway Log memory module, that removable SD card; why wouldnt that have worked for this? Or why wouldnt some sort of volatile buffer dynamic RAM have been used, and that would get written to the flash at regular, known intervals, allowing for much more control over the life of the chip?

Ive reached out to Tesla to ask these questions, but, of course, the chances of them writing me back are roughly the same as the chances of me finding a Kruggerand under my tongue.

I know the engineers at Tesla are smarter than me, and I know many of you in the comments are smarter than me, too. Im hoping a smarter person will explain why a consumable component like that, one that could directly affect the use of the car significantly in case of failure, would be made so expensive and difficult to replace.

Theres gotta be a reason, right?

At least Tesla seems to be helping with the warranty claims for this. Its a little late, but its very welcome.

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A business trying to make money off mansions full of TikTok influencers has gone public on the stock market through an unusual deal. It involves a former Chinese health care company, and if that sounds confusing, well, we can explain.

Social media entrepreneurs have rushed to find ways to make money from stars on popular platforms like TikTok. West of Hudson Group, for one, operates a network of content houses where many prominent young influencers live.

Houses like these function as management companies, taking a percentage of revenue from the creators living in them. The influencers often dont pay rent, but produce content for brands and promote products as a form of in-kind rent.

Dozens of influencer houses have arrived in the Los Angeles area over the last year, and the companies that run them have been searching for sustainable business models. Going public, though, is a new strategy.

West of Hudson was acquired this week by Tongji Healthcare Group, an entity in Las Vegas that was incorporated by a Chinese hospital in 2006 but had no assets at the end of 2019.

The deal was a reverse takeover, in which a private company (in this case, West of Hudson) is acquired by an already-public one (Tongji Healthcare) but ends up in control. The deal closed on Wednesday.

There were more maneuvers behind the scenes. Before the reverse merger, Tongji itself was acquired by the investors who control West of Hudson, a New Jersey real estate operator named Amir Ben-Yohanan and his business partners.

What it all adds up to is that the combined company, which has applied to be renamed Clubhouse Media Group, is now listed on the so-called pink sheets market, where tiny public and often speculative companies trade. On Friday, Tongjis stock closed at $2.30, 38 percent below its August high.

Extremely low priced stocks known as penny stocks are extremely volatile. While sophisticated investors may dismiss such a risky investment, inexperienced investors, many of whom are active on online trading platforms like Robinhood, have an appetite for them, and for companies in the thick of social media trends.

Influencer content houses often revolve around drama. Many last only a few months before internal conflict or a dispute between talent and management leads to their disintegration. (In July, The New York Times reported that several content houses, including the ones owned by West of Hudson, were shopping around reality shows, using drama as a selling point. None have been sold.)

Clubhouse, the primary influencer house in West of Hudsons network, was co-founded in March by Mr. Ben-Yohanan, Christian J. Young and Daisy Keech, a social media influencer. Its first location, in Beverly Hills, has expanded into a network of influencer mansions including Clubhouse Next, Clubhouse for the Boys, Clubhouse Malta and Not a Content House.

It may be hard to attract investors in the public markets, however.

In the first six months of the year, West of Hudson had revenue of nearly $96,000 but a loss of $983,000. Mr. Ben-Yohanan, the companys chief executive who controls 62 percent of the stock, according to a recent securities filing, provided it with a loan of just over $1 million. The company can draw nearly $4 million more from him, according to the filing, which also said Tongji said may need to raise money in the markets to finance operations and grow.

In an interview, Mr. Young said the company was looking at options for raising capital in both the debt and equity markets, but declined to give more details.

According to the Tongji filing, Mr. Ben-Yohanan founded West of Hudson Properties, a New Jersey real estate company that owns or manages over $300 million in multifamily properties. He is listed as the tenant on two of the main Clubhouse properties, according to the filing, which added: While Mr. Ben-Yohanan intends to assign these leases to the Company in the future, there is a possibility that Mr. Ben-Yohanan may not assign these leases in the near term, or at all.

A call to West of Hudson Properties seeking comment from Mr. Ben-Yohanan was not returned. In addition to being chief executive, he is listed as Tongjis principal financial and accounting officer.

Financials aside, companies associated with social media trends are proving attractive among new, young investors. Zach, a 12-year-old investor who has established a following on YouTube and Twitter, is one of many young people who have gotten into stock trading, largely by watching YouTube videos. Theres a lot more young people in the stock market than people think, he said.

He trades stocks under his parents names (they monitor his usage) using a U.K. investing platform called Trading 212. He said that hed need to look at the companys financials before determining if it was a sound investment, but could see others his age being interested.

For most kids who invest in the stock market, theres interest in new kinds of social media trends and companies like TikTok and wanting to invest in things like that, Zach said. A company thats affiliated with high-profile social media stars, he said, is 100 percent something theyd be interested in.

Trading in penny stocks has surged this year. After the Covid pandemic shuttered sports leagues earlier this year, many frustrated sports bettors moved to the stock markets. The shift coincided with a widespread move initially pioneered by trading app Robinhood toward cutting trading fees, which further encouraged speculation in lower priced shares.

Such stocks, however, often have bleak business prospects and weak management teams. And with little professional trading activity or analysis, penny stock prices are volatile and driven by rumor and speculation in online message boards, with little concern for the fundamental likelihood of the business making money.

Through October, some 23 percent of shares traded in American stock markets were priced under $5, according to the New York Stock Exchange. In the same period in 2019, they accounted for around 14 percent of trades.

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