The post Vitalik Buterin Calls for “Open Source and Verifiable” Self-Driving Cars appeared com. On November 2, Ethereum (ETH) co-founder Vitalik Buterin sent a short but pointed message into the tech ether: “We need open source and verifiable self-driving cars.” The tweet landed like a provocation and a challenge at once, a call for transparency in a field where code, models and sensor streams decide life-or-death outcomes, and where opaque, proprietary stacks have so far dominated the road. At first glance, the line reads like a principled manifesto: open source as a check against proprietary secrecy, and verifiability as a guardrail for trust and accountability. But there’s a deeper technical case folded into that phrase. Autonomous systems are not just software; they are sensor networks, machine-learning pipelines, communications infrastructures and legal constructs. Making them “verifiable” means building mechanisms to prove, to regulators, to courts, and to the public, that a vehicle was running a particular software version, that its decision-making process met a safety contract, or that a sensor reading was authentic and unaltered. Blockchain and modern cryptography offer practical ways to stitch those proofs together without turning every car into a streaming data breach. Immutable Ledger The simplest blockchain analogy is the immutable ledger. If a vehicle publishes cryptographic hashes of critical telemetry, software manifests, or signed attestations onto a permissioned ledger, investigators can later show that the evidence they examine matches what the car itself declared at the time. That is the idea behind several academic proposals and prototypes: fragmented ledgers for vehicle forensics, “vehicle passports” that anchor attestations off-chain while keeping proof on-chain, and permissioned blockchains that constrain who can write or read sensitive automotive records. Those systems aim to preserve privacy while maintaining tamper-evidence, a vital balance when the raw sensor logs from LIDAR, radar and cameras are privacy goldmines. But verifiability at the scale required by autonomous vehicles also.
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The movie exhibition business is closing out one of its slowest Octobers in over 25 years with a sluggish Halloween weekend. Studios avoided opening any major new films with the holiday falling on a Friday. Instead, there were several re-releases including “Back to the Future,” which is celebrating its 40th anniversary, and the Netflix phenomenon [.].
President Donald Trump has called for an end to the shutdown – even if that means going “nuclear” on the filibuster. Meanwhile, Vice President JD Vance has some tough words for congressional Democrats.
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Nightdive Studios has announced the Turok 2: Seeds of Evil remaster is now available for the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S for $19.99. The game previously released for the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC via Steam, GOG, and Humble Store. A Turok Trilogy Bundle that include Turok, Turok 2: Seeds of Evil, and Turok 3: Shadow of Oblivion is also out now for the PS5 and Switch. View the PS5 and Xbox Series X|S trailer below: Read details on the game below: Having defeated the Campaigner, Turok throws the Chronocepter into a waiting volcano to destroy it. Unfortunately the blast awakens an even deadlier force – The Primagen. Once again a Turok is tasked with restoring peace to the land and stopping the Primagen from merging Earth with the nether world. The Dinosaur Hunter Returns Fight your way through 35 different types of enemies with bouncing bellies, blinking eyes, stretching tentacles and snapping jaws. From Prehistoric Raptors, to evolved Flesh Eaters, to your final battle with the Mother of all beasts— you’ll want to defeat all of them! Enemies are intelligent! They’re smart enough to attack in groups, to flee when they are outgunned, and to take cover during a firefight. Enemies flinch and spasm differently depending on which body part you hit. Remastered Locations Conquer six engrossing Quest Levels including the Port of Adia, the Death Marshes and the Lair of the Blind Ones. Over 20 Weapons Unload multiple ricocheting shotgun shells with the Shredder. Send brains flying with the skull-drilling Cerebral Bore, a fan favorite. Stomp enemies flat while riding an artillery-mounted Triceratops! A life-long and avid gamer, William D’Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can follow the author on Bluesky.Full Article – https://www.vgchartz.com/article/466152/turok-2-seeds-of-evil-remaster-is-out-now-for-ps5-and-xbox-series/