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Take a look at Boston’s runaway train barreling through two stops without a driver

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The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) has released surveillance camera video of an unintentionally driverless Red Line train zipping through two commuter stops in December, a potential catastrophe triggered by the operator’s decision to wrap a rubber cord around the vehicle’s accelerator before stepping out to address a signal problem. The train left without him and travelled through a total of four stations before stopping after power was cut to the third rail.

While the episode itself was dramatic, to say to the least, the video – even this edited version from WCVB Channel 5 TV — is underwhelming.

Even the people on the platforms didn’t seem to realize anything was wrong.

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Network World Paul McNamara

CYREN WebSecurity 3.0 Stops New Generation of Zero-Day Cyber Threats Using Industry’s First Cloud Sandbox Array – PR Newswire (press release)

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CYREN WebSecurity 3.0 Stops New Generation of Zero-Day Cyber Threats Using Industry's First Cloud Sandbox Array
PR Newswire (press release)
This next-generation zero-day malware protection will be included in the latest version of its SaaS web security offering, CYREN WebSecurity 3.0, to be released on March 31, 2016. "Evasive malware is an increasing challenge to first-generation …

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Volvo charges extra for auto-braking technology that stops for pedestrians

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Fusion’s Kashmir Hill recently contacted Volvo about a (somewhat disturbing) YouTube video purporting to show a test of a Volvo with auto-braking capabilities that ends up running into several pedestrians watching the test. Volvo’s response might make the problem worse.

A spokesperson for the car maker told Fusion that the video appears to be testing a Volvo XC60’s auto-braking technology, which comes standard in that model. This technology, called City Safety, is designed to identify other cars and objects in front of the car and activate the brakes when traveling below 30 miles per hour, preventing fender benders when cars are in stop-and-go traffic, for example.

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Network World Colin Neagle