Eavesdroppers are also kept out of the loop because all of the data collected by Atlas is encrypted in motion as well as when it comes to rest in Amazon cloud. Read More: We Need to Make Digital Data That Dies Like Usįurthermore, Atlas Informatics can't actually see the digital items you interacted with, just how you interacted with them, and users can always remove any indexed items from the repository. This may feel a little invasive, but Ritter was quick to point out that Atlas Recall can be "paused" at any time so that it stops collecting data about what a user is doing. "We can literally index anything you see, which is effectively how our memories work," said Ritter. Anytime a user interacts with a digital item on the device, be it an app, webpage or word document, Atlas indexes the interaction, recording the time, type and length of engagement with the item. When a user downloads Atlas Recall, it constantly runs in the background of each device it is installed on. " thought of it as an accessibility support mechanism when in fact it's the API that everybody can see." "That was the thing that people hadn't really realized," said Ritter. We can literally index anything you see, which is effectively how our memories work Since accessibility standards are the same regardless of platform, device or application, it creates a common interface that can be read by Atlas to determine what is on your screen at any given time. As the technological barriers to a multi-platform, multi-device index fell, a computational architecture revolution called cloud computing began and laid the groundwork for Atlas Recall.Ītlas Recall uses this distributed file storage model and accessibility paradigm-common to almost every application used today-to create a searchable index of a user's digital life. "Why don't just remember everything and index it? Why do I have to save or bookmark this stuff? So the frame for Atlas Recall was very simple: if you saw it, you can search it."Īccording to Ritter, computer engineers have been trying to solve this problem for decades, but until recently they had been limited by the state of technology: there simply wasn't enough bandwidth and processing power to feasibly make a searchable index that spanned multiple devices. "I have all these devices, apps, services, and operating systems and I'm dying from all this digital chaos," Ritter told Motherboard. The company's flagship product, Atlas Recall, started with a complex problem and a simple solution. It will tell you whether your vehicle has any open recalls that need to be addressed.ĬR members can stay up to date on their car recalls using our Car Recall Tracker.Founded in 2012, Atlas Informatics is the brainchild of Jordan Ritter, a co-founder of Napster and Silicon Valley angel investor. Volkswagen's own number for this recall is 69X1.Ĭheck to see whether your vehicle has an open recall: Plug in the 17-digit vehicle identification number at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration website. How to contact the manufacturer: VW will reach out to owners of affected vehicles starting Aug. The automaker will also provide an owner's manual supplement that addresses child safety and child restraints. The fix: NHTSA says that VW dealers will inspect the center and left outboard seat-belt buckles and replace them if necessary, free of charge. A damaged seat-belt buckle can release unexpectedly, increasing the risk of injury in a crash. The problem: The center and adjacent outboard seat-belt buckles on the second row can become damaged if a child-seat base is installed that is wider than 12.6 inches. Vehicles recalled: 2018 VW Atlas SUVs equipped with second-row bench seats built between Nov.
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