Nuro acquires autonomous trucking startup Ike
Autonomous delivery company Nuro has acquired Ike, a startup founded by veterans of Apple, Google and Uber Advanced Technologies Group that aimed to commercialize self-driving trucks. The deal, the latest in a busy season of acquisitions and consolid.....»»
GM Cruise nabs former Apple car exec for autonomous car safety chief role
A former Apple executive linked to the Apple Car has joined General Motors Cruise, becoming the chief of its self-driving taxi unit.Steve Kenner [Kodiak]Steve Kenner became the chief of safety at the GM autonomous vehicle unit on Monday, the company.....»»
Mob sets Waymo car ablaze in San Francisco
An autonomous Waymo met an untimely end thanks to an unruly mob. Enlarge / A fire starts inside a Waymo car after a vandal threw a lit firework through the window. (credit: Anirudh Koul) This weekend marked Chinese New.....»»
Retail H2 stations close in California while H2 heavy trucking expands
Hydrogen still makes sense for fixed-route heavy vehicles—but not passenger cars. Enlarge (credit: Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg via Getty Images) Shell has closed all seven of its retail hydrogen filling stations in Calif.....»»
Apple to settle trade secrets lawsuit with chip startup Rivos
Apple has decided to settle with the chip startup Rivos, two years after first suing the company for stealing trade secrets. According to a filing released on Friday, Rivos and Apple informed a judge that they are planning to finalize a settlement by.....»»
Apple agrees to settle with Rivos in chip trade secret theft lawsuit
Apple may have reached a potential settlement to end its legal battles with the startup Rivos, which it previously accused of stealing trade secrets and poaching employees.Apple's M1 Max SoCApple sued Rivos in 2022, accusing it of taking engineers an.....»»
This Small Wearable Device Reduces Parkinson’s Symptoms
People with Parkinson’s have fewer tremors when they receive rhythmic physical stimulation—so a UK startup has created a coin-sized vibrating device to help patients move more easily......»»
NASA to demonstrate autonomous navigation system on moon
When the second CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) delivery is launched to the moon in mid-February, its NASA payloads will include an experiment that could change how human explorers, rovers, and spacecraft independently track their precise lo.....»»
Geely launches 11 low-orbit satellites for autonomous vehicles
Geely said it expects 72 such satellites to be in orbit by 2025 and eventually plans to have a constellation of 240......»»
How to Guarantee the Safety of Autonomous Vehicles
As computer-driven cars and planes become more common, the key to preventing accidents, researchers show, is to know what you don’t know......»»
Apple ‘preparing’ to buy AI startup with advanced privacy tech to bolster Apple Vision Pro
Sources indicate Apple plans to acquire Brighter AI, a German AI startup specializing in anonymizing face and license plate data. Apple aims to use this acquisition to enhance privacy features on Apple Vision Pro, 9to5Mac is told. Apple may be consid.....»»
A startup allegedly “hacked the world.” Then came the censorship—and now the backlash.
Anti-censorship voices are working to highlight reports of one Indian company’s hacker past. Enlarge (credit: WIRED staff/Getty Images) Hacker-for-hire firms like NSO Group and Hacking Team have become notorious for en.....»»
A Startup Has Unlocked a Way to Make Cheap Insulin
Houston-based rBIO has invented a new process to churn out insulin at higher yields using custom-made bacteria......»»
Protect AI acquires Laiyer AI to extend company’s AI/ML security capabilities
Protect AI announced it has acquired Laiyer AI. With the acquisition, Protect AI will be offering a commercial version of Laiyer AI’s open source LLM Guard with expanded features, capabilities, and integrations within the Protect AI platform. LLM G.....»»
After signing Mills group as 1st U.S. dealer, Fisker heads to NADA Show to recruit more
In Fisker's pivot to franchised dealers from direct sales, the EV startup is pursuing dealers, first at an open house and then at the NADA Show......»»
Aptiv Q4 profits soar to $905M amid increased production; Company will stop funding AV startup
The company posted revenue of $4.9 billion and net income of $905 million in its fourth-quarter earnings report amid easing supply side constraints and increased vehicle production......»»
Autonomous synthesis robot uses AI to speed up chemical discovery
Chemists of the University of Amsterdam (UvA) have developed an autonomous chemical synthesis robot with an integrated AI-driven machine learning unit. Dubbed "RoboChem," the benchtop device can outperform a human chemist in terms of speed and accura.....»»
EV battery startup Our Next Energy gets financing after liquidity crisis
“We were clearly strapped for cash,” said Paul Humphries, who took over the CEO role late last year from founder Mujeeb Ijaz. .....»»
The USPS agrees to buy six Canoo LDV electric vans, delivered by April
The startup also makes NASA's Artemis crew transportation vehicles. Enlarge / Canoo will supply six LDV 190s to the USPS by the end of this quarter. (credit: Canoo) The electric vehicle startup Canoo announced today that.....»»
LaFontaine Automotive acquires 1st Mercedes-Benz dealership in Orin B. Hayes group acquisition
LaFontaine Automotive added its first Mercedes-Benz dealership to its portfolio in an acquisition on the west side of Michigan......»»
Tire-changing robot startup files for Chapter 7 bankruptcy liquidation
RoboTire, launched in suburban Detroit in 2018, designed technology to automate tire-changing using a robotic arm......»»