Waymo Is Teaming Up With Uber On Autonomous Trucking
Waymo and Uber, former legal foes and bitter rivals in the autonomous vehicle space, are teaming up to speed up the adoption of driverless trucks. The Verge reports: Waymo is integrating Uber Freight, the ride-hail company's truck brokerage, into the.....»»
Prism Infosec PULSE bridges the gap between penetration testing and red teaming
Prism Infosec launched its innovative PULSE testing service to enable organizations which may not have the bandwidth or resource to dedicate to a full-scale red team exercise to assess their defence capabilities against real-world threats. PULSE addr.....»»
Physicists develop new model that describes how filaments assemble into active foams
Many fundamental processes of life, and their synthetic counterparts in nanotechnology, are based on the autonomous assembly of individual particles into complex patterns. LMU physicist Professor Erwin Frey, Chair of Statistical and Biological Physic.....»»
Saving the vanishing forests of Iraq"s Kurdistan
In a plant nursery in northern Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, hundreds of pine, eucalyptus, olive and pomegranate saplings grow under awnings protecting them from the fierce summer sun......»»
Waymo’s honking robocars finally fall silent
In one of the more bizarre technology tales of the year, Waymo has apparently finally got its honking robocars to be quiet......»»
Apple and Kim Kardashian team up for exclusive Beats Studio Pro line
Following their initial launch last year, Apple’s Beats brand is teaming up with Kim Kardashian for a new edition of the Beats Studio Pro headphones. The Kim x Beats collaboration consists of three new Beats Studio Pro color options: Moon (light),.....»»
Waymo robotaxis waking San Francisco neighbors with nightly honking
People who live near a San Francisco parking lot used by Waymo say the self-driving vehicles won't stop honking at each other, even though no one is inside them......»»
Self-driving Waymo cars keep SF residents awake all night by honking at each other
Haunted by glitching algorithms, self-driving cars disturb the peace in San Francisco. Enlarge / A Waymo self-driving car in front of Google's San Francisco headquarters, San Francisco, California, June 7, 2024. (credit: Getty Im.....»»
How the iPhone maker ensures Apple Intelligence safety: Triggering, red teaming, and more
A research paper explains how Apple Intelligence is designed, and the steps the company takes to ensure the safety of the models. The paper also gives a glimpse into the scale and complexity of the on-device AI capabilities, noting that the core m.....»»
A rare aid success story has brought riches to a hardscrabble corner of the Pacific. Will it last?
There is so much money sloshing around these days in Bougainville, an autonomous region of Papua New Guinea, the stores are running short of goods and some locals are partying until dawn......»»
Aurora raises nearly $500 million more for self-driving technology efforts
Self-driving technology companies continue to suck up cash with Aurora, Cruise and Waymo getting more funding......»»
U.S. expected to propose barring Chinese software in autonomous vehicles
The Biden administration plans to issue a proposed rule that would bar Chinese software in vehicles in the United States with Level 3 automation and above......»»
What CISOs need to keep CEOs (and themselves) out of jail
Former Uber CISO Joe Sullivan, who was convicted for attempting to cover up a data breach Uber suffered in 2016, recently posited that in the very near future, CEOs might find themselves held directly responsible for cybersecurity breaches. Consideri.....»»
Get ready to see a lot of iPads on college football sidelines this season
If you’re a college football fan, you’ll see a lot of iPads on the sidelines this year. Both the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) and Southeastern Conference (SEC) have announced that they are teaming up with Apple to bring the iPad Pro and iPad A.....»»
Alphabet invests another $5 billion in self-driving startup Waymo
Waymo is conducting more than 50,000 paid rides a week, Alphabet says. Enlarge / If you live in San Francisco, you might start to see these Waymo Zeekrs driving around. (credit: Waymo) Google's parent company, Alphabet,.....»»
Waymo will receive $5 billion investment from parent Alphabet; former Cruise CEO fumes
Waymo will receive $5 billion over multiple years from Alphabet, executives said. Its robotaxi rival, GM subsidiary Cruise, drew a rebuke from its former CEO after delaying plans to manufacture the Origin robotaxi......»»
Waymo is suing people who allegedly smashed and slashed its robotaxis
Driverless car service is getting aggressive against alleged vandals. Enlarge (credit: Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images) The people of San Francisco haven’t always been kind to Waymo’s growing fleet of driverl.....»»
How NASA is using AI on the Perseverance rover to study Mars rocks
NASA's Perseverance rover is taking the first steps toward autonomous science investigation on Mars......»»
Column: 4 takeaways and observations from 5 robotaxi rides around the Bay Area
A dispatch from San Francisco, where Waymo has deployed about 300 robotaxis in driverless commercial service now open to the general public......»»
Lunar leap: GNSS-powered autonomous navigation for moon-bound spacecraft
As lunar missions gain momentum, the demand for advanced navigation technologies that exceed traditional Earth-based systems grows. A new study addresses the challenges of weak Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) signals and spacecraft maneuver.....»»
Uber Eats eats into Uber ridesharing
When Uber expanded into food delivery, the move was expected to bring additional revenue to the ridesharing company. It certainly did......»»