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.....»»
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Are self-driving cars already safer than human drivers?
I learned a lot by reading dozens of Waymo and Cruise crash reports. (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images) August was an eventful month for driverless taxis in San Francisco. On August 10, the California Public Utilitie.....»»
Nvidia is powering a mega Tesla supercomputer powered by 10,000 H100 GPUs
Elon Musk is hoping to crack fully autonomous vehicles by building one of the most powerful supercomputers in the world......»»
Retractable steering wheel and pedals patented by Apple for Level 4 autonomous car
Apple has been granted a patent for a retractable steering wheel and pedals in a car, when it is being used in self-driving mode. The patent document describes a car which is capable of driving itself in some situations, but not in others – whic.....»»
How ancient bee burrows led to a better understanding of Neanderthals
The Shanidar cave sits in the Zagros mountains of the Kurdish autonomous region of Iraq, in a border region between Iran and southeast Türkiye. Within the cave is one of the longest-debated collections of Neanderthal remains......»»
Fairphone 5 sets a new standard with 8-10 years of Android support
The Fairphone 5 will keep on trucking until at least 2031. The Fairphone 5. It has rounded corners and slimmer bezels. [credit:.....»»
Walmart is expanding drone delivery services
Walmart is teaming up with Wing — a drone firm owned by Alphabet — to expand its drone delivery services in Texas. The retail giant announced it would add the service to a location in Frisco, Texas in the coming weeks then to another supe.....»»
Observation of autonomous crack healing in metal confirms 2013 prediction
A microscopic crack grew in a very small piece of platinum when placed under repetitive stretching. The experiment, designed to study fatigue crack growth, continued as predicted for a while before something unexpected happened. The crack stopped gro.....»»
Lapsus$ hackers convicted of breaching GTA 6, Nvidia, and more
Two hackers who belonged to the Lapsus$ gang have been convicted of breaching numerous high-profile targets, including Nvidia, Rockstar Games, and Uber......»»
Lapsus$ hackers convicted of breaching GTA 6, Nvidia and more
Two hackers who belonged to the Lapsus$ gang have been convicted of breaching numerous high-profile targets, including Nvidia, Rockstar Games, and Uber......»»
GM"s Cruise slashed fleet of robotaxis by 50% in San Francisco after collisions
California authorities have asked General Motors to "immediately" take some of its Cruse robotaxis off the road after autonomous vehicles were involved in two collisions -- including one with an active fire truck -- last week in San Francisco......»»
Hydrogel locomotion regulated by light and electric fields
Materials scientists aim to develop autonomous materials that function beyond stimulus responsive actuation. In a new report in Science Advances, Yang Yang and a research team in the Center for Bioinspired Energy Science at the Northwestern Universit.....»»
GM"s Cruise to slash fleet of robotaxis by 50% in San Francisco after collisions
California authorities have asked General Motors to "immediately" take some of its Cruse robotaxis off the road after autonomous vehicles were involved in two collisions -- including one with an active fire truck -- last week in San Francisco......»»
Robotaxi firm Cruise ordered to halve fleet following incidents
Autonomous-car company Cruise has been told by regulators to halve its robotaxi fleet in San Francisco following a crash with a fire truck on Thursday......»»
Lyft and Uber say they could leave Minneapolis if the mayor signs a minimum wage bill for drivers
Lyft and Uber threatened to stop doing business in Minneapolis after the city council adopted a new rule Thursday that would set a minimum wage for rideshare drivers......»»
California Regulators Vote to Expand Robotaxis in San Francisco
Regulators voted in favor of Waymo and Cruise expanding in San Francisco, marking a major milestone toward commercializing robotaxis. California regulators voted in favor of robotaxi operators expanding their paid driverless service.....»»
Lyft and Uber say they will leave Minneapolis if the mayor signs a minimum wage bill for drivers
Lyft and Uber threatened to stop doing business in Minneapolis after the city council adopted a new rule Thursday that would set a minimum wage for rideshare drivers......»»
Self-driving vehicles may reshape transportation, whether the cities that host them like it or not
San Francisco serves as a case study for the rollout of robotaxis, especially as Cruise and Waymo get ready to ramp up their driverless services. Others are taking close note of the friction and complications there......»»
An autonomous car in San Francisco got stuck in wet concrete
The mishap came just days after a local regulator made a landmark decision paving the way for the expansion of autonomous ridesharing services in the city......»»
Trucking bankruptcy highlights auto-industry logistics concerns
Last week's bankruptcy of one of the largest trucking companies in the U.S. serves as another reminder to suppliers of the still-fragile state of the supply chain, industry experts said......»»