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.....»»
Waymo’s robotaxis are coming to Uber’s ridesharing app
In a partnership announced on Tuesday, Uber will soon offer ridesharing trips in Waymo's autonomous vehicles using the regular Uber app......»»
Uber will now let you book a Waymo self-driving car through its app
Uber and Waymo, who have historically been competitors, are putting history aside and looking toward a new future with their latest announcement. In a press … The post Uber will now let you book a Waymo self-driving car through its app appeared.....»»
Waymo"s Autonomous Vehicles Are Coming To Uber
Uber and Waymo announced that autonomous cars are coming to the ride-sharing service very soon. Find out where they will be and what it'll mean. Uber and Waymo a.....»»
Uber"s diversity chief on leave after employee criticism over "Don"t Call Me Karen" panel
Uber's diversity chief is on leave from the company after criticism from some employees related to an internal panel called "Don't Call Me Karen.".....»»
Researchers acquire world"s first multi-source detection dataset of mountain glacier
Using an aeronautic remote sensing system, Chinese scientists have obtained effective mountain glacier data during an ongoing airborne-ground science experiment on detecting the condition of Bayi Glacier in Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, north.....»»
Major carmakers, unicorn startups trimming software manpower to cut costs
Global autonomous vehicle unicorn startups and major carmakers have been on track to lay off employees in the underperforming departments since the second quarter of the year, especially software divisions, as part of their efforts to cut operation c.....»»
Chip developer Black Sesame will supply Hongqi to build autonomous driving platform
China-based Black Sesame Technologies announced on May 19 that it will provide local carmaker Hongqi Auto with its Huashan-2 A1000L series chips to enable an autonomous driving platform. In addition, the pair plan to start mass-producing vehicles bas.....»»
Biophysicists design new cell-like transport system, important milestone for synthetic biology
Creating artificial cells with life-like characteristics out of a minimal set of components is a major goal of synthetic biology. Autonomous motion is a key capability here, and one that is difficult to reproduce in the test tube. A team led by physi.....»»
TuSimple to restructure U.S. business, lay off 30% of staff
TuSimple Holdings Inc. said on Thursday it will cut 30% of its workforce in the United States under a restructuring as the autonomous driving technology company looks to preserve its balance sheet amid a funding crunch in the sector......»»
Uber will now let teens ride in cars alone
Uber is rolling out new features to make it easier for people of all ages to access its ride-hailing service, including an option that will let teens under the age of 18 ride alone for the first time......»»
Pet owners with hoarding tendencies may take toll on health of themselves, animals in care, study finds
Mississippi State Department of Psychology faculty members studying hoarding behavior are teaming with faculty in the university's College of Veterinary Medicine to look at implications of this disorder and its relation to pet ownership......»»
Apple autonomous driving tech secrets stolen by ex-engineer, feds say
The engineer stole thousands of documents and fled to China, according to DOJ. Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) A former Apple engineer has been charged by the US Department of Justice for stealing and attempting to steal.....»»
Loose lips sink ships: Project Titan(ic) engineer charged by DOJ for stealing Apple’s self-driving car tech
The United States Department of Justice has announced formal charges against a former Apple engineer. As reported by CNBC, Weibao Wang has been accused of stealing Apple’s autonomous driving technology for a Chinese self-driving car startup. Wang.....»»
Third ex-Apple engineer charged over Apple Car technology theft
The Department of Justice has charged a third ex-engineer over the alleged theft of self-driving car tech in 2018, after the engineer tried to hand Apple's trade secrets over to a Chinese autonomous driving tech company.Apple's self-driving vehicle t.....»»
CellTrust partners with Proofpoint to tackle mobile communication risk
CellTrust is teaming up with Proofpoint to help organizations manage mobile communication information risk and improve investigative readiness. As the number of mobile communication channels (text, chat, voice, app to app) grows, highly regulated org.....»»
Big driverless buses are now serving passengers in Scotland
A fleet of full-size autonomous buses is now serving passengers along a 15-mile route in Scotland in what is the first service of its kind in the U.K......»»
Samsung, Tesla leaders met for collaboration, including on autonomous vehicles
Samsung Electronics announced on May 14 that its executive chairman Lee Jae-yong met with Tesla CEO Elon Musk in the US last week. The meeting concerned potential cooperation between the two companies for IT-related technologies like autonomous vehic.....»»
Self-driving cars are being put on a data diet
Autonomous-vehicle developers are getting pickier about what stays on their servers. A Google self-driving car. (credit: Google) For self-driving-car developers, like many iPhone and Google Photos users, the growing cost.....»»
Uber flight bookings next step to becoming a travel super app
Uber’s ambition to transform itself from a ride-hailing service to a “travel super app” has seen the company branch out into Uber flight bookings, for both domestic and international flights … more… The post Uber flight bookings next ste.....»»
China homegrown autonomous driving chips gaining ground in domestic market
China's automotive-grade chip suppliers Horizon Robotics Technology and Black Sesame Technologies are in a position to rival Nvidia and Texas Instruments (TI) in both high- and low-computing power autonomous driving processors required by their domes.....»»