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.....»»
Uber adding Apple CarPlay integration to its app for drivers
Uber this week announced a big update coming to its iOS app. More specifically, the Uber Driver app (which is the one used by drivers working for the company) will soon get integration with Apple CarPlay. This will allow drivers to interact with the.....»»
Uber plans CarPlay app for its drivers
Ride-hailing firm Uber has told drivers that it will be releasing an updated app that will work with Apple's CarPlay, letting them see bookings and navigation on a bigger screen.Uber abandoned its Apple Watch app for customers in 2022, but reportedly.....»»
Uber reports "strongest quarter ever" while the rest of Silicon Valley stalls
Uber on Wednesday reported strong revenue growth in the final three months of last year, defying a slowdown that has pummeled much of the rest of the tech sector......»»
AI-designed chips reach scale with first 100 commercial tape-outs using Synopsys technology
Synopsys, Inc. reaches scale for AI-driven chip designs as major semiconductor customers register the first 100 commercial tape-outs with the company's Synopsys DSO.ai (Design Space Optimization AI) autonomous design system. Recent customers, includi.....»»
Nodar innovates stereo vision calibration for autonomous vehicles
Stereo vision, first utilized as far back as in the late 1800s, is now entering the autonomous driving space. Nodar, a Boston-based software company, is developing an algorithm to align camera measurement by software. Unlike the traditional practice.....»»
Commercial electric truck demand far outstrips charging infrastructure
Truck manufacturers and shippers say a lack of charging infrastructure and long delays in building projects hamper the transition to zero-emission trucking......»»
California lawmakers want to prohibit fully autonomous trucking
The California Labor Federation and several Teamsters locals rallied in Sacramento for proposed legislation requiring a trained safety driver to be in the cab during any testing or operations of autonomous vehicles weighing more than 10,001 pounds......»»
IPL develops robust, cost-efficient, radar- and camera-based fusion sensor box for autonomous driving
Radar-based perception solution for autonomous driving – which has yet to see commercialization by players in the market – is under research & development at the Information Processing Lab (IPL) at the University Washington (UW)......»»
Waymo lays off undisclosed number of employees amid tech"s economic downturn
Self-driving technology company Waymo laid off a "limited" number of employees this week, a company spokesperson said. The cuts from the Alphabet subsidiary came beyond the 12,000 employees cut by Google this week......»»
Lyft starts charging riders who keep drivers waiting
Don’t be late for your Lyft ride or you’ll have to cough up some extra cash. Seven years after Uber introduced the same rule, Lyft has followed suit......»»
Oculus Quest 2 owners can watch over 50 live NBA games for free
Meta and the NBA are teaming up to give VR users the ability to watch over 50 of this season's games live for free.....»»
Banks teaming up to fight Apple Wallet & PayPal
Seven major banks are working with money-transfer service Zelle to create a separate digital wallet system to compete with Apple Wallet.According to the Wall Street Journal, banks including Wells Fargo, JP Morgan Chase, and Bank of America are planni.....»»
Uber working with automakers to design lower-cost ride-share, delivery EVs, report says
Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said the top speeds many vehicles are capable of are not necessary for city driving and ride-sharing......»»
China to launch state-backed transport platform for ride-hailing, trucking
China will soon launch a state-backed platform for transport which includes services of ride-hailing, cargo trucking, road transport, railway, ferry and flight services, Chinese state media Beijing Daily reported on Wednesday......»»
Volvo Group takes stake in autonomous tech developer Waabi
Self-driving tech company Waabi gains a prominent new investor......»»
Forum Mobility and CBRE Investment Management create $400M JV to electrify trucking at California ports
Forum Mobility's $400 million joint venture with CBRE Investment Management is the latest zero-emission self-driving trucking deal with a real estate component......»»
Ceer places orders with Foxconn for Level 3 autonomous driving
Saudi Arabia's homegrown electric vehicle (EV) brand Ceer has placed orders with Hon Hai Precision Technology (Foxconn) for Level 3 autonomous driving solutions powered by Nvidia's technology, according to industry sources......»»
Devo DeepTrace helps security teams investigate alerts and suspicious events
Devo Technology unveiled Devo DeepTrace, an autonomous alert investigation and threat hunting solution that uses attack-tracing artificial intelligence (AI) to advance how security teams identify attacks, investigate threats and secure their organiza.....»»
Artificial intelligence discovers new nanostructures
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have successfully demonstrated that autonomous methods can discover new materials. The artificial intelligence (AI)-driven technique led to the discovery of three new.....»»
Power devices makers keen to explore car applications with partners
Taiwan's power components makers are teaming up with IC design houses or large business groups to develop complementary products and share resources, sales channels and supply chains, so as to tap deeper into the sector of compound semiconductors for.....»»