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.....»»
This wild public transit concept is Uber-meets-urban gondolas
Book a ride on the app and glide to your destination in style. Back in 2010, a team of Bulgarian architects designed an urban transit concept for bike lanes in the sky. Known as Kolelinia (roughly translated as “bike line”), the propos.....»»
Uber’s new ad formats use its first-party data to target riders
Uber's new ad format is the first release under its unified ads division......»»
Waymo"s autonomous taxi service is coming to L.A.
Waymo, Alphabet Inc.'s driverless-vehicle unit, plans to expand its robo-taxi service to Los Angeles, the third region where it will be offered......»»
“Data in the Desert” hints at the future of autonomous vehicles
UK-based Wejo unveils new operating system to "democratize" AV data. Enlarge / A cluster of sensors atop the roof of the DLIVEREE. (credit: Gregory Leporati) PAHRUMP, NEVADA—You could hear Porsches, Ferraris, and Lamborghin.....»»
Critical Start enhances security defenses with Palo Alto Networks Cortex XSIAM
Critical Start released its MDR service offering for Palo Alto Networks Cortex XSIAM. Extended Security Intelligence & Automation Management (XSIAM) is an autonomous security operations platform that revolutionizes the way data, analytics and automat.....»»
VW to establish JV with China-based Horizon Robotics for autonomous driving push
Europe's largest automaker aims to reclaim edges in China by boosting its advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and autonomous driving (AD) technologies......»»
Greener trucking would benefit disadvantaged Californians more than greener buildings
As Californians work toward a publicly stated goal of carbon neutrality by 2045, residents of the Golden State stand to reap such additional benefits as cleaner air, widespread improvements in public health and related cost savings, according to rese.....»»
Uber and Lyft shares slump on US "gig" economy plan
Tens of millions of people work in the global gig economy across services like food delivery and transport......»»
Drivers woefully overestimate hands-free driver tech, study shows
53% of Super Cruise and 42% of Autopilot users treat systems as autonomous. Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson / Getty Images) Many users of Cadillac's Super Cruise and Tesla's Autopilot driver assist systems are overconfident in.....»»
Uber, Lyft shares fall on possible U.S. changes to worker classifications
The proposal released by the U.S. Labor Department would make it easier for delivery couriers, ride-hailing drivers and other gig workers to be classified as employees, rather than independent contractors......»»
Amazon abandons live tests of Scout home delivery robot
Work on Scout, an autonomous machine launched about three years ago, has already been halted. Only a few months ago, Amazon was still holding meet-and-greets in communities where it was testing the devices.....»»
Former Uber CSO convicted for concealing data breach, theft from the authorities
Joe Sullivan, the former Chief Security Officer (CSO) of Uber, has been convicted of obstruction of proceedings of the Federal Trade Commission and misprision of felony in connection with the attempted cover-up of the hack Uber suffered in 2016. The.....»»
Ex-Uber security chief convicted of hiding hack from federal regulators
Former security chief may be first exec found guilty of hiding a data breach. Enlarge (credit: Nathan Stirk / Contributor | Getty Images News) On Wednesday, a jury found former Uber security chief Joe Sullivan guilty of hiding.....»»
Jury finds former Uber security chief guilty of concealing data breach
A San Francisco jury has found Uber Technologies Inc's former chief security officer Joseph Sullivan guilty of criminal obstruction for failing to report a 2016 cybersecurity incident to the authorities, a spokesperson from the Department of Justice.....»»
Former Uber security chief convicted for concealing a felony
Joe Sullivan had covered up a "massive theft" of Uber user data, in 2016, prosecutors said......»»
Autonomous driving chips to be next battlefield for IC designers and automakers, says DIGITIMES Research
Autonomous driving chip developers, based on their business types, can be separated into four major camps – automotive chip IDM/designers, ICT chip companies, emerging automotive chip developers, and automakers with an in-house chip R&D team &n.....»»
Apple Music exclusively streaming Billie Eilish’s full O2 Arena concert, here’s how to watch
Apple is once again teaming up with Billie Eilish, this time to exclusively stream her concert from the O2 Arena in London on Apple Music. This is the latest expansion of the Apple Music Live initiative by Apple, which has previously offered exclusi.....»»
Apple once again increases autonomous car fleet team; number of cars still at 69
Apple is continuing to slowly expand its autonomous vehicle testing program in California. According to new data published by the California Department of Motor Vehicles, Apple now has 15 new drivers registered to its crew. The number of self-drivin.....»»
This tree owns itself—and is fighting for its own survival
An artwork part of the 58th Carnegie International art exhibition, the legally autonomous tree will own the land it grows on. On a few square feet of land on the campus of the Community College of Allegheny County in Pittsburgh, a black gum tree has.....»»
Amazon hires unsafe trucking firms twice as often as peers, WSJ finds
Since 2015, crashes involving Amazon vehicles have killed more than 75 people. Enlarge (credit: Robert Nickelsberg / Contributor | Getty Images News) For years, people in cars stuck behind blue delivery trucks in traffic have.....»»