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 and Lyft will no longer require masks for US riders and drivers
Face masks are now optional for Uber and Lyft riders and drivers in the United States, the ride-hailing companies said Tuesday, shortly after several major airlines announced a similar change in policy......»»
Uber will no longer require masks for US riders and drivers
Face masks are now optional for Uber riders and drivers in the United States, the ride-hailing company said Tuesday, shortly after several major airlines announced a similar change in policy......»»
Autonomous driving industry taking shape in Taiwan
Taiwan's Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) has extended funding for projects developing self-driving technology......»»
Autonomous Robots Used In Hundreds of Hospitals At Risk of Remote Hijacks
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: [R]esearchers are now finding vulnerabilities in newer hospital technologies that weren't as ubiquitous a decade ago. Enter autonomous hospital robots, the supposed-to-be-friendly self-controlled d.....»»
Google"s self-repair program for Pixel launches, Apple"s program is nowhere to be seen
Google is teaming up with iFixit to provide customers with repair parts for Pixel phones. And, five months after announcement, there have been no updates on own Apple's repair program.Repair programAs part of the partnership between iFixit and Google.....»»
Cop stops driverless car, driverless car seems to flee, confusion ensues
Welcome to the future, in which police officers have to learn to deal with self-driving cars which may not always cooperate. An Instagram video published on April 2 shows police officers in San Francisco pulling over an autonomous vehicle operated by.....»»
Confused cops pulled over a driverless car. It drove off.
In our unenvied contemporaneity, it's apparently completely normal to watch police officers try to pull over autonomous cars for seemingly not having their front lights on. In an Instagram video posted on April 2, a group of San Francisco police offi.....»»
Autonomous Cruise Car Encounter With Police Raises Policy Questions
An anonymous reader shares a report: No technology is perfect. Even self-driving cars trained to obey traffic laws are bound to run into issues that cause them to commit a citable offense. Such was the case with a Cruise-operated hatchback in San Fra.....»»
Driverless car appears to flee the scene after being pulled over by cops
The Cruise autonomous vehicle was stopped in San Francisco's Richmond District. Enlarge / Cruise's driverless Bolt EVs are a common sight in San Francisco. (credit: Cruise) A video showing a driverless car being stopped by the.....»»
Nissan, NASA Teaming Up On Solid-State Batteries
Nissan is working with NASA on a new type of battery for electric vehicles that promises to charge more quickly and be lighter yet safe, the Japanese automaker said Friday. CBS News reports: The all-solid-state battery will replace the lithium-ion ba.....»»
John Cena will star in Amazon Prime Video’s Officer Exchange
Peacemaker's John Cena is teaming up with the producers of the show for a new action comedy film, Officer Exchange, for Amazon Prime Video......»»
Uber to bring train and airplane tickets to its app this summer
Uber expands its services to serve as one-stop-shop for travel, but only in the UK......»»
Uber To Create Travel "Superapp" By Adding Planes, Trains and Rental Cars
Uber announced Wednesday that it is adding trains, buses, planes and rental cars to its UK app this year. "The move is part of a pilot that could be expanded to other countries at a later date if it goes well," reports CNBC. From the report: While Ub.....»»
Injured dinosaur left behind unusual footprints
A set of dinosaur footprints in Spain has unusual features because the dinosaur that made the tracks had an injured foot, according to a study published April 6, 2022 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Carlos M. Herrera-Castillo of the Autonomous.....»»
Here"s how we proved that tropical birds are more colourful—and why colour helps them survive
For many of us, the tropics conjure up thoughts of lush vegetation teaming with vibrant and strikingly colourful birds, insects and other creatures......»»
EU Clears First Autonomous X-Ray-Analyzing AI
An artificial intelligence tool that reads chest X-rays without oversight from a radiologist got regulatory clearance in the European Union last week -- a first for a fully autonomous medical imaging AI, the company, called Oxipit, said in a statemen.....»»
Google Offers Employees Free Electric Scooters To Get Them Back To the Office
Google is preparing to bring its employees back to the office this week, and as an added bonus, it'll be offering them free electric scooters to help ease the transition. The Verge reports: The tech giant is teaming up with e-scooter maker Unagi to l.....»»
This Snakelike Robot Slithers Down Your Lungs and Could Spot Cancer
"Researchers in the United Kingdom have developed an autonomous, snakelike robot designed to slither down human lungs into places that are difficult for medical professionals to reach," reports the Washington Post. The tool "could improve the detec.....»»
China reportedly to allow Level 3 autonomous driving
China is reportedly to soon issue license plates for autonomous vehicles, according to Chinese media reports. The means Level 3 autonomous driving could soon be allowed to hit the road in China......»»
Study reveals how platform firms like Uber use a strategy of "contentious compliance" to gain infrastructural power
New research from City, University of London shows how platform firms (such as Uber or Deliveroo) have adapted to regulations to provide different services and gain infrastructural power......»»