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Alphabet’s David Drummond leaves Uber’s board amid mounting competition

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uber-self-driving-car David Drummond, who joined Uber’s board of directors in August 2013, stepped down several weeks ago, according to The Wall Street Journal. At first blush: no surprise whatsoever. Earlier this month, Uber CEO Travis Kalanick said the company’s first fleet of self-driving cars would begin running in Pittsburgh soon (as soon as this month, even!). The fleet consists of about a… Read More Continue reading Alphabet’s David Drummond leaves Uber’s board amid mounting competition→

Uber’s specially modified self-driving cars to hit the road this month

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Uber to launch self-driving cars in Pittsburgh This Month — You can

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Miller, Valasek Deliver Final Car Hacking Talk

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Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek explained at Black Hat today how they were able to control steering and the parking brake on a Jeep Cherokee at speed. The two said the talk would be their last on car hacking. Continue reading Miller, Valasek Deliver Final Car Hacking Talk→

Without Government Intervention, Self-Driving Cars Could Make Our Lives Worse

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New technologies can make life easier for all of us, but we can’t rely on the free market to do it automatically. Continue reading Without Government Intervention, Self-Driving Cars Could Make Our Lives Worse→

14 bugs in Uber’s assets revealed sensitive info about drivers, riders

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Researchers from consulting and technological audit outfit Integrity have discovered 14 bugs in a variety of Uber’s websites and mobile apps, most of which could reveal potentially sensitive information about drivers and riders. As it turned out, six of these issues were already flagged by other bug hunters, but the rest were unknown to the company. They shared some details about the vulnerabilities that have already been fixed by Uber. One allowed brute-force attacks against … More → Continue reading 14 bugs in Uber’s assets revealed sensitive info about drivers, riders→