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With an eye toward the future of self-driving cars with next-level safety and reliability, Waymo has introduced its fifth-generation system for autonomous vehicles. Called Waymo Driver, the system promises a more comprehensive understanding of the vehi… Continue reading Waymo’s new self-driving tech spots pedestrians half a kilometer away
Some 18 months after Uber cleared the air with Waymo (an Alphabet/Google company) via a civil settlement then worth $245 million in Uber stock, the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) unsealed a federal grand jury indictment of Anthony Levandowski, the i… Continue reading Former Google-Waymo Engineer Levandowski Charged With IP Theft
We’re totally stoked to see all of you at TC Sessions: Mobility 2019 on July 10 in San Jose, Calif. That’s slightly less than a month away, and if you want to save on the price of admission, you need to play beat the clock. Early-bird pricing ends on Friday, June 14 at 11:59 p.m. …
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Continue reading 72 hours left on early-bird savings for TC Sessions: Mobility 2019
Famous car hackers Chris Valasek and Charlie Miller returned to Black Hat to discuss how manufacturers can secure autonomous vehicles. Continue reading Chris Valasek and Charlie Miller: How to Secure Autonomous Vehicles
Self-driving cars have been in the news a lot in the past two weeks. Uber’s self-driving taxi hit and killed a pedestrian on March 18, and just a few days later a Tesla running in “autopilot” mode slammed into a road barrier at full speed, killing the driver. In both cases, there was a human driver who was supposed to be watching over the shoulder of the machine, but in the Uber case the driver appears to have been distracted and in the Tesla case, the driver had hands off the steering wheel for six seconds prior to the crash. …read more
Travis Kalanick, the former Uber CEO who was shown the door in June last year amid a series of major controversies, has already found his next leading role following his announcement of a new investment fund just weeks ago. Kalanick said on Twitter that his fund would be investing $150 million to take a controlling […] Continue reading Travis Kalanick is already back running a company with a $150M investment
Day one in court saw evidence that former Uber CEO Kalanick desperately wanted self-driving car technology. And a “pound of flesh.” Continue reading Uber and Waymo clash in court over driverless technology
There are some scary-ass faceless cars out there. Continue reading Self-Driving Car ‘Faces’ Need to Look Friendly If We Want People to Use Them
Self-driving cars need testing in the rain and snow, so why is everyone in the Bay Area? Continue reading California Is a Terrible Place to Test Autonomous Cars
The plot of the Waymo vs Uber fight over stolen self-driving technology is getting thicker and thicker Continue reading DOJ confirms Uber is under criminal investigation