Inside self-driving Waymo ride as company looks to expand to highways
The future of driving could mean no one behind the wheel -- at least that's what the autonomous driving tech company Waymo is hoping. To shift that goal into high gear, the company has started testing ...
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DOGE is subjecting the bureaucracy to death by humiliation
If it started as a joke (DOGE was an internet meme of a dog and then a sardonically named crypto coin), it’s no joke now. An elected billionaire and an appointed billionaire are demonstrating ...
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Uber opens waitlist for Waymo robotaxi rides in Austin. Here's how to sign up
Uber, which already offers the "Waymo One" experience in three other U.S. cities, announced last September that it would begin offering driverless rides in the Live Music Capital in early 2025.
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Hit-and-run driver plows into Waymo in Downtown LA, 3 hospitalized
Three passengers in a self-driving Waymo vehicle were hospitalized after a driver plowed into the car in downtown Los Angeles on Thursday night, according to multiple local media outlets.
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Intel’s Mobileye Plans A Third Path To Robotaxi, Unlike Tesla, Waymo
Mobileye is an Israeli company, a unit of Intel, which has a dominant position in the driver assistance (ADAS) market among legacy automakers. They made the original Tesla Autopilot, but broke ...
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Waymo introduces transit credit program for trips to Big Blue Bus stops
“Waymo wants to continue reinforcing that we want to be part of a multimodal transportation system,” Waymo Los Angeles City Policy Manager Adam Lane said. “We hope to continue to be (a ...
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How To Judge If A Robocar Is Actually Good (Tesla Vs. Waymo)
A hot topic in self driving is the comparison between Waymo, the robotaxi leader, and Tesla, the innovative EV company with the system it calls Supervised Full Self Driving–but which it promises ...
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Is Waymo friend or foe to Uber?
In recent months, Uber has doubled down on what it calls its “platform strategy”, teaming up with robot taxi companies like Waymo. In Phoenix, riders can order a Waymo car through the Uber app ...
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Uber Opens Waitlist for Waymo Rides in Austin Ahead of Launch
(Bloomberg) -- Uber Technologies Inc. has set up a waitlist for customers interested in requesting a driverless Waymo vehicle in Austin, ahead of a planned launch later this year. Customers in ...
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Hit-and-run driver slams into Waymo robotaxi in downtown LA; suspect at large
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Three people suffered minor injuries after a hit-and-run driver slammed into the back of a Waymo robotaxi Thursday night in downtown Los Angeles, authorities said.
Warner Bros is sharing select movies for free on YouTube
Over the past several weeks, Warner Bros. Entertainment has been uploading a selection of full movies to a playlist on ...