Cruise now testing self-driving cars in Atlanta
For the moment, there's still a driver at the wheel, but San Francisco-based Cruise has begun testing its self-driving vehicles in Atlanta.
Aug 10, 2023
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Automotive
Ever-larger cars and trucks are causing a safety crisis on US streets. How communities can fight back
Deadly traffic incidents have declined in most developed countries in recent years. But in the U.S. they're becoming more common. Deaths in motor vehicle crashes rose more than 33% from 2011 to 2021. Since 2010, pedestrian ...
Aug 3, 2023
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'X' logo installed atop Twitter building, spurring San Francisco to investigate permit violation
The city of San Francisco has opened a complaint and launched an investigation into a giant "X" sign that was installed Friday on top of the downtown building formerly known as Twitter headquarters as owner Elon Musk continues ...
Jul 29, 2023
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As e-bikes proliferate, so do deadly fires blamed on exploding lithium-ion batteries
The explosion early on a June morning ignited a blaze that engulfed a New York City shop filled with motorized bicycles and their volatile lithium-ion batteries. Billowing smoke quickly killed four people asleep in apartments ...
Jul 27, 2023
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Study offers objective insights to near-miss collisions between drones, airplanes
Researchers have developed a new way to accurately count and objectively analyze close encounters between drones and airplanes—without depending solely on pilot sightings.
Jul 25, 2023
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New algorithm maps safest routes for city drivers
Most navigation apps can show you the fastest possible route to your destination and some can even suggest an eco-friendly route calculated to produce the least amount of carbon emissions.
Jul 25, 2023
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'The only enemy is Amazon': Chris Smalls talks Bezos, unions during WA visit
When Chris Smalls, the president of the first union at an Amazon warehouse in the U.S., visits classrooms, he says the 10-year-old students know who Jeff Bezos is—and often criticize him.
Jul 22, 2023
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Fatal Tesla crash in California draws federal investigators to site of head-on collision
A fatal crash involving a Tesla in California has drawn the attention of federal investigators, who sent a team to the site of the collision in South Lake Tahoe.
Jul 18, 2023
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What is 'AI alignment'? Silicon Valley's favorite way to think about AI safety misses the real issues
As increasingly capable artificial intelligence (AI) systems become widespread, the question of the risks they may pose has taken on new urgency. Governments, researchers and developers have highlighted AI safety.
Jul 13, 2023
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Ransomware delays Dallas permits: 'I've never had to wait weeks for a fence...'
Blake Smith was confused when his contractor told him at the end of June that the city of Dallas still hadn't approved his application for a new fence.
Jul 10, 2023
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Safety
Safety is the state of being "safe" (from French sauf), the condition of being protected against physical, social, spiritual, financial, political, emotional, occupational, psychological, educational or other types or consequences of failure, damage, error, accidents, harm or any other event which could be considered non-desirable. This can take the form of being protected from the event or from exposure to something that causes health or economical losses. It can include protection of people or of possessions.
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