Waymo Was Thriving in San Francisco. Then One of Its Driverless Cars Killed a Cat.

The self-driving taxis have become ubiquitous in the city, but an uproar ensued when one ran over a beloved feline.
LAist

Waymo’s autonomous taxis now offering trips on LA freeways. Here’s what you need to know

This week’s announcement comes after nearly a year of test rides on freeways in the region with Waymo employees.

Google wants to bring its driverless taxis to Sydney’s streets

Google’s parent company Alphabet is getting ready to bring its Waymo self-driving taxis to Australian roads. The tech giant ...

With freeway reveal, Waymo takes major step toward its grandest ambitions

Waymo’s Bay Area expansion just reached a major milestone. On Wednesday, the robotaxi company connected its San Francisco and ...
The Autopian on MSN

How Nissan Could End Up Building Hondas In The United States

People love a will-they-won’t-they plot, and there’s an enormous amount of leeway given to storytellers to drag them out ...

Google’s top AI executive seeks the profound over profits and the “prosaic”

Demis Hassabis has spent much of the past decade trying to unlock the secrets of the universe through artificial intelligence ...
Tech Xplore

Big platforms chart gradual path to self-driving at Web Summit

Major Western ride-hailing platforms like Uber and Lyft sketched a gradual path toward introducing self-driving cars at this ...

Waymo’s Robotaxis Can Now Use the Highway, Speeding Up Longer Trips

The Alphabet company’s self-driving cars are opening up shop in more and more cities. Now—finally—they’re taking to the ...

Waymo self-driving cars are ‘learning’ Denver’s streets. But Colorado has no regulatory oversight of autonomous vehicles.

The Waymo expansion here accelerates the spread of machine-learning technology and may help self-driving cars overcome a ...
WYFF

Controversy over Tucker Carlson interview reveals conservative movement's conflict over antisemitism

As Republicans accuse Democrats of tolerating antisemitism in their party, the GOP on Friday was roiled by its own schism after the leader of a powerful right-wing think tank defended prominent ...