U.S. safety regulators have opened a preliminary investigation into the robotaxis developed and operated by GM self-driving subsidiary Cruise. The National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration said it opened the investigation after learning of incidents when these robotaxis “may have engaged in inappropriately hard braking or became immobilized while operating on public roads.” The preliminary investigation…
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: People walk by office towers in the Lujiazui financial district of Shanghai, China October 17, 2022. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo By Kevin Yao BEIJING (Reuters) -China will focus on stabilising its $17-trillion economy in 2023 and step up policy adjustments to ensure key targets are hit, said a statement following an agenda-setting…
Share to FacebookShare to TwitterShare to LinkedinTopline Elon Musk sold nearly $3.6 billion worth of Tesla shares this week, according to Securities and Exchange Commission filings from this week, selling his stock while it trades at a notably reduced price and further eroding his former position as the richest person in the world. Elon Musk…
While hiring freezes at Big Tech firms might be hurting certain AI investments, it’s clear that there remains a strong appetite throughout the enterprise for AI technologies — whether developed in-house or outsourced to third parties. According to a McKinsey survey from early December, AI adoption at companies has more than doubled since 2017, with…
Aztec Network, a privacy layer for web3, has raised $100 million in a Series B round led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), the startup’s co-founders Zac Williamson and Joe Andrews exclusively told TechCrunch. “At a high level, Aztec is an encrypted version of Ethereum,” Andrews said. “Normally on Ethereum everything is public, but we are making…
President Joe Biden took to social media recently to announce that Americans can once again order free covid-19 tests. “Covid cases are rising across America as folks gather for the holidays,” Biden tweeted on Dec. 15. “That’s why, starting today, every household can order 4 free Covid tests to be shipped straight to your door.”…
Agriculture produces what might be some of the hardest planet-warming carbon emissions to eliminate. People need to eat, and right now, the way we make food generates a lot of greenhouse gases — about a third of the total created by human activity. There are some simple ways to reduce it, like eating less meat,…
Share to FacebookShare to TwitterShare to LinkedinRedwood Materials is building a $3.5 billion plant near Charleston, South Carolina, as new battery plants are being built across the Southeast. getty Redwood Materials, the battery recycling and components maker created and run by Tesla cofounder JB Straubel, is accelerating its push to build a U.S. supply base…
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Capitol is pictured ahead of a storm, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., March 31, 2022. REUTERS/Tom Brenner By Makini Brice and Gram Slattery WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday approved a stopgap one-week funding bill, a move intended to give lawmakers more time to pass…
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