Federal safety regulators have opened an investigation into Ford’s hands-free driver-assistance system, BlueCruise, after it was found to be active during two recent crashes that killed multiple people. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) said on Monday that it has confirmed BlueCruise was active in both crashes. One of the crashes […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Australia says it is committed to inclusive education. But the reality for the one in four schoolchildren who now have a disability is far from thatHow the rise of autism and ADHD fractured Australia’s schoolsRevealed: Private school students reap thousands more than public students in disability fundingGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastMost Australian parents take for granted that their child will attend school and receive an education.But for parents of...
Interactive Engineering Corp. (IEC), a renowned Ohio-based engineering and manufacturing solution provider, has recently joined the Arduino System Integrators Partnership Program. This strategic collaboration marks a significant milestone for IEC, aligning with Arduino’s mission to drive industrial innovation and transform product development processes across various sectors. With over two decades of experience in the field, […]
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has concluded an investigation into Tesla’s Autopilot driver assistance system after reviewing hundreds of crashes, including 13 fatal incidents that led to 14 deaths. The organization has ruled that these accidents were due to driver misuse of the system. However, the NHTSA also found that “Tesla’s weak driver engagement system was not appropriate for Autopilot’s permissive operating capabilities.” In other words, the software didn’t...
Scientists at the National Astronomical Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (NAOC) and their international collaborators have recently developed a new method for efficiently extracting information from galaxy surveys. Their research results are published in the journal Communications Physics.
Janelia scientists and collaborators have reached another milestone in connectomics, unveiling a comprehensive wiring diagram of the fruit fly visual system. The work has been released on the pre-print server bioRxiv.
The company that ran Pennsylvania’s contact tracing program during the pandemic will pay nearly $3 million for allegedly failing to protect the private medical and personal information of more than 100,000 residents of Pennsylvania.
A team of astronomers and citizen scientists has discovered a planet in the habitable zone of an unusual star system, including two stars and potentially another exoplanet.
Federal safety regulators are investigating Ford's advanced driver assistance system BlueCruise which allows driving hands-free. Three were killed in two Mustang Mach-E accidents with stationary cars.
When did you last go anywhere without your cell phone? From maps and weather apps to social media platforms, we give consent for our phones to trace our footsteps and behavior. These curated mobility data are often used for personalized advertisements.
Since the discovery of Neptune in 1846, scientists have postulated that there is yet another planet, Planet 9, lurking in our solar system. Originally called Planet X (not the Roman numeral 10, but just a a placeholder, and not to be confused with Planet X, the doomsday planet Nibiru), Planet 9 is believed to be […]
Meta Platforms is sharing its Quest headset's operating system with rival device makers, including Microsoft, for the first time, it said on Monday, as it works to extend its influence over the emerging virtual and mixed reality industry. The move will allow partner companies to build their headsets using Meta Horizon OS, a rebranded operating system that brings capabilities like gesture recognition, passthrough, scene understanding and spatial anchors to the devices that run on it, the company...