• WLNS

    Survey says 66% of drivers fear self-driving cars

    The American Automobile Association (AAA), revealed in a new survey that 66% of drivers are afraid of the idea behind fully self-driving cars and 25% of drivers are uncertain.

  • Tesla will reportedly take customers on a test drive to show off its Full Self-Driving tech

    If you're in North America, a Tesla staff member will show you how the automaker's Full Self-Driving (FSD) technology works before you can take your car home, according to Bloomberg. Tesla CEO Elon Musk has reportedly issued a memo that requires Tesla stores in the region to install and activate its latest Full Self-Driving software and then take customers on a short test ride before handing over a vehicle. He added that "almost no one actually realizes how well (supervised) FSD actually works"...

  • Flying taxis will take to the skies of Britain by 2028 and drones will be used to fight crime, the government says

    The Government believes flying taxis will 'routinely' be in the air above us by 2028, and potentially operating without a pilot by 2030.

  • Driverless taxis coming to Los Angeles

    This is just the solution to Los Angeles' congestion problem that I was thinking of! More cars! But without drivers. Google's self-driving taxis will make their debut on the busy streets of LA in the next few months. LA, permanently hip trendsetter that it is, will be the third city to allow self-driving cars on the road. — Read the rest

  • Google says will defend its DMA compliance in coming months

    Google will continue to defend the way it complies with the Digital Markets Act in the coming months, the Alphabet unit said on Monday, after EU antitrust regulators started an investigation into potential breaches of the EU tech rules. To comply with the Digital Markets Act, we have made significant changes to the way our services operate in Europe, Google's competition director Oliver Bethell said in an email. We will continue to defend our approach in the coming months, he said.

  • Editorial: Self-driving cars have yet to win over wary public

    Self-driving cars seem to be the next logical step in taking the responsibility of operating a motor vehicle out of human hands. Autonomous vehicles (AVs) use technology to partially or entirely replace the human element in navigating a vehicle from an origin to destination, while avoiding road hazards and responding to traffic conditions. As that […]

    • SFGate

    I learned how to trick self-driving cars at a San Francisco museum

    I spent half an hour on Friday afternoon trying to look as inhuman as possible. That’s the trick to fooling the artificial intelligence camera in the Asian Art Museum’s “How (not) to get hit by a self-driving car” exhibit, which closes on Saturday. The goal was to make it across the room without the camera realizing I was human. When I managed it, with the help of a stop sign and extremely bent knees, I got my dubious reward from the display on the wall: “You win, but a self-driving car would...

  • Expert Says Mainstream Demand Will Come For Crypto When Dogecoin Does This

    Crypto expert Scott Melker, also known as the ‘Wolf of All Streets,” has laid down a theory of when mainstream demand for crypto will return in this bull market. Interestingly, his theory revolved around the foremost meme coin, Dogecoin (DOGE), which he believes could attract non-crypto natives back into the crypto space. Dogecoin’s Role In […]

  • BMW Will Teach You To Drive Armored Cars Like Jason Statham

    Attending the BMW Security Vehicle Training School could be your best bet for escaping unscathed when your client has upset some bad individuals

  • Buying a Tesla? The company will first take you on self-driving ride

    Tesla will start taking customers on test drives to demonstrate self-driving capabilities of their cars before they buy, a report claims.

    • SFGate

    9-year-old rams CHP car while driving to school, officials say

    A Northern California 9-year-old trying to drive himself to school smashed into a CHP car and led officers on a chase Wednesday, officials said. “A scene straight out of a movie” is what the the California Highway Patrol’s unit in Oroville called the situation. CHP said one of its patrol officers encountered the boy behind the wheel of a gray Volkswagen sedan “stopped oddly” in the middle of an intersection at Grand Avenue and 4th Street in the town that’s about 65 miles north of Sacramento....

  • KU’s McCullar Jr. will not play in NCAA tournament, Self says

    LAWRENCE (KSNT) - KU senior guard Kevin McCullar will not play in the 2024 NCAA tournament, KU head men's basketball coach Bill Self told reporters on Tuesday. McCullar missed the Big 12 tournament, too. He's been battling a bone bruise on his knee and played in only 26 of KU's 32 games this season. "He's []