Self-driving cars are one of the funniest broken promises of the modern age. Far are we from the fantasy of The Jetsons and Total Recall, self-driving vehicles may be some of the dumbest creatures to roll across planet Earth. One such car found itself stuck in wet cement while cruising through San Francisco on Tuesday.
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The days of sky-high carshare rates could be behind us—at least if Lyft is your app of choice. The Uber competitor announced during a quarterly earnings call yesterday that phasing out surge pricing is on its list of priorities moving forward.
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Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak’s space start-up Privateer aims to bring satellite access to the masses through a global online marketplace. Satellite-based data is primarily available to governments, but the company hopes to create a way for private citizens to share the cost of accessing a satellite, potentially…
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Ride-sharing giant Uber finally has some good news. Uber has reportedly made operating profit for the first time in the company’s history, fueled by a post-pandemic demand for rides and a seemingly successful push toward food delivery.
Rafaela Vasquez, the operator of a self-driving Uber vehicle that was the first-ever involved in a pedestrian fatality, has pleaded guilty to endangerment in the criminal case that followed the crash. The guilty plea, filed nearly five years after Vasquez’s fatal collision with a woman crossing a street with her bike,…
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