Mar 11, 2021 | Drones, Healthcare
Self-flying drones are helping speed deliveries of COVID-19 vaccines in Ghana. Zipline CEO Keller Rinaudo joins Yahoo Finance Live to discuss. AKIKO FUJITA:Â Self-flying drones have been a tool to distribute critical medical supplies during the pandemic. Now,...
Mar 11, 2021 | Defense, Robots
In the Army’s hot pursuit of integrating autonomous vehicles into its forces, the service wants to ensure soldiers will trust and know how to work with new artificial intelligence “teammates.” Even the most advanced technology on...
Mar 11, 2021 | Cyber Security, Work
80% of businesses worldwide are confident their remote employees, specifically those working with finance software or participating in official company transactions, have the knowledge and technology to mitigate cybersecurity risks, according to ESET. This could...
Mar 11, 2021 | Featured, Healthcare, Media
YouTube has taken down more than 30,000 videos containing misinformation about the coronavirus vaccine since October, a company spokesperson told The Hill Thursday. The videos “included claims about COVID-19 vaccinations that contradict local health authorities or the...
Mar 11, 2021 | Electric Vehicles, Featured, Government
In one of his first actions in January, President Biden announced an ambitious plan that he said would create jobs and reduce the federal government’s greenhouse gas emissions. “The federal government also owns an enormous fleet of vehicles,” he said...
Mar 11, 2021 | Artificial Intelligence, Autonomous Vehicles, Safety
Alphabet’s self-driving car unit Waymo is claiming that its artificial intelligence could have avoided or mitigated the majority of a set of fatal accidents. In a white paper published Monday, the company simulated 72 deadly-crashes that occurred between in 2008...
Mar 11, 2021 | Detroit, Electric Vehicles, Featured
During that whole trip, Sergio Rodriguez spent 586 minutes charging at a cost of $159.85. He charged exclusively at DC fast chargers en route, with no overnight charging. “None of the hotels outside California had any” chargers. A...
Mar 4, 2021 | Detroit, Manufacturing
General Motors will keep two of its assembly plants shuttered until at least mid-April, another until the end of March and will idle a fourth, all due to a severe shortage of semiconductor chips used in various vehicle parts. But the automaker is doing everything...
Mar 4, 2021 | Autonomous Vehicles, Business
Volkswagen plans to launch a self-driving electric van for urban ride-hailing service in 2025, deploying a commercial version of its ID. Buzz, an electric minivan inspired by the iconic 1960s VW Microbus. It will be the first VW vehicle to use the autonomous-driving...
Mar 4, 2021 | Aerial Vehicles, Aeronautics, Drones
The Federal Aviation Administration this week named Seattle-Tacoma International Airport as one of five airports nationwide to help it develop drone detection and mitigation equipment. Drones can pose a danger to planes, both in the air and on the ground. It is an...
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