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Scooter startup Bird tried to silence a journalist. It did not go well.
Cory Doctorow doesn’t like censorship. He especially doesn’t like his own work being censored. Anyone who knows Doctorow knows his…
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Mobileye plans to deploy fully autonomous cars in 4 years
Watch out, Waymo — Mobileye has its sights set on you. The Tel Aviv developer of autonomous car systems, which…
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World’s most valuable AI startup SenseTime unveils self-driving center in Japan
The world’s highest-valued artificial intelligence startup SenseTime has set foot in Japan. The Beijing-based firm announced on Friday that it…
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ClearMotion raises $115 million for ‘digital chassis’ that makes car rides smoother
ClearMotion, a Massachusetts company that wants to replace standard car shock-absorbance technology with a system that combines software and dedicated hardware,…
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Walmart taps startup Udelv to test autonomous grocery deliveries in Arizona
More autonomous vehicles are poised to descend on Arizona. This time, Walmart has signed a deal with startup Udelv to…
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Flytrex raises $7.5 million to expand drone delivery to North Carolina
Delivery by drone is big business — potentially in the neighborhood of $29.06 billion by 2027, according to analysts at…
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Torc Robotics and Transdev are launching autonomous shuttles to deliver people to public transit
Self-driving technology company Torc Robotics is partnering with Transdev, the public transportation giant, to deploy fully autonomous electric shuttles designed to…
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Audi spins out Holoride to put VR in every car
Audi has spun out a new company called Holoride that aims to bring a VR experience to the backseat of…
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China’s Baidu says its answer to Alexa is now on 200M devices
A Chinese voice assistant has been rapidly gaining ground in recent months. DuerOS, Baidu’s answer to Amazon’s Alexa, reached over…
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