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Self-Driving Car Companies Depend on Cheap Labor From Venezuela

Data Farm In order to teach a car to drive itself, its artificial intelligence needs to be presented with thousands of examples of things it might encounter on the road: pedestrians about to cross a street, for instance, or specific street signs. Now, with economic turmoil in Venezuela that left many impoverished, companies that gather… Continue reading Self-Driving Car Companies Depend on Cheap Labor From Venezuela

Microsoft: We Stopped Listening to Your Xbox Convos “Months Ago”

Microsoft has admitted that it let human contractors review Xbox users’ private conversations — but says it halted the practice long before Vice published a story exposing it on Wednesday. “We stopped reviewing any voice content taken through Xbox for product improvement purposes a number of months ago, as we no longer felt it was… Continue reading Microsoft: We Stopped Listening to Your Xbox Convos “Months Ago”

This Startup Is Deploying Thousands of Autonomous Delivery Robots

The College Try When students and professors head to college this fall, they might glimpse an unexpected sight on campus: robots. On Tuesday, San Francisco-based startup Starship Technologies announced that it had just secured an additional $40 million in funding — and that it plans to send thousands of its delivery robots to college campuses… Continue reading This Startup Is Deploying Thousands of Autonomous Delivery Robots

Norway’s New Electric Plane Crashes During Demo Flight

Mayday Norway unveiled its first battery-powered plane during a demo flight before a high-profile crowd on Wednesday. Unfortunately, for reasons that are not yet fully known, Reuters reports that the Alpha Electro G2 plane crash-landed in a lake. Though no one was hurt, the crash represents an inauspicious start for the country’s plan to electrify… Continue reading Norway’s New Electric Plane Crashes During Demo Flight

Ride-Hailing Apps Make Traffic Worse — And Now They’re Admitting It

Traffic Updates Ride-hailing apps like Uber and Lyft are directly responsible for making traffic in cities worse. That’s not new: studies have arrived at the same conclusions again and again. What’s different this time around, though, is that Uber and Lyft actually funded the study that came back to point the finger at them, according… Continue reading Ride-Hailing Apps Make Traffic Worse — And Now They’re Admitting It

Tesla Owner Breaks Record, Drives Car 900,000 Kilometers

Road Warrior Hansjörg Gemmingen just set a new world record with his Tesla. The German man is the proud owner of a Model S P85, one of the oldest versions of the vehicle. On July 14, he tweeted two images showing that the odometer on his car displayed 900,000 kilometers (559,350 miles) — setting the new… Continue reading Tesla Owner Breaks Record, Drives Car 900,000 Kilometers

UK Releases Plan to Put Electric Car Chargers in All New Homes

Plugging In Lawmakers in the U.K. just announced new draft legislation that would require every new home to include a built-in electric car charging port. The plans, first announced last year, were released on Monday by England’s Department for Transport, according to CNBC. The proposals are currently available online for public consultation before the government votes… Continue reading UK Releases Plan to Put Electric Car Chargers in All New Homes

Startup Thinks Its Modular Car Design Is the Future of EVs

Reinventing the Wheel Today’s electric vehicles aren’t terribly different, design-wise, from their combustion engine counterparts — with rare exception, you’re likely to find the motor, transmission, and other drive components all under the hood. Israeli startup REE, however, decided to take a completely different approach to designing EVs — putting everything typically found under the… Continue reading Startup Thinks Its Modular Car Design Is the Future of EVs

A Physicist and His Son Are 3D-Printing a Full-Scale Lamborghini

Lambo 3D Fifteen years ago, the Motion Picture Association of America released an anti-piracy public service announcement — that has since turned into a meme — aimed at those who illegally downloaded media online. “You wouldn’t steal a car,” a message read during the opening credits of most commercial DVDs at the time. Now, 3D… Continue reading A Physicist and His Son Are 3D-Printing a Full-Scale Lamborghini