Wayve co-founder and CEO Alex Kendall sees promise in bringing his autonomous vehicle startup’s tech to market. That is, if Wayve sticks to its strategy of ensuring its automated driving software is cheap to run, hardware agnostic, and can be applied to advanced driver assistance systems, robotaxis, and even robotics. The strategy, which Kendall laid… Continue reading Wayve CEO shares his key ingredients for scaling autonomous driving tech
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Evidence Grows That Dark Energy Changes Over Time
Last year, we reported on an exciting hint of new physics in the first data analysis results from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI)—namely that the dark energy, rather than being constant, might vary over time. Granted, those hints were still below the necessary threshold to claim discovery and hence fell under the rubric of… Continue reading Evidence Grows That Dark Energy Changes Over Time
Uber Drivers Say They’re Getting Locked Out of the App and Trapped in a Kafkaesque Limbo When They Try to Dispute It
For nearly ten years, Bernard Moses had been ferrying passengers around Chicagoland as an Uber driver. But after dropping off his umpteenth passenger one day in April 2024, Moses recalls that he swiped to find his next rider — only to discover he‘d been locked out of his Uber driver account. A message came up,… Continue reading Uber Drivers Say They’re Getting Locked Out of the App and Trapped in a Kafkaesque Limbo When They Try to Dispute It
Thunes Earns Silver Medal From EcoVadis For Sustainability Performance
EcoVadis places Thunes in the top 15% of companies globally, validating Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) commitment and performance. SINGAPORE, March 19, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Thunes, the Smart Superhighway to move money around the world, announces its Silver Medal award from EcoVadis, a global leader in business sustainability assessments. Thunes has been placed in the top… Continue reading Thunes Earns Silver Medal From EcoVadis For Sustainability Performance
What Tesla can and can’t do in California with its new passenger transportation permit
Tesla received a permit Tuesday from the California Public Utilities Commission to operate a transportation service in the state, the beginning of a long regulatory road that could eventually lead to the company getting the OK to operate a robotaxi service there. The permit, which Tesla applied for in November 2024, doesn’t cover autonomous vehicle… Continue reading What Tesla can and can’t do in California with its new passenger transportation permit
Waymo’s milestone SFO mapping permit comes with strings attached
Waymo has been given permission to map roadways at the San Francisco International Airport (SFO) via a temporary permit — the first step in the Alphabet company’s bid to unlock a potentially lucrative use case for its robotaxis. The temporary permit, which was announced Monday evening by San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie, kicked off March… Continue reading Waymo’s milestone SFO mapping permit comes with strings attached
Bitwarden Review: The Best Password Manager
A password manager makes creating strong passwords—and remembering them!—easy. Good password managers will generate strong passwords for you, store them in a secure vault and log you into websites, all without you doing anything. There are dozens of cloud-based password managers on the market, but in my testing one consistently rises to the top—Bitwarden. Bitwarden… Continue reading Bitwarden Review: The Best Password Manager
Liquid Mercury and dVIN Labs Partner to Launch Investment-Grade Wine Trading Platform
Chicago, United States, March 17th, 2025, Chainwire Liquid Mercury’s solution will power the global order book for trading tokenized wine on the dVIN Protocol Liquid Mercury, a leading technology provider for digital asset marketplaces and crypto trading, announced today that it is entering into a strategic partnership with dVIN Labs (dVIN), a startup whose mission… Continue reading Liquid Mercury and dVIN Labs Partner to Launch Investment-Grade Wine Trading Platform
TechCrunch Mobility: Testing the Uber-Waymo robotaxi, Rivian goes hands-free, and Travis Kalanick has AV FOMO
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. Sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! For regular readers of TechCrunch Mobility, you may be wondering, “Why did this newsletter land in my inbox on Friday?” Folks, we’re moving days in an effort… Continue reading TechCrunch Mobility: Testing the Uber-Waymo robotaxi, Rivian goes hands-free, and Travis Kalanick has AV FOMO
Sun Home Luminar Sauna Review: No Steam
On the plus side, the finishes are very nice. It looks and feels sturdy. The faint scent of cedar in the air when you step inside is lovely. As my daughter and the neighborhood kids can attest, it is a beautiful, cozy little nook in which to curl up and read a book if you’re… Continue reading Sun Home Luminar Sauna Review: No Steam