WaymoIf we’re ever to see fully autonomous cars tootling along our streets, they’re going to have to be able to handle extreme weather conditions such as rain, snow, and fog.Much of the testing on public roads today is happening in places like Arizona…
Online shoppers in the U.S. are increasingly using click-and-collect services as a way to avoid not only shipping costs but also potential problems with delivery.The service, now offered by most big-box retailers, enables customers to order items onlin…
Walmart is suing Tesla over claims that the company’s solar panels caused fires at around seven of its stores.
The blazes destroyed merchandise and caused other damage worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, Walmart says in the lawsuit filed in …
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Ford has apparently just woken up to the global impact of esports with the launch of its very own virtual racing team called … wait for it … Fordzilla.
The Michigan-based automaker said it’s now in the process of building national…
Twitter is continuing with its long-running attempts to deal with abuse on its service. The latest effort is the trial of a filter that puts potentially abusive Direct Messages out of view.
Announcing the new feature in a tweet, the company said: “Un…
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As an online shopper, you probably couldn’t give two hoots how that emergency order of toilet paper arrives at your door. Whether it’s a drone, robot, or human, all you really care about is that it arrives before anything calamito…
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NASA’s ambitious plan to put humans back on the moon by 2024 means there’s plenty of prep work ahead for the space agency.
An important part of that work is ensuring that the Orion spacecraft, which is set to transport the astrona…
Facebook is prepping the launch of a “news tab” that could see media outlets paid millions of dollars in exchange for their content.
News of the plan first appeared in the Wall Street Journal on Thursday and was later confirmed by Facebook to Digital…
SpaceX has pretty much perfected the art of landing a 40-meter-tall, 20-ton booster back on terra firma. Now it’s honing its skills for catching the nose cone, too.
It’s all part of the private space company’s effort to build a reusable rocket system…
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For some people, the only tingly feeling they get with Apple is when they hand over a large some of money for one of its products. But passing out after dropping a load of cash on something is never a good look, and so Apple is ho…
