More than five years ago, a newly minted Waymo took the wraps off of what would become its first commercialized autonomous vehicle: a Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid minivan loaded with sensors and software....
Uber is expanding Comfort Electric, the ride-hailing giant's premium electric vehicle offering, to 14 new markets across the U.S. and Canada. Now, customers in a total of 40 North American markets can...
Google Discovery ads have been updated with new features to help brands stand out on our most engaging ad surfaces, including Product feeds that spark audience interestProduct-level reporting and data...
[photo1]In the modern e-commerce world, personalization is everything. It's what engages customers, inspires them, and keeps them coming back. As the global economy remains uncertain, it's important t...
An analysis of 2,007 damaged or defective hard disk drives (HDDs) has led a data recovery firm to conclude that "in general, old drives seem more durable and resilient than new drives."The statement c...
Only four of 13 midsize SUVs earned good ratings when it came to protecting rear-seat passengers in an impact, according to new crash tests performed by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. Of ...
Electric vehicle batteries keep getting larger, and the typical driving range between charges keeps growing.The shift is partly a response to "range anxiety"--the fear of being stranded because EV bat...
The Google local pack, the map results, you see Google often display in the search results seems to have gone missing. I assume this was a bug, but no one was able to trigger a local pack to show up i...
Hyundai has announced the pricing structure for its next electric vehicle, the Ioniq 6. And it's competitive, especially with the introduction of a smaller battery option. As a result, the curvaceous ...
TikTok is continuing its push toward making its app a shopping destination by onboarding more brands for its Shop initiative, which lets companies sell their goods directly on the app with a full chec...
[photo1]Tesla is voluntarily recalling 363,000 of their vehicles in the U.S. due to safety risks stemming from its latest 'Full Self-driving' (FSD) Beta software update. FSD can be used to drive the T...
Instacart is introducing two new features that are designed to give shoppers on its platform more opportunities to earn. The company is launching "queued batches," which gives shoppers the option to a...
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Uber is adding CarPlay support to its Driver app, allowing the iPhone app to be accessed from a vehicle's dashboard display, according to TechCrunch. The report says CarPlay integration should be avai...
For the first time, a car with no human inside has driven on a public road in Europe.The feat was accomplished by Vay, a German startup. The company uses an approach called "teledriving" to remote-con...
[photo1]Jason BarlowA few years before Charles Rolls met his future business partner, Henry Royce, he went on the record about the potential of electric propulsion. Yep, back in 1900, electrification ...
If there's one rule of computing every system administrator preaches, it's to always back up important data. Unfortunately, even among sysadmins, this rule is often preached more than it is practiced-...
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You're driving down the road at night, and someone flashes their headlights at you--maybe a quick off-and-on, or they flicker their high beams. Or, even more perplexingly, they do this in...
Samsung has earned a strong reputation among PC enthusiasts when it comes to solid-state storage. Its Pro series of SSDs are often among reviewers' top recommendations for users seeking hi...
The U.S. Department of Justice has asked Tesla for documents related to its branded Full Self-Driving and Autopilot advanced driver-assistance systems, the automaker disclosed in a securities filing.<...