Self Driving Cars
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The fleet of autonomous cars will someday take passengers
Any denizen of the Bay Area is annoyingly familiar with fleets of autonomous vehicles crisscrossing our dilapidated roadways. Big players in the race toward the distant driverless future continue to throw millions of dollars (and press emails) toward vying to monopolize this tech sector that may not truly come to fruition for many decades.
Joining Cruise, Voyage, and others already operating in San Francisco, Waymo—a subsidy of Google, whose parent company is Alphabet Inc —recently announced the launch of a fleet of its autonomous taxis in San Francisco, with employee volunteers behind the wheel. …
Facebook’s secret meat lottery, Amazon’s Twitter shills, and how ceilings are being disrupted
It’s that time of year again, so it’s only fitting that we play Two Truths and a Lie, Silicon Valley Startup Edition, for the back-to-schoolers.
Out of the following three startups, which is the fake one? One that finances college with income-share agreements? One that makes backpacks that turn into desks? Or one that installs micro-schools in airports?(Scroll to the bottom for the answers.)
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The $200 Million Ice Cream
Twenty years from now, I imagine myself parked in my driveway with sweaty palms, sitting behind the controls — or lack of controls — in my first self-driving car. Years ago, I had to learn deep-breathing techniques in order to drive on overpasses. Bridges still haunt me. With no steering wheel, gas pedal or brake pedal, how am I supposed to trust a self-driving car to make all the right decisions?
Dr. Tim Lynch, expert on the Internet of Things (IoT), tells me that my stove and thermostat will communicate in the near future. …
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