[ad_1] Tempe Police Vehicular Crimes Unit is actively investigatingthe details of this incident that occurred on March 18th. We will provide updated information regarding the investigation once it is available. pic.twitter.com/2dVP72TziQ — Tempe Police (@TempePolice) March 21, 2018 The car’s software detected Herzberg more than five seconds before the crash but did not identify her […]
Category: arizona
Arizona sues Google over Android smartphone tracking
[ad_1] “The Attorney General and the contingency fee lawyers filing this lawsuit appear to have mischaracterized our services,” Google told The Post in a statement. “We have always built privacy features into our products and provided robust controls for location data. We look forward to setting the record straight.” The lawsuit is the latest in […]
Apple chip-maker TSMC is building a $12 billion plant in Arizona
[ad_1] In the United States, TSMC currently operates a fab in Camas, Washington and design centers in both Austin, Texas and San Jose, California. The Arizona facility would be TSMC’s second manufacturing site in the United States. TSMC is a massive contract manufacturer for numerous fabless chip makers. It builds AMD’s GPUs, Apple’s A13 processor […]
Waymo goes dark except for fully driverless rides
[ad_1] The freeze is taking effect in the context of not only widespread closures and shutdowns to contain the spread of the new coronavirus, but also hesitation within Waymo’s ranks. One backup driver for Waymo One refused to pick up a passenger at Intel’s Chandler, Arizona office after hearing reports of a COVID-19 case at […]
NTSB blames Uber’s ‘inadequate safety culture’ for self-driving fatality
[ad_1] According to the NTSB’s findings, the Uber vehicle detected Herzberg 5.6 seconds before the crash, but did not identify them as a pedestrian. “Had the operator been attentive,” it added, they would “likely have had enough time to detect and react to” the events, potentially avoiding disaster. Compounding the issue was that Uber’s self-driving […]
Waymo will test its self-driving taxis on employees in California
[ad_1] There are some restrictions, of course. Waymo can’t charge for these rides, and every vehicle must have a safety driver behind the wheel. Interestingly, the CPUC will allow Waymo to contract out its safety driver operations to a third party — a decision prompted by Waymo’s assessment that operating and scaling a “meaningful pilot” […]
Waymo is building a new service center for its self-driving fleet
[ad_1] The location is no surprise. Waymo opened its first branch in Chandler, Arizona in 2016. The Alphabet-owned company appears to like driving in the sunny Phoenix area, which has “broad, yet complex, city streets” and a car-dependent suburban population. Eventually, the company will use the new, 85,000-square-foot facility to hire hundreds of employees, too. […]
Uber will not face criminal charges for last year’s self-driving crash
[ad_1] Nearly a year after one of Uber’s autonomous SUVs struck and killed a pedestrian, Elaine Herzberg, Arizona prosecutors said they did not find the company criminally liable in the incident. Reuters published parts of the letter from Yavapai County Attorney Sheila Polk the collision video, as it displays, likely does not accurately depict the […]