Category: texas

A $13,000 electric car will go on sale in the US by late 2020

[ad_1] As you might have guessed, both machines include their fair share of compromises to hit their price points beyond their diminutive sizes. The K23’s 17.7kWh battery gives it an estimated range of just 100 miles, and the 63MPH top speed makes it a less-than-ideal choice for highway driving. The K23 has a much better […]

Texas embraces a virtual jury trial amid coronavirus concerns

[ad_1] Judge Emily Miskel According to the National Center for State Courts, 39 states and the District of Columbia have encouraged judges to conduct hearings remotely, but bringing in jurors poses another challenge. Arizona’s top court has already approved remote jury selection, and once jury trials resume in Indiana, parties in civil cases will have […]

Elon Musk says he’ll move Tesla’s headquarters to Nevada or Texas

[ad_1] The entrepreneur has made his displeasure with the Fremont shutdown clear on more than one occasion, including on Twitter and in a profanity-laced outburst in an earning call where he called lockdown safety measures an attack on freedom. We’ve asked the company if it can elaborate on Musk’s statements. If he follows through, however, […]

President Trump will visit Apple’s Mac Pro factory on November 20th

[ad_1] For Apple, though, there’s an extra level of urgency. The next big round of US tariffs on China is poised to take effect on December 15th, and it could easily raise the costs of selling phones, laptops, monitors and other mainstays of Apple’s product lineup. A tour like this might help Apple persuade Trump […]

Ford is bringing its self-driving cars to Austin, Texas

[ad_1] The automaker and partner Argo AI will start mapping downtown and east Austin in the coming months with manually driven vehicles. Ford will gradually increase the size of the coverage area and its fleet of self-driving cars, with a view towards launching an expansive autonomous taxi and delivery service in 2021. Sherif Marakby, CEO […]

Apple will manufacture its new Mac Pro in Texas

[ad_1] Apple hinted that it wanted to manufacture the redesigned Mac Pro in Texas, and now it’s official. The company has confirmed that it’ll assemble the workstation at the same Austin, Texas plant that has produced the cylindrical Mac Pro since 2013. The company isn’t shy about the reason for the move: it’s reportedly enabled […]

Uber starts mapping Dallas roads to aid its self-driving efforts

[ad_1] The company was quick to caution that this might not be the immediate precursor to self-driving vehicles. Uber wants any data gathering to contribute “meaningfully” to autonomous driving work, the company’s Austin Geidt said. If it is confident enough to test real self-driving cars, it aims to “work closely” with both city- and state-level […]

Ransomware attack in Texas targets local government agencies

[ad_1] Texas hasn’t named the institutions so far due to “security concerns.” Security teams hadn’t identified the culprits. However, the evidence to date pointed to a “single threat actor” attacking all these entities at once. Ransomware attacks usually come from criminal organizations hoping to make a quick profit, although there have been reported instances of […]

Texas is poised to ban red light cameras

[ad_1] In theory, red light cameras are designed to prevent people from blowing through traffic stops. To accomplish that, the cameras flag when a driver runs a red light, processes their license plate and mails them a citation. In practice, the results aren’t so cut and dry. While the cameras do a decent job preventing […]