Fresh round of investment into self-driving division of Alphabet, to help grow Waymo and develop its autonomous driving tech
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Waymo Taxi In Arizona Confused By Blocked Road
Self-driving Waymo taxi blocks road after lane is closed down, and it escapes the roadside assistance staff sent to fix the problem
Telsa Executives Says Fatal ‘Driverless’ Crash Had Driver
Tesla contradicts official investigators and insist deformed steering wheel shows someone was behind the wheel at fatal crash
Toyota Buys Lyft’s Autonomous Car Unit for $550m
Japanese car maker Toyota acquires the autonomous vehicle division of ride-hailing firm Lyft, after four years of development
Fatal Tesla Crash: Elon Musk Says Autopilot Not Engaged
Tesla boss Elon Musk says Tesla Autopilot was not engaged during fatal crash in Texas, despite investigators insisting no one was driving
Microsoft Cloud To Help Volkswagen Self-Driving Push
German car maker Volkswagen expands Microsoft partnership to use Azure cloud services to help it develop self-driving cars
Tesla To Recall 135,000 Vehicles In US
World's most valuable car maker Tesla is to recall over one hundred thousand vehicles in US over faulty touchscreen displays
Trump Pardons Former Google Engineer Anthony Levandowski
Engineer who stole self-driving car secrets from Google's Waymo division, receives pardon from outgoing US President Donald Trump
Microsoft Invests In GM’s Cruise For Self-Driving Future
Software giant confirms it is part of a $2 billion investment in GM's Cruise self-driving unit, which will utilise Azure going forward
US Regulators Begin Consultation On Self-Driving Car Safety
Authorities begin public consultation on ways to improve self-driving car safety, ahead of new safety standards for autonomous vehicles
Waymo Awarded $128m Over Staff Move To Uber
Arbitrators award Waymo $128 million over Uber's use of stolen technology after employee defection to rival driverless car division
‘An alliance is being forged between 5G and artificial intelligence’
INTERVIEW: Rui Inácio, Head of Consultancy and Solutions at Vilicom has over 15 years of experience in the telecommunications industry, starting as an engineer.
BT: ‘5G will make mass IoT deployments across the UK a reality’
Chris Sims is the MD of Strategy for BT Enterprise. He leads BT’s 5G strategy for businesses and public sector organisations in the UK.
Tesla Promises Autonomous Taxi Fleets By Mid-2020
Elon Musk predicts 'difficult software problem' holding back self-driving cars will be solved by the end of this year