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London's black cab drivers are preparing to battle robotaxis, with some considering sabotage to demonstrate the limitations of autonomous vehicles, according to the Financial Times. The drivers' concerns highlight the gr…
Researchers from NEC Laboratories America introduced CAViAR (Causal Accident Video and Incident Analysis Repository), a human-annotated dashcam benchmark of 2,249 real-world accident videos from CarCrashDataset (CCD) and…
Waymo fully launched its robotaxi service in Houston, Texas, opening rides to all users via its app after a phased rollout that began in February 2026. The company reported welcoming more than 100,000 riders from its int…
Waymo LLC, the autonomous driving unit of Alphabet Inc., revealed its custom 5nm application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) and detailed its compute architecture, which has scaled 20x in eight years, in a blog post. …
Xpeng's first-quarter 2026 gross margin hit 20.6%, ahead of Tesla's 16.9% automotive margin, as the Chinese EV maker races to build robotaxis and humanoid robots using its own Turing AI chips. Xpeng delivered 103,295 veh…
Waymo LLC detailed the custom computing module powering its autonomous taxis, which operate about 4,000 vehicles across 11 U.S. cities. The Alphabet Inc. unit's fleet includes Jaguar I-Pace crossovers, Zeeker minivans, a…
Waymo on August 20 disclosed technical details of its sixth-generation autonomous driving system's compute module, featuring two custom ASICs that deliver more than 1,000 trillion calculations per second, with redundancy…
The US Navy and the Defense Innovation Unit are investing $50 million in Shield AI's X-BAT, a fighter-sized jet drone designed for vertical takeoff and landing, marking the first publicly announced investment in an aircr…
Wayve, a developer of Embodied AI technology for autonomous driving, is hiring a Senior Data Scientist in Sunnyvale, CA, with a salary range of $209,700 to $266,800 plus equity. The role involves partnering with AI engin…
Waymo, the autonomous rideshare operator owned by Alphabet Inc., has begun building its own AI chips to better optimize sensor data, according to Bloomberg. The move aims to bring more of the company's technology in-hous…
The City of Moreton Bay will trial a $170,000 AI-powered traffic signal system at the Moreton Parade and Paper Avenue intersection in Petrie, north of Brisbane, later in 2026, marking Australia's first such trial. The sy…
Flock Safety CEO Garrett Langley said on the All-In Podcast that drones are the company's fastest-growing business unit and will account for nearly half of its future revenue, as the surveillance firm expands beyond lice…
Mahle, a tier-one automotive supplier, introduced a range extender system for heavy electric trucks at the IAA Transportation trade show in Hannover, Germany, in September. The system, featuring a high-voltage generator …
Lynk & Co 08, the premium hybrid SUV from Lynk & Co, completed a 3,200+ km desert expedition as the official vehicle of QUEST DAKAR 2026, which ran from July 15 to August 2, 2026, connecting Casablanca with Dakar across …
Ukraine proposed a plan to President Volodymyr Zelensky to launch waves of AI-enabled drones at Moscow's airports, aiming to stop international carriers from flying in and out of the Russian capital, according to The Atl…
CAL FIRE tested Seneca's autonomous firefighting drones on July 15, with five aircraft participating in a field demonstration, according to Deputy Chief Jack Worden. Seneca's system uses AI and computer vision to locate …
Agtonomy, a South San Francisco-based off-road physical AI company, has expanded its commercial platform with fully autonomous multi-point turning and enhanced passive data collection, enabling farm equipment to execute …
Amazon announced plans to significantly ramp up its Prime Air drone delivery service, aiming for airborne deliveries in nearly 500 U.S. cities and towns by the end of this year. The drones can transport items weighing fi…
Fox's $22 billion agreement to acquire Roku highlights a surge in demand for streaming software from first-time free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) operators, as US viewers streamed 1.8 billion hours of FAST co…
Waymo announced on Aug 20, 2026, that its Ojai self-driving cars now integrate Gemini, allowing passengers to control music, cabin temperature, request neighborhood information, or ask the car to pull over, though Gemini…