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Robot Truckers Could Replace 500K U.S. Jobs
Autonomous driving engineers are developing driverless trucks for long-haul freight that runs along simple interstate routes.
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'Intelligent' Cutters for Trees to Ease Malaysia Palm Oil Labor Crunch
Malaysian precision farming solutions provider IRGA has developed a palm oil harvesting tool that could help the industry manage a chronic labor shortage.
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Waymo Says Driver Had Control of SUV That Hit a Pedestrian
California's Department of Motor Vehicles said Thursday that it has been contacted by Waymo and that the company will file a crash report within 10 days, as required...
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Samsung Picks Texas Site for Advanced U.S. Chip Plant
Korean giant picks Taylor, just outside existing Austin base.
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Drone Startup Plans Drug Deliveries to Homes in Salt Lake City
California drone startup Zipline has signed a service agreement with Utah's Intermountain Healthcare to deliver medicine and other supplies to its Salt Lake City...
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Intel Falls as Outlook Shows Costly Path to Regain Dominance
Datacenter unit sales decline from major cloud providers.
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Waymo Is 99% of the Way to Self-Driving Cars. The Last 1% Is the Hardest
The world's most famous autonomous car shop has lost its CEO and is still getting stymied by traffic cones. What's taking so long?
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NYC Brain Computer Startup Announces FDA Trial Before Elon Musk
New York City-based brain-computer interface startup Synchron said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has authorized human clinical trials for its commercial...
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Intel's Latest Hail Mary Is a $20-Billion Bet on American Manufacturing
The chipmaker helped create Silicon Valley—but cultural complacency and a missed mobile boom have left it far behind competitors.
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Double-Masking Benefits Are Limited, Japan Supercomputer Finds
Double-masking yields limited benefits compared to a single well-fitted disposable mask, according to an analysis conducted with a Japanese supercomputer.
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The Spread of Covid-19 Led to Surge in Orders for Factory Robots
Orders for factory robots in North America spiked at the end of 2020 as manufacturers sought to avoid danger for employees amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Drone-Crowded Skies Get a Step Closer With U.S. Safety Rules
New regulations from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration will require most U.S. drones to broadcast a radio signal identifying them and their location.
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First Drone Goes Flying to North Pole on Climate Mission
Researchers at the Finnish Meteorological Institute joined the biggest Arctic expedition in history to fly the first drone near the North Pole.
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Japan Is Figuring Out How to Deliver Goods Untouched by Humans
Japanese companies are developing next-generation logistics technology to deliver goods untouched by humans, driven by worker shortages and the Covid-19 pandemic...
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UPS to Fly Medications by Drone to Florida Retirement Area
UPS will use drones to make prescription deliveries to residents of The Villages in Florida, one of the biggest retirement communities in the U.S.
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France Says Apple Bluetooth Policy Is Blocking Virus Tracker
France said Apple's Bluetooth policy is delaying a government contact-tracing application designed to contain the coronavirus.
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Tesla’s Autopilot Could Save the Lives of Millions, But It Will Kill Some People First
The complicated ethics of Elon Musk's grand autonomous vehicle experiment.
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What Chipmakers Tell Us About the Great Global Unwinding
The U.S.-China trade war is fracturing the world's semiconductor manufacturing base, and that won't stop even if the tariffs do.
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UPS Drones Win FAA Milestone Permission to Take Off Shackles
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration granted United Parcel Service permission to fly delivery drones under regulations similar to airline rules, with few restrictions...
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