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RoadshowNewsCar IndustryMichigan could soon legalize fully driverless carsEnlarge ImageGoogle and other companies have a number of autonomous vehicles on public roads already, but by law, they must include a driver ready to take control. Google Without a national framework, some states like Califo ia and Michigan have taken the lead and drafted up regulations for testing autonomous vehicles on public roads, albeit with drivers standing by in the front seat. But Michigan's about to take it one step further and address a bill that could allow cars without drivers on public roads.The state Senate's Economic Development and Inte ational Investment Committee is currently holding a public hearing on its autonomous...
ادامه مطلب Uber has hired Target's chief marketing officer to help the ride-hailing company boost its global brand.Jeff Jones is jumping ship from Target to Uber. Target Jeff Jones will joining the San Francisco-based startup as president of ridesharing, making him responsible for Uber's operations, marketing and customer support globally, Uber CEO Travis Kalanick said in a company blog post Tuesday. Jones succeeds Ryan Graves, Uber's first employee and first CEO, who will remain with the company as its "resident entrepreneur." Jones' focus at Uber will be to "fuse" its marketing efforts with its global operations, Kalanick said in his post. "It's super clear to me that Jeff understands scale, operational excellence...
ادامه مطلب Enlarge ImageGoogle Crowdsource lets you help the company with language translation, handwriting recognition and map translation accuracy. Screenshot by Stephen Shankland/CNET Google has a formidable artificial intelligence team working on everything from photo recognition to email spam filtering. But for some tasks, it's looking for the human touch -- yours, specifically.The online giant on Monday released a new Android app called Crowdsource that lets you contribute your own suggestions to language translation, handwriting recognition and street sign transcription. "Each microtask takes no more than five to 10 seconds, so knock away a few the next time you find yourself with a few moments to kill," Google ...
ادامه مطلب Alphabet executive David Drummond has left Uber's board over conflict of interest conce s. Alphabet The race to put autonomous vehicles on the road has apparently cost one Alphabet executive his seat on Uber's board of directors.David Drummond, Alphabet's senior vice president of corporate development, resigned from the ride-hailing startup's board several weeks ago amid rising conce s over conflict of interests. Drummond, who had been on Uber's board since 2013, helped oversee Google's $250 million venture-capital investment in Uber that same year.Drummond confirmed his departure from Uber's board in an statement that indicated GV -- Alphabet's venture capital arm -- remains strong. "I recently stepped down...
ادامه مطلب Attendees at next month's Google Play Indie Games Festival will have a chance to play more than two dozen new games, some of which are not yet widely available.Google on Monday unveiled the 30 Android games selected from more than 200 submissions vying for a chance to be exhibited at the conference. Fifteen of the games showcased are on a very limited beta, so this is the best opportunity many will have to play them.Fans will have an opportunity to vote for their favorite games at the festival. A complete list of the games chosen for exhibition can be found here.Google also announced that it has opened up registration of the event, which will be held in San Francisco on September 24. The event, which is free, will give developers a chance to showcase their games to the public, network, an...
ادامه مطلب Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives.Enlarge ImageWhere on the dashboard is its moral compass? KAREN BLEIER/AFP/GettyImages I think of morality as a feather that shifts in the wind and occasionally brushes your face delightfully as it falls to earth.I'm still perturbed, however, whether technology has a fine grasp of it. Or whether it can.I'm moved by the news that Uber has launched its driverless vehicles in Pittsburgh. It crossed my mind whether these cars have already been programmed whom to kill if they face a moral dilemma.For example, the car is about to hit another car with three people inside. It can swerve out of the way, but then it'll hit thr...
ادامه مطلب RoadshowNewsSelf-driving taxis hit SingaporeMove over Uber, the newest transport disruptor is here. On a trial basis, at least. Starting on Thursday, some residents of Singapore will be able to take taxi rides in self-driving cars. It's brought to the Asian nation by US-based nuTonomy. The Renault Zoe and Mitsubishi i-Miev taxis will be hailed using an invite-only app. Perhaps to help give peace of mind to all customers, a nuTonomy engineer will be in each car to make sure the ride is smooth and to take manual control if need be. It's a limited trial, though. These autonomous taxis, while free, will only commute through Singapore's one-north business district.The startup, which in May received $16 million in funding, is narrowly beating Uber to the punch. The ride-sharing giant reportedly...
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On this date in 1916, President Woodrow Wilson signed into law the National Park Service Organic Act, which mandated the creation of the National Park Service "to conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and wildlife" found inside the United States and make them available for public enjoyment. To celebrate the centennial of the service, Google has created an animated doodle that takes viewers on a virtual coast-to-coast tour of some of the sites and sounds that can be found on the 84 million acres of land designated as protected since the agency's creation. Starting with a collection of iron-on souvenir park patches, Google shows us the various wildlife that can found in some of the system's 59 national parks and monuments, including tortoises, moose and egrets....
ادامه مطلب Enlarge ImageThe two Koreas. Google South Korea has delayed its reply to Google's request for mapping data, a Reuters report said Wednesday. The Alphabet property first reached out to South Korea in June, requesting access to gove ment-held mapping information for distribution to outside servers. This would allow Google to offer complete Google Maps services there. South Korean officials had previously agreed to reach a decision by Wednesday but have now pushed their decision to November 23. According to Reuters, the information would improve South Korea's maps, but officials want to take more time to weigh security conce s. North Korea and South Korea are technically still at war.Let's block ads! ...
ادامه مطلب Enlarge Image Google 2016 was a big year for VR, and it's about to get bigger. Google will be launching its Daydream VR platform in a matter of weeks, Bloomberg reports. Alphabet, Google's parent company, is said to be investing big money on content for the platform. Much of this is going toward development of video games and apps, licensing sports leagues and shooting 360-degree videos, many of which include YouTube stars, according to the publication. Daydream is being built into the Android 7.0 Nougat operating system, which launched this week. It said back in May that Samsung, HTC, ZTE, Huawei, Xiaomi, Alcatel, Asus and LG had agreed to make "Daydream ready" smartphones. The idea of the platform is to be...
ادامه مطلب Enlarge Image Google Who doesn't enjoy a good pop-up ad? Everyone, that's who. Now Google is trying to be the ultimate bro, announcing on Tuesday that it'll soon be punishing mobile sites with obstructive advertisements. "Pages that show intrusive interstitials provide a poorer experience to users than other pages where content is immediately accessible," product manager Doantam Phan wrote in a blog post. "This can be problematic on mobile devices where screens are often smaller. "To improve the mobile search experience, after January 10, 2017, pages where content is not easily accessible to a user on the transition from the mobile search results may not rank as highly."Pop-up ads that cover the "main conte...
ادامه مطلب RoadshowNewsRoborace unveils self-driving Formula E race car prototype [embedded content] The perils of the high-speed racing circuit may one day no longer apply to human drivers, at least if Roborace and electric car inte ational racing series Formula E has anything to say about it. Roborace has been working on a self-driving motorsport vehicle, announced in November of last year, and now it's unveiled the prototype.Called the DevBot, it will be used to test and demonstrate the technology. "The primary purpose of the DevBot is to allow teams to develop their software and experience the hardware that will be used on the 'Robocar'," Roborace wrote on YouTube. "Unlike the Robocar the DevBot has a cabin that can be driven by a human or a computer a...
ادامه مطلب Google is sunsetting Chrome Apps for non-Chrome operating systems. Sarah Tew/CNET Google has touted its Chrome browser as all you need for desktop computing on any operating system. But the search giant said in a blog post Friday that it will gradually be phasing out the browser's apps for Windows, Mac and Linux machines. The apps range from photo-editing program Pixlr Touch Up to games like a now-discontinued version of Angry Birds. You download them from the Chrome Web Store, launch them from the Chrome browser and they open in a separate window, as if they were a program installed on your hard drive. Didn't know these apps were a feature of Chrome? You're not alone. Google said in its post that few ...
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ادامه مطلب Close Uber to start using self-driving cars this month, says report Drag First reported by Bloomberg, Uber will be testing out self-driving cars in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Uber riders will be assigned autonomous Volvos XC90 SUVs at random. Don't fear -- an Uber engineer will be present at the wheel along with a passenger taking notes for data collection. ...
ادامه مطلب Enlarge ImageParents can keep an eye on their child's workload. Google Sigh. Yes, the break is over and school awaits. But with a little luck you might be able to ditch class and go to the moon instead. With the new school year upon us, Google has souped up its Expeditions and Classroom apps for teachers and students. The Expeditions app, which lets students take virtual-reality field trips with the help of a phone and Google's Cardboard VR headset, now features more places to "go," the company said in a blog post on Wednesday. New Expeditions include a walk on the moon, a visit to the White House kitchen garden, a jaunt inside the human lungs, a stroll in the Himalayas in Bhutan, a meander on the oce...
ادامه مطلب RoadshowNewsCar IndustryOne is the loneliest number: Hyundai looking to buddy up with GoogleIt's dangerous to go alone! Take this! [hands Hyundai a map to Google's HQ] Mark Renders/Getty Images These days, automotive industry collaborations are commonplace. Ridesharing and tech companies are popular partnerships right now, as the industry moves toward self-driving vehicles and a new sharing economy. It's hard to go it alone, and it appears Hyundai is finally realizing this.The automaker is reportedly in talks with Google to discuss new partnership options, according to Bloomberg. Jeong Jin Haeng, Hyundai Motors' president, said during an interview that the two companies have some overlap that could bring ab...
ادامه مطلب Close Google's Hangouts on Air heading to YouTube Drag Hangouts on Air is a pretty good live-streaming app within Google's social network, Google Plus. However, Google is pulling the feature from Google Plus and a new version will head to YouTube Live. In mid-September, Hangouts on Air will no longer function on Google Plus. Oddly, some older features will not make its way to the YouTube Live version. Subscribe: CNET Update...
ادامه مطلب Apple's Tim Cook tells The Washington Post about the "lonely" job of CEO. The Washingont Post/Screenshot by CNET For those of you who hold onto every word Tim Cook says, The Washington Post has about 10,000 to offer.Apple's CEO sat down with the Post for what it termed two "sprawling and highly self-reflective interviews" published Saturday that hit on topics ranging from losing and succeeding the late Steve Jobs, the company's recent fight with the FBI and who he tu s to for advice.The Post prefaces the interview with a nice summary of what it covers. But we've also put together a few highlights:Mistakes: After admitting to making mistakes with Apple Maps and initially hiring the wrong person to head up it...
ادامه مطلب Google's update to its productivity suite allows users to edit a document or spreadsheet while running a browser or another app on the other side of the screen. Ian Sherr/CNET iPad users will finally get split-screen multitasking on iOS versions of Docs, Sheets and Slides, thanks to an update Google released Wednesday.The update allows users of recent models of the iPad Pro and the iPad Air 2 running iOS 9 to edit a document or spreadsheet while running another app at the same time on the other side on the tablet's screen. The update comes nearly a year after Apple released iOS 9, which included the long-sought addition of "Split View," a new multitasking function that lets iPad users create a split screen ...
ادامه مطلب Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives.Enlarge ImageThat would have been the selfie of a lifetime. Google/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET Google cares.It cares about the fact that you have an iPhone and it might be one of the 16GB variety that seems a little inappropriate for mode life.After all, you take selfies approximately once every four minutes. How can you keep them all on a phone with such paltry storage?In order to show that it feels for you, Google released an ad last week that mocks your iPhone's storage and expresses exactly how you sometimes feel when it blocks you from uploading any more selfies.Here we see people about to take...
ادامه مطلب This grape rides a spider in Google's latest Doodle for its Fruit Games event. Google Grape is getting its game on for Google on Sunday.As part of the search giant's third day of the 2016 Doodle Fruit Games, the delicious berry is showing off its show jumping prowess in an interactive game added to the Google app on iOS and Android. The game can be accessed by tapping the doodle inside the app.The game features a grape riding on the back of his trusty steed Spider as the pair leap over hurdles. Google says the bite-sized treat and its eight-legged friend have been inseparable since they landed in the same crate.The Fruit Games began on Friday in commemoration of the beginning of the 2016 Olympic Games in Ri...
ادامه مطلب It's pineapple vs. orange on the tennis courts of Google.Pineapple serves the tennis ball to Orange in Saturday's Google Doodle, available in the iOS and Android app. Google / Screenshot by Mike Sorrentino As part of the search giant's second day of the 2016 Doodle Fruit Games, a tennis minigame where players control a pineapple's match against an orange has been added to the Google app on iOS and Android. The game can be accessed by tapping the doodle inside the app.A Google Doodle featuring the pineapple is also one of two that can be seen on the Google website Saturday, the other being a doodle celebrating Bolivian Independence Day.The Fruit Games began on Friday in commemoration of the beginning of the ...
ادامه مطلب Chris Urmson (right) shows a Google self-driving car to US Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx (far left) and Google Chairman Eric Schmidt at Google headquarters last year. Urmson has announced his departure from the project. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Google's self-driving car project is losing its CTO, and two other key employees are reportedly also leaving.Chris Urmson, the project's chief technical officer, announced his departure on Medium on Friday. "After leading our cars through the human equivalent of 150 years of driving and helping our project make the leap from pure research to developing a product that we hope someday anyone will be able to use, I am ready for a fresh challenge," Urmson...
ادامه مطلب Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives.Enlarge ImageWhat does it say about you? Tinder Does being on Tinder say something about you?Or is it just a natural way to meet people and enjoy a little ca al closeness once in a while?I am moved to ask this philosophical question by a new study from the University of North Texas. Presented at the American Psychological Association's Convention in Denver this week, the study looked at Tinder users and their sense of self-worth.The 1,044 women and 273 men (mean age 20.56) who took part were asked about their thighs, their faces and other personal essences.The conclusions were somewhat bracing. If you're a Tinder u...
ادامه مطلب RoadshowNewsCar IndustryHack in a box: Two thieves steal more than 30 cars using a laptopABC13 declined to mention what kinds of Jeep and Dodge vehicles were stolen in this spree, but given the limited number of Jeep models on the market, I figured a Grand Cherokee would be a fine picture to include. Jeep Back in the day, if you wanted to steal some cars, you may have only needed a coat hanger, a screwdriver and a rudimentary understanding of wiring. These days, it's significantly more complicated, but that's not about to stop criminals. It certainly didn't stop two men, who allegedly stole more than 30 Jeep and Dodge vehicles using a laptop.Houston police told local affiliate ABC13 that it finally caught t...
ادامه مطلب Here are 10 incredibly high-performance racecars that you can buy directly from automakers. You won't find one on your dealer's lot, though -- you'll have to order it....
ادامه مطلب The idea that robots might someday be capable of creating fu iture (or basic structures) is a step closer to reality. Designer Maria Yablonina's thesis project showed off a pair of robots creating a spiderweb-like, carbon fiber object that can hold a human.We're also loving the most recent test jou ey of TEB-1, a massive elevated bus made to pass over carsstuck on congested roads. It can hold about 300 people, and other traffic-challenged gove ments are already expressing interest in the project. Close ...
ادامه مطلب RoadshowNews10 production racecars you can buyPorsche 911 GT3 RS The Porsche 911 GT3 has been around since 1999 in an assortment of variations, winning championship and endurance races like the American Le Mans Series and the 24 Hours Nürburgring. The most recent iteration -- the 2016 Porsche 911 GT3 RS -- debuted at the Geneva Inte ational Motor Show in 2015 and has even more impressive performance than the last version of the GT3. Equipped with what Porsche claims is the maximum amount of street-legal motorsport technology, the GT3 RS has a zero-to-60 mph time of 3.1 seconds and can lap the Nürburgring Nordschleife in 7 minutes, 20 seconds. Powered by a six-cylinder engine with 500 horsepower, the GT3 RS provides drivers with higher driving dynamics through features like a specially d...
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