‘World’s First’ Trial Of Self-Driving Taxi With Fare Pay Passengers Conducted In Tokyo

There are hopes that self-driving taxi services would be ready to be commercially used before the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo after an autonomous taxi successfully ferried paying passengers on the busy streets of Japan’s capital city. Many are hoping that such a taxi service would be a hit among the tourists that would gather…

Studies Issue Stern Warning Against Marijuana Use By Pregnant Women

While there is ai rising tendency among people to consider smoking marijuana harmless or even beneficial, a study suggests that it can be very harmful for pregnant women or who are breastfeeding. The study claims that such women should shun it altogether. Ample evidence of potential harm to children’s long-term development because of marijuana was…

One Didi Service Suspended In China By Firm After Rape And Murder Of Passenger

Following the accusation that a driver of China’s biggest ride-hailing company, Didi Chuxing, had raped and killed a woman passenger, the company announced the suspension of one of its services for the second time this year. While apologizing for “disappointing mistakes”, the company said that it has dismissed two senior managers after the incident that…