Robotics company Nuro commences driverless delivery service in California

In a statement, Nuro, a robotics company said it has received the first-ever permit to commercially deploy its self-driving vehicles in California. The development will allow the Silicon Valley firm to charge clients for its driverless delivery service. Nuro relies on remote human operators who control multiple autonomous vehicles from miles away; the step allows…

Hackers exploiting SolarWinds products impacting federal, state, local governments: CISA

In a statement U.S. cybersecurity agency, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) stated, that the widespread cyber espionage campaign which was made public earlier this month is affecting state and local governments. The hacking campaign exploits vulnerabilities in U.S. tech company SolarWindss products as a springboard to penetrate federal government networks. In a statement, the…

Apple’s Tim Cook Had “Snubbed” Apple’s Takeover Deal Of Tesla, Says Elon Musk

Back in 2017, when the Apple attempted to buy the United States based electric car maker Tesla, the efforts were snubbed by the iPhone maker’s chief executive Tim Cook, said Tesla founder and chief executive Elon Musk. During the “darkest days” of his company he had reached out to the Apple boss, Musk tweeted on…

BioNTech Says Its Covid-19 Vaccine Will Most Likely Work On UK Virus Strain

While expressing confidence that the Codi-19 vaccine developed by his company was effective against the new United Kingdom variant of the virus, the chief executive of the German pharmaceutical company BioNTech said that one has to conduct more studies to be absolutely certain. Efforts were currently on in the company to ascertain whether the company’s…

Apple moves ahead with self-driving car project, targets production by 2024

According to sources familiar with the matter at hand, Apple Inc is moving ahead with plans on self-driving car technology and is targeting to produce a passenger vehicle by 2024. The self driving passenger vehicle could feature its breakthrough battery technology, said sources familiar with the matter at hand. Apple’s automotive efforts, known as Project…

Indian short video sharing app Josh raises more than 100 million in funding round

An Indian short-video sharing app, Josh, has raised more than $100 million from investors including Microsoft, and Google, in a growing space that further eats into TikTok’s market share. Josh is one of several short video platforms have cropped up after India blocked the Chinese consumer data harvesting app in June. Josh has drawn global…

Consumer Group Demands Penalty Against Airlines Refusing Covid-19 Refunds

Consumer advocates have demanded that “strong action” from regulators should be implemented against those airlines such as Virgin Atlantic and British Airways who refuse to issue refunds to customers who are complying with the new 4 Covid restrictions of England. Full cash refunds will only be made if flights are cancelled by the airline, Virgin…