Alphabet appoints Tekedra Mawakana as new VP for public policy

Tekedra Mawakana will help Waymo naviguate the minefield of placing autonomous vehicles on the road and deal with various state governments while at the same time respect concerns on job security and safety. For Alphabet’s self-driving car project, the biggest challenge isn’t the technology per say, its ensuring that there is regulatory framework that allows the placing…

Apple confirms its interest in autonomous vehicle technology

While Apple has confirmed its interest in self-driving technology and has asked to be treated ‘en pars’ with existing traditional car manufacturers, it has feigned disinterest in developing its own car and has instead requested the sharing of near-crash and crash data from existing players. Apple wants to focus on the underlying technologies of the…

“Geohot” releases code for the Comma.ai self-driving technology

A commendable opensource effort, the code can be used by any developer anywhere in the world to learn and understand the code that drives the underlying technology of self-driving cars. Although “Geohot” George Hotz’s Comma One, semi-autonomous driving add-on, did not work as per plan, the underlying technology however is likely to see the light of…