Trump Administration plans on unveiling revised self-driving rules in the near future

While the Obama Administration’s focused on safety issues vis-à-vis self-driving vehicles, the current administration aims to ease the rules of business. On Monday, the head of the U.S. Department of Transportation stated that U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration will unveil revised guidelines for self-driving vehicles in the coming months. The announcement follows calls by auto…

United Airlines CEO clarifies Trump Administration attempt to ban laptops on flights

Efforts are being made to make the U.S. ban more effective by coordinating with European officials. During an aviation industry meet on Monday, Oscar Munoz, the CEO of United Airlines disclosed that the Trump Administration’s ban on laptops is likely to be related to explosives being disguised as laptops which could be directly detonated onboard…

Foxconn ropes in Apple and Amazon.com for its bid to Toshiba’s chip business

Given Foxconn’s deep ties with China, Japan is likely to block any move that will risk the transfer of sensitive technology to outsiders. On Monday, Japanese business daily, Nikkei has reported quoting Terry Gou, Foxconn’s chairman say saying, Amazon.com Inc and Apple Inc will be joining forces with Foxconn for a bid of Toshiba’s chip…

Apple’s Siri less dexterous than Amazon’s Alexa

The difference in approach to Apple’s and Amazon’s personal assistant is telling. Following Amazon’s lead, Apple is expected to announce its plans this coming week for expanding Siri, its voice assistant, to a large variety of app, in efforts aimed at mirroring Amazon’s runaway success with Alexa. However, engineers and artificial intelligence insiders state, instead…

Maintenance contractor inadvertently caused the mess at British Airways last Saturday

It was a human element and not an equipment failure, as earlier thought. On Friday, the Times has reported that last week’s chaotic scene at British Airways was caused by a contractor who inadvertently switched-off the power supply at one of its data centre. The innocent mistake knocked out its computer systems and left 75,000…

Alphabet’s Waymo working on automated trucks

In the future, human truck drivers are likely to be restricted to local deliveries and pickups. On Thursday, Alphabet’s autonomous car driving division, Waymo, disclosed that the company is working on developing self-driving trucks. The company is looking for expand into self-driving trucks after it made significant headway in developing self-driving cars. It expects self-driving…