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Tesla Was Kicked Off Fatal Crash Probe by NTSB
The National Transportation Safety Board told Tesla Inc. on Wednesday that the carmaker was being removed from the investigation of a fatal accident, prior to the company announcing it had withdrawn from it, according to a person familiar with the discussion. NTSB Chairman Robert Sumwalt relayed the decision in a call to Tesla’s Earlier: Tesla…
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Tesla car that crashed and killed driver was running on Autopilot, firm says
Company says driver took no action despite systems warnings in latest accident involving self-driving technology Tesla has said a car that crashed in California last week, killing its driver, was operating on Autopilot. The 23 March crash on highway 101 in Mountain View is the latest accident to involve self-driving technology. Earlier this month, a…
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Tesla Driver Died Using Autopilot, With Hands Off Steering Wheel
A week after crash, company says it recovered computer logs Driver received several visual, one audible ‘hands-on’ warning gruesome crash a week ago was using Autopilot and defended the safety record of its driver-assistance system that’s back under scrutiny following a fatality. Computer logs recovered from the Tesla driven by Wei Huang, 38, show he…
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Tesla Asks for Model 3 Factory Volunteers to Prove Haters Wrong
Some Model S and X workers may switch to Model 3 line Friday Reaching goal would be ‘incredible victory,’ executive says Elon Musk’s vision of building a mass-production electric-vehicle manufacturer. “I find that personally insulting, and you should too,” Field wrote in the March 23 email. “Let’s make them regret ever betting against us. You…
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Human Driver Could Have Avoided Fatal Uber Crash, Experts Say
Human driver may have avoided impact: forensic crash analysts Self-driving sensors should have detected victim, experts say Earlier: Picking Out the Pedestrian May Have Foiled Uber’s Robot Ride "Uber has to explain what happened," said Mike Ramsey, an analyst at researcher Gartner Inc. who focuses on autonomous driving technologies. "There’s only two possibilities: the sensors…
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Uber Halts Autonomous Car Tests After Fatal Crash in Arizona
First known pedestrian death involving a self-driving vehicle Incident may raise questions about safety of technology "Public safety is our top priority, and we are in communication with law enforcement, which is investigating the accident and gathering facts, as well as Uber," a spokesman for Arizona Governor Doug Ducey said. Uber has had incidents in…
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Apple Turns Up Audio Ambition With High-End Headphones
Apple Inc.’s AirPods earphones have been a surprise hit. Now, the company is planning a push into the high end of the market. The Cupertino, California-based technology giant is working on noise-canceling, over-ear headphones that rival headsets from market leaders like Bose and even the company’s own Beats by Dre brand, according to people familiar…
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Facebook Says Business Stays Strong Amid News Feed Changes
Facebook Inc. may be making major changes aimed at fixing its impact on society. But its business is as safe as ever. That’s the message from executives after an adjustment to the news feed algorithm — the company’s biggest moneymaker — prompted investor concerns that user attention could drop off, curbing demand for advertising. Yes,…
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Duterte to Shift Thousands of Government Workers to New City
Thousands of government workers will be moved from Manila to a new city that’s being built in a former U.S. military base, as President Rodrigo Duterte’s administration seeks to ease a traffic Source: Waze Inc. Index ranks driver experience on a scale of 1-10, with 1 the least satisfying. Factors include traffic density, road quality and infrastructure.…
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