Future of Work New York’s new wage law for Uber drivers is a lesson for cities around the world Alex Rosenblat rode along with Uber drivers for 5,000 miles. We talked with her about the huge impact the law could have. by Erin Winick 2018-12-13T04:00:00-05:00
Artificial Intelligence Uber has cracked two classic ’80s video games by giving an AI algorithm a new type of memory An algorithm that remembers previous explorations in Montezuma’s Revenge and Pitfall! could make computers and robots better at learning how to succeed in the real world. by Will Knight 2018-11-26T15:06:00-05:00
Smart Cities Alphabet’s moonshot chief: Regulating driverless cars demands testing the “smarts” of the systems Astro Teller says Waymo stress-tests its vehicles under “pathological situations,” some involving people in Elmo outfits. by James Temple 2018-03-27T15:15:00-04:00
Artificial Intelligence What Uber’s fatal accident could mean for the autonomous-car industry The first pedestrian death leads some to ask whether the industry is moving too fast to deploy the technology. by Will Knight 2018-03-19T19:00:00-04:00
Silicon Valley Silicon Valley’s 2017 Report Card It’s been a bad year for America’s biggest tech hub—though not because of a lack of innovation. by Martin Giles 2017-12-26T00:00:00-05:00
Tech Policy The Man with a Plan to Upgrade the Democrats Raffi Krikorian, the CTO of the Democratic National Committee, is out to beat hackers—and the Republicans. by Martin Giles 2017-12-08T00:00:00-05:00
Connectivity The Woman Engineering Uber’s Driverless Trucks Nancy Sun is trying to get driverless trucks on the road and convince truck drivers to trust Uber, too. by Rachel Metz 2017-12-06T16:24:00-05:00
Smart Cities Lidar Just Got Way Better—But It’s Still Too Expensive for Your Car Velodyne’s latest sensor doubles the company’s previous mark for range and quadruples its resolution. But it’s entering an increasingly competitive field. by Jamie Condliffe 2017-11-28T10:16:00-05:00
Silicon Valley Uber Paid Off Hackers to Hide Massive Data Breach The latest scandal to engulf the transportation giant could be its worst yet. by Martin Giles 2017-11-21T20:12:00-05:00
Business Impact Uber’s Other Big Problem: Driverless Cars Aren’t Ready Yet Its new CEO will inherit many problems, but a business plan based on the elusive dream of driverless cars is the largest. by Peter Burrows 2017-06-22T10:03:00-04:00
