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Despite the hype surrounding self-driving cars, human intervention is consistently required for its functionality, according to Consumer Watchdog. By Macy Bayern, TECH…
Feb 15, 2019It will always be essential for people to be in control not only of autonomous vehicles, but of all forms of artificial…
Feb 14, 2019The civil rights groups aim to fix issues like discriminative advertising, voter suppression and targeted misinformation. By Marrian Zhou, CNET February 13,…
Feb 13, 2019California disengagement reports give several reasons for when safety drivers needed to take over. By Keith Shaw, ROBOTICS BUSINESS REVIEW February 13,…
Feb 13, 2019By Donna Horowitz, THE DEAL PIPELINE February 9, 2019 A federal judge has given final approval to a Transamerica Life Insurance Co.…
Feb 9, 2019By Dan Bacher, COACHELLA VALLEY INDEPENDENT February 7, 2019 https://cvindependent.com/index.php/en-US/news/politics/item/5044-a-consequence-of-the-nonbinary-option-insurance-companies-surprised-by-a-state-regulation-prohibiting-them-from-using-gender-in-auto-coverage-ratings In a little-noticed side impact of California’s 2018 law granting drivers the…
Feb 7, 2019By Staff Reporters, PYMNTS.COM February 6, 2019 Instacart Faces Lawsuit Over Shoppers’ Tips Instacart, the delivery on demand service, is facing a…
Feb 6, 2019PG&E spent almost $10 million on lobbying California officials in 2018, surpassing even the Western States Petroleum Association in lobbying spending in…
Feb 4, 2019“For a consumer to somehow glean that this tip is in fact just subsidizing what the company would have paid on the…
Feb 4, 2019Watchdogs alarmed by $360 million that companies spent to guard their interests By Patrick McGreevy, LOS ANGELES TIMES February 3, 2019 https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-cal-record-california-lobbying-spending-20190201-story.html…
Feb 3, 2019By Keith Laing, THE DETROIT NEWS January 31, 2019 https://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/autos/2019/02/01/shutdown-put-drivers-risk-safety-groups-say/2713121002/ Washington — The five-week partial government shutdown hobbled the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s ability…
Jan 31, 2019State political leaders have no plans to help once-influential utility; ‘The landscape has really shifted’ By Alejandro Lazo, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL…
Jan 30, 2019By Lauren Fruen and Jennifer Smith, THE DAILY MAIL UK January 30, 2019 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6648935/PG-E-trying-130million-cash-bonus-program-employees-despite-declaring-bankruptcy.html Pacific Gas & Electric, the nation’s largest utility…
Jan 30, 2019State political leaders have no plans to help once-influential utility; ‘The landscape has really shifted’ By Alejandro Lazo, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL…
Jan 30, 2019PG&E asks court to approve payments of $130 million in incentives for thousands of employees By George Avalos, THE MERCURY NEWS January…
Jan 29, 2019By Marnette Federis & Lisa Pickoff-White, KQED Bay Area Public Radio January 29, 2019 https://www.kqed.org/news/11722060/disappointment-concerns-grow-as-pge-files-for-bankruptcy-protection Pacific Gas & Electric Co. and its…
Jan 29, 2019PG&E lists $51.69 billion in debts, while warnings erupt of higher power bills due to bankruptcy case By George Avalos, THE MERCURY…
Jan 29, 2019PG&E asks court to approve payments of $130 million in incentives for thousands of employees By George Avalos, THE MERCURY NEWS January…
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