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Taking An Ancestry Test Could Make It Harder To Buy Life Insurance By Julie Watts, KPIX CBS TV-5 SAN FRANCISCO, CA January 18,…
Jan 18, 2018
GM’s Self-Driving Car Edges Silicon Valley — For Now By Keith Laing, THE DETROIT NEWS January 12, 2018 http://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/autos/general-motors/2018/01/12/gm-self-driving/109409384/ Pending permission from…
Jan 12, 2018
California In Revolt: How The Progressive State Plans To Foil The Trump Agenda By Sam Levin, THE GUARDIAN UK January 11, 2018…
Jan 11, 2018
Jerry Brown’s Secret War on Clean Energy By Michael Shellenberger, ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRESS January 11, 2018 http://environmentalprogress.org/big-news/2018/1/11/jerry-browns-secret-war-on-clean-energy Summary Since he was elected in…
Jan 11, 2018
By Michaela Ross, BLOOMBERG BNA January 11, 2018 https://biglawbusiness.com/human-control-of-self-driving-cars-on-policymakers-radar Should human beings be able to take the wheel from self-driving cars? Policymakers…
Jan 11, 2018
Genetic Testing Kits Could Affect Life Insurance By Louise Esola, BUSINESS INSURANCE By January 10, 2018 http://www.businessinsurance.com/article/20180110/NEWS06/912318426/Genetic-testing-kits-could-affect-life-insurance A consumer watchdog group is…
Jan 10, 2018
Trump Loom Large As Auto Show Revs Up By Keith Laing, THE DETROIT NEWS January 10, 2018 http://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/autos/detroit-auto-show/2018/01/10/trump-looms-large-auto-show/109344208/ Washington — President Donald…
Jan 10, 2018
While Insightful Into Ancestry, Genetic Testing Could Have Serious Life Insurance Consequences By Heather Abraham, KDKA CBS TV PITTSBURGH, PA January 9,…
Jan 9, 2018
Calif. Legislators Jackson, Muratsuchi Reintroduce Bill to Halt New Federal Offshore Oil Drilling By Dan Bacher, ELK GROVE NEWS January 8, 2018…
Jan 8, 2018
Driverless Car ‘Guidelines’ Allegedly Aren’t Working Consumer Watchdog says autonomous companies aren’t following NHTSA’s voluntary guidelines By David A. Wood, CARCOMPLAINTS.COM January…
Jan 7, 2018
What Could Possibly Go Wrong? Amazon’s Alexa Can Now Control Your Microwave – And Will Soon Expand To Conventional Ovens By Cheyenne…
Jan 5, 2018
How to Curb Silicon Valley Power—Even With Weak Antitrust Laws By Nitasha Tiku, WIRED January 5, 2018 https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-curb-silicon-valley-power-even-with-weak-antitrust-laws/ Technology companies with unprecedented…
Jan 5, 2018
CUE THE CRICKETS By Tanya Snyder and Lauren Gardner, POLITICO MORNING TRANSPORTATION January 5, 2018 In the revised policy framework for self-driving…
Jan 5, 2018
Surfers, Seagulls and Oil Rigs? Trump Proposes More Coastline Drilling By Christina Kelley, MYNEWSLA January 4, 2018 Surfers, seagulls and oil rigs?…
Jan 4, 2018
How Paranoid Should You Be About Your Nosy Virtual Assistant? By Rachael Myrow, KQED January 4, 2018 https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2018/01/04/how-paranoid-should-you-be-about-your-nosy-virtual-assistant/ As many of us…
Jan 4, 2018
UM Working To Stop Hackers Of Robot Cars By Keith Laing, THE DETROIT NEWS January 4, 2018 http://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/autos/mobility/2018/01/04/robot-car-hack/109166404/ University of Michigan researchers…
Jan 4, 2018
Autonomous Car Developer Self-Assessment Fails and Is Dangerous By Bryan Jonston, AUTO CONNECTED CAR NEWS January 4, 2018 Autonomous Car Developer Self-Assessment…
Jan 4, 2018
Jerry Brown Has Already Expanded Offshore Oil Drilling In State Waters California, Oregon and Washington Governors blast Trump plan to expand offshore…
Jan 4, 2018