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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
The Era of Autonomous Vehicles May Be Here Sooner Than Expected What Does That Mean For Detroit’s Legacy Automakers? By Paul A.…
Jan 2, 2018
Consumer Groups Say ‘NYT’ Kids Supplement Should Be Ad-Free By Sara Guaglione, PUBLISHERS DAILY (MEDIAPOST) December 28, 2017 https://mediapost.com/publications/article/312271/consumer-groups-say-nyt-kids-supplement-should-b.html The New York…
Dec 29, 2017
From AOL To Digital Assistants By Don Edrington, SAN DIEGO UNION TRIBUNE December 21, 2017 http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/communities/north-county/sd-no-edrington-column-20171221-story.html Hank Mason wrote that AOL will…
Dec 21, 2017
Consumer Groups Ask ‘NY Times’ to Stable ‘Trojan Horse’ Ads for Google By John Eggerton, MULTI-CHANNEL NEWS December 20, 2017 http://www.multichannel.com/news/marketing/consumer-groups-ask-ny-times-stable-trojan-horse-ads-google-ads/417189 Consumer…
Dec 20, 2017
Self-Driving Vehicle Proving Ground Opens At Willow Run Near Detroit By Eric D. Lawrence, DETROIT FREE PRESS December 18, 2017 https://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/2017/12/18/self-driving-cars-proving-ground-willow-run/958771001/ The…
Dec 18, 2017
California Driverless Car Regulations Changed Again By David A. Wood, CARCOMPLAINTS.COM December 17, 2017 https://www.carcomplaints.com/news/2017/california-driverless-car-regulations.shtml California DMVs proposed self-driving car regulations remove…
Dec 17, 2017
Google and Amazon Really DO Want To Spy On You By Tim Collins, THE DAILY MAIL (UK) December 15, 2017 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5182577/How-Google-Amazon-SPYING-you.html Patent…
Dec 15, 2017
Kids and Smart Speakers: What Could Go Wrong? By Wendy Lee, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE December 15, 2017 http://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/Kids-and-smart-speakers-What-could-go-wrong-12434725.php When 5-year-old Colin Martin…
Dec 15, 2017
Driverless Cars Won’t Need Backup Drivers In California Next Year By Isha Salian, PENINSULA PRESS December 14, 2017 http://peninsulapress.com/2017/12/14/driverless-cars/ white Toyota Highlander…
Dec 14, 2017
Consumer Watchdog, Anti-Trust Experts Warn of Higher Prices From Disney-Fox Merger By Ricardo Lopez, VARIETY December 14, 2017 http://variety.com/2017/biz/news/consumer-impact-disney-fox-1202641240/ Consumers can expect…
Dec 14, 2017
Op-Ed Commentary by Jacques Leslie, LOS ANGELES TIMES December 14, 2017 http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-leslie-brown-oil-california-20171214-story.html As Gov. Jerry Brown took a climate-change advocacy lap…
Dec 14, 2017
Are Tech Companies Trying to Derail Sex-Trafficking Bill? By Nitasha Tiku, WIRED December 12, 2017 https://www.wired.com/story/are-tech-companies-trying-to-derail-sex-trafficking-bill/ Last month, tech…
Dec 12, 2017
By AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE (AFP) December 9, 2017 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/afp/article-5163753/Tech-titans-ramp-tools-win-children.html From smartphone messaging tailored for tikes to computers for classrooms, technology titans…
Dec 9, 2017
By Kieran McCarthy, THE REGISTER UK December 5, 2017 https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/12/05/pressure_mounts_net_neutrality/ With just a week to go before the head of the…
Dec 5, 2017
California Nixes Rules To Protect Autonomous Vehicle Makers Against Dirty Sensors By Colin Wood, STATE SCOOP December 5, 2017 California nixes rule…
Dec 5, 2017