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Trump Plans Push For Federal Self-Driving Rules

Tesla shares jump after report says president-elect Donald Trump planning to make federal self-driving rules a government priority

2 days ago

Toyota-Backed Joby Flies ‘Air Taxi’ In Japan

Joby Aviation and Toyota Motor complete demonstration flight in Shizuoka as companies prepare to bring eVTOL into mass production

2 weeks ago

Huawei Begins Staffing Massive New Research Campus

Huawei begins staffing massive new campus in Shanghai suburb as it seeks to bolster home-grown technology efforts

3 weeks ago

NASA Europa Clipper Mission Lifts Off To Seek Life In Space

NASA's Europa Clipper mission seeks to determine whether conditions for life may exist on Jupiter's icy moon

1 month ago

SpaceX Starship First Stage Returns To Launch Pad In Milestone Test

SpaceX completes fifth test flight of Starship rocket launch system, with first-stage booster successfully returning to launch tower

1 month ago

Apple Opens Major Research Hub In China

Apple opens research centre in Shenzhen, China, aiming to make it biggest such facility outside US amidst tough local competition

1 month ago

Nobel Prizes Awarded To Current and Former Google Scientists

Demis Hassabis, John Jumper of Google DeepMind awarded 2024 Nobel prize in chemistry, while former Googler Geoffrey Hinton wins physics…

1 month ago

NASA Mission To Jupiter’s Europa Gets Go-Ahead

NASA to launch 'Europa Clipper' mission to Jupiter's moon Europa next month as it seeks evidence of life in ocean…

2 months ago

SpaceX Polaris Dawn Crew Carry Out First Commercial Spacewalk

Billionaire Jared Isaacman and SpaceX’s Sarah Gillis become first non-professional astronauts to carry out risky spacewalk

2 months ago

LUMI – The Most Powerful Supercomputer In Europe

Silicon tours the facilities housing Europe's most powerful supercomputer, and the fifth most powerful supercomputer in the world

2 months ago

Successful Hyperloop Test Completed In Holland

Hardt Hyperloop carries out first successful test of its hyperloop vehicle at longest hyperloop test track in Europe

2 months ago

Boeing’s Starliner Returns To Earth, Without Crew

Boeing's Starliner returns to Earth under command of ground crew as astronauts from June mission remain in space, in latest…

2 months ago

Boeing Starliner Set For Uncrewed Return Flight This Week

Troubled Starliner capsule set for remotely guided return to Earth after propulsion issues detected in June crewed launch

3 months ago

FAA Grounds SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket After Landing Failure

SpaceX’s reusable Falcon 9 rocket has been grounded by the FAA, after this week's failed booster platform landing

3 months ago

Waymo Doubles Weekly Paid Robotaxi Trips Since May

Waymo is providing 100,000 paid robotaxi rides per week, as it expanded its Waymo One service in two US cities

3 months ago

US Safety Probe Into GM’s Cruise Shut Down

NHTSA closes braking investigation into GM' Cruise unit, but other investigations into pedestrian accident last year continues

3 months ago

Ford Pulls Back On EV Spending

Ford signals a reduction on electric vehicle spending, dropping plans for a EV SUV and postponing launch of EV pickup

3 months ago

Tesla To Receive Lower EU Tariff For Chinese-Made EVs

Imported Tesla electric vehicles from China to receive lower tariff, after European Union halves its planned import duty

3 months ago

Amazon To Test Prime Air Drone Delivery In UK, Again

Amazon and others selected by British aviation regulator to conduct UK trials of drone deliveries to remote locations

3 months ago

Mercedes-Benz To Test Fully Autonomous Vehicles In Beijing

Mercedes-Benz Group first international company to be given permit to test Level 4 fully autonomous vehicles on Beijing roads, as…

4 months ago

Government Shelves £1.3 Billion UK Tech, AI Plan

Labour government shelves £1.3bn of funding promised by the Conservatives for tech and artificial intelligence projects

4 months ago

Alphabet To Invest $5 Billion In Waymo Self-Driving Unit

Senior management at Alphabet confirm substantial additional investment in the Waymo self-driving division

4 months ago

Next Neuralink Brain Implant Coming Soon, Says Musk

Despite an issue with first Neuralink implant in a patient, Elon Musk says second brain implant is coming soon

4 months ago

Hacker Stole OpenAI Internal Documents – Report

Security breach reportedly occurred at OpenAI last year, with a hacker stealing internal documents, but no source code

5 months ago

SpaceX Wins Contract For International Space Station Disposal

NASA selects Elon Musk' SpaceX to build deorbit vehicle for International Space Station at the end of its operational life

5 months ago

Boeing Starliner Docks With Space Station In Historic Flight

Boeing's Starliner becomes second privately developed space vehicle to ferry crew to International Space Station after years of delays

5 months ago

Amazon’s Zoox Begins Testing In Austin, Miami

Zoox robotaxi unit of Amazon begins testing in Austin, Miami, amid regulatory investigations into self-driving sector

6 months ago

SpaceX Completes Fourth Starship Test Flight

Fourth test flight of massive Starship rocket concludes with successful ocean splashdown, despite many tile losses

6 months ago

Salesforce Opens First AI Centre In London

American CRM giant selects UK capital for its first AI centre where industry, customers and experts can advance AI innovation

6 months ago

Musk’s Neuralink Seeks Patients For Clinical Trial

Elon Musk brain-chip start-up Neuralink seeks patients for feasibility study after implanting chip in first patient earlier this year

6 months ago