West News Data Shows Less Human Help Needed by Self-Driving Car Prototypes Self-driving car prototypes appear to be getting better at negotiating California streets and highways without a human backup driver intervening,... Read More
News VW Will Pay $1.2B or More to U.S. Big Diesel Owners Volkswagen has agreed to pay at least $1.2 billion in buybacks and compensation to settle claims from U.S. owners of... Read More
Southeast News South Carolina Widow’s Suit Places Blame on Feds for Husband’s Flooding Death The widow of a man who drowned in South Carolina’s historic 2015 flooding is suing the federal government over a... Read More
News AIG: Trust Critical in Employee Data Sharing With Companies Companies need to accept tradeoffs to foster “digital trust” with employees if they want to gather the workplace data necessary... Read More
East News Philadelphia Building Owner, Charity Liable for Deadly Building Collapse A jury has found the Salvation Army, an adjacent building owner and other defendants liable for a Philadelphia, Pa., building... Read More
West News Who Will Pay for San Francisco’s $750M Sinking Luxury Tower? Nina Agabian, a retired director of research in global health science at the University of California, bought a 29th-floor apartment... Read More
News Luxury Electric Cars Fall Short of Top Crash Test Safety Rating Two luxury electric vehicles – the Tesla Model S and the BMW i3 – fell short of getting the highest... Read More
Midwest News Missouri Utility Plans Appeal of $10.7M Award in Worker’s Lawsuit A Missouri-based utility said Tuesday it will appeal a state judge’s award of more than $10 million to a worker... Read More
International News Companies Bet on Air Taxis as Next Major Tech Hurdle Even before George Jetson entranced kids with his cartoon flying car, people dreamed of soaring above traffic congestion. Inventors and... Read More
News Secondary Tasks Delay Takeover Time in Automated Vehicles Many recent human factors studies of takeover time in automated vehicles have looked at how long it takes a driver... Read More