A recent $329 million judgement against Tesla could define the future of autonomous vehicle technology. A Miami jury also found Tesla partially responsible in a 2019 crash in which its Autopilot was involved and resulted in the deaths of individuals. This result is an indication of a change in
Having more than 100 million daily active users was the easy part for Snapchat, now it needs to find out how to make money off them. The company has tried a number of approaches, most of which involve various forms of advertising, and some of them show promise, but Snapchat’s ad revenue is sti
Amazon’s proposed drone delivery service may have a few hurdles to clear before it gets off the ground, but the e-commerce giant appears to be wasting little time with plans for another method of getting goods to customers. The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday that the company is looking to tak
Researchers at the University of Virginia have developed a method of analyzing Twitter use to predict crimes. According to a research paper recently published in the scientific journal “Decision Support Systems,” a certain type of analysis can be applied to geo-tagged tweets to predict 19 to 25 diff
Aereo CEO Chet Kanojia said that he has no backup plan if the Supreme Court rules in favor of broadcasters who seek to put an end to his Internet TV startup. After being asked about whether he has a “Plan B,” Kanojia said, “No. There is no plan. We believe in our merit and we do think it
Mozilla’s new Chief Executive Officer Brendan Eich has resigned, after being dogged by calls for his ouster over his support for an anti-gay marriage bill in California. Mozilla’s board chairman Mitchell Baker announced Eich’s resignation in a blog post on Thursday. “Brendan
A small, four-rotor drone hovered over Washington Nationals players for a few days during spring training in Florida last month, taking publicity photos impossible for a human photographer to capture. But no one got the Federal Aviation Administration’s permission first. The agency bars commer
PayPal took quite a bit of criticism over the past year for its handling of crowd-funded projects. The situation would often go something like this: A person or team would set up a crowd-funded project or campaign on one of the various sites that offers such a service and it would use PayPal as the
The prevailing skepticism about tech IPOs is that frothy valuations sans profits are contributing to a bubble. Yet King Digital Entertainment, maker of the highly addictive game Candy Crush Saga is one of the few big mobile companies posting hefty revenues and profits ahead of its own IPO. While riv
Amazon has set up a new division selling 3-D printed products in partnership with five companies. The Cincinnati Business Courier broke the news yesterday about what it calls a new pilot program to sell 3-D-printed products in four categories: toys, home accessories and decor items, jewelry and fash
Women in the US not only use social media more frequently than men, but they also use these sites in a greater number of ways, say data compiled in an infographic recently published on the personal finance website FinancesOnline.com. The infographic was prepared by Alex Hillsberg, who says the resea
Employees at Twitter’s headquarters in San Francisco will soon get to take their lunch break in 19th century log cabins. It’s a design feature that “makes them a little different than any other tech company,” a company media relations representative told the Marin Independent