The influential Massachusetts Senator and Presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren has been a longtime critic of the consolidation of economic power by Amazon, Google, and Facebook. Now she’s making their break-up a key component of her Presidential platform. Warren has just released her plan for breaking up big tech, in what seems like a watershed moment […]
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Out of traffic, into a ditch: Why Waze on snowy mountain roads could be a bad idea
Rachael got out of her car, crying as she walked through a foot and a half of snow, looking for a paved road that could take her out of the mountains.
Instead, she found herself staring into the face of a horse wearing a blanket.
How did Rachael — in a car with four-wheel drive in an extremely popular tourist destination — find herself stuck on an unpaved road in the snow? Apple Maps.
Recently, transportation officials and highway patrolmen who manage snowy, mountain roads have a new problem to manage, beyond the usual slick roads: the tendency of real-time navigation apps like Google Maps, Waze, and Apple Maps to send drivers onto potentially unsafe roads in an effort to find shortcuts or avoid traffic. It got so bad California Highway Patrol was forced to put up a sign. Read more…
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View More Out of traffic, into a ditch: Why Waze on snowy mountain roads could be a bad ideaElon Musk would rather sit in freeway traffic with Autopilot than use Waze
While making bold predictions about full self-driving cars during a podcast session with an investment firm this week, Tesla CEO Elon Musk also shared how he gets around – in a very Tesla way.
In the conversation with ARK Invest — a Tesla shareholder that wrote a stern letter to Musk after he tweeted about taking Tesla private — Musk said Tesla vehicles would be capable of self-driving by the end of this year and that by the end of 2020 human drivers wouldn’t have to pay attention while the car drives and you could even take a nap until arriving to your destination.
#Autonomous cars are coming sooner than you think. Don’t just take my word for it, listen to @elonmusk on the latest @ARKInvest #FYIpodcast. Thanks again for sitting down with @CathieDWood and me! https://t.co/8G4ARYGjM6 pic.twitter.com/VCpXloV0FE
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NYPD to Google: Quit tracking drunk-driving checkpoints on Waze
The New York Police Department would like Google to stop tracking its Driving While Intoxicated (DWI) checkpoint locations.
Over the weekend, the NYPD sent a cease-and-desist letter to Google over a feature in its Waze app that marks police locations. According to the document obtained by NYC Streetsblogs, the NYPD is specifically concerned about the listing of police DWI checkpoints.
“Individuals who post the locations of DWI checkpoints may be engaging in criminal conduct since such actions could be intentional attempts to prevent and/or impair the administration of the DWI laws,” says the letter. “The posting of such information for public consumption is irresponsible since it only serves to aid impaired and intoxicated drivers to evade checkpoints and encourage reckless driving.” Read more…
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View More NYPD to Google: Quit tracking drunk-driving checkpoints on WazeWaze expands its Bluetooth beacons to New York City to end GPS signal blackouts
Drivers in New York City will soon be able to use Waze — and other navigation apps — in places like tunnels or bridges where it’s common to lose a GPS signal. The new capability is courtesy of small open source puck-like devices called Waze Beacons that were invented in-house by Gil Disatnik, an engineer […]
View More Waze expands its Bluetooth beacons to New York City to end GPS signal blackoutsHow Waze kills dead zones in tunnels for all commuters
Just because you’re underground doesn’t mean you have to drive blind.
For commuters who depend on or maximize their drive with a navigation app, heading into tunnels and other low-service areas defeats the whole purpose of using GPS-enabled dir…
Google Maps wants to help you avoid that speeding ticket
Drivers will soon have an extra set of eyes on the road, courtesy of Google.
Google’s navigation app, Google Maps, is starting to roll out speed limit and speed trap features, according to AndroidPolice.com.
A screenshot showing the speed limits feature within Google Maps.
Image: ANDROIDPOLICE.com
With the speed limit feature, drivers using Google Maps will be shown the post speed limit of the road they’re driving on in the lower left side of the app. Speed traps are designated with a small camera icon and shown on the visible area of the map. AndroidPolice’s source also reports that Google Maps provides an audio warning for drivers when they are approaching a speed trap. Read more…
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View More Google Maps wants to help you avoid that speeding ticketBlueRun Ventures closes on $130M, ups Cheryl Cheng to GP
PayPal, Kabbage and Waze investor BlueRun Ventures invests in early-stage mobile software and fintech startups.
View More BlueRun Ventures closes on $130M, ups Cheryl Cheng to GP6D.ai opens up its beta
After wrestling for more than a decade with the development of a technology that would create a three-dimensional map of the physical world, the team at 6D.ai is finally ready to open up to developers its toolkit that the company says has done exactly that. When company chief executive Matt Miesnieks announced the launch of […]
View More 6D.ai opens up its betaGoogle’s Waze has expanded its carpooling app to every US state
Waze Carpool, the app designed to connect drivers and commuters, is now available throughout the U.S. with a special focus on connecting Amazon employees. As part of the nationwide rollout announced Wednesday, Waze said the carpool app will be available at 50 Amazon Fulfillment Centers. The company said it’s partnering with cities, businesses, transit agencies and […]
View More Google’s Waze has expanded its carpooling app to every US stateWaze offers carpool rides like Lyft and Uber, but for way less
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The carpool lane looks so alluring, but as a lone driver it’s very much off limits. Unless you pick someone up to ride along with you.
That’s what the aptly named Waze Carpool service hopes to do: pair riders and drivers looking to share a ride and whiz through traffic — or at least slog through it a bit faster.
On Wednesday, Google-owned navigation app Waze finally expanded its Carpool service throughout the U.S. The low-cost ride-sharing option first rolled out in 2016 in a few U.S. cities and later opened up in California, Massachusetts, Texas, Washington, Illinois, and Nevada. Now it’s in all 50 states. Carpool is also available in Brazil and Israel (Waze started as an Israeli company). Read more…
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View More Waze offers carpool rides like Lyft and Uber, but for way lessComma.ai’s George Hotz ousts George Hotz as CEO
Comma.ai’s board, of which founder George Hotz is the only member, is making changes at the autonomous driving startup: Hotz is no longer CEO of the company. A new CEO, who Hotz declined to name, is expected to be announced Friday via the company’s Medium blog. He confirmed that the CEO is indeed a human […]
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