Waymo puts the brakes on self-driving trucks program
Waymo is tapping the brakes on self-driving trucks and shifting most of its capital, resources and talent to one commercial bet: ride-hailing. The move, which was announced Wednesday in a company blog post, comes six years after Waymo first tested its autonomous vehicle system in Class 8 trucks. The company
Read moreFor Elon Musk, X equals everything
Image: The Verge Elon Musk has wanted to build X.com into a super app for a very long time. As described by Walter Isaacson, who is writing a Musk biography, when Musk launched the online bank X.com in 1999, his original concept was to turn the website into a “one-stop
Read moreGovernments of Canada and Ontario invest over $22 million for high-speed internet access in rural Ontario
Today, the governments of Canada and Ontario announced a combined investment of C$22 million in the Regional Municipality of Durham to bring high-speed internet access to more than 1,400 homes in 10 communities in Ontario. The ten communities include Ashburn, Columbus, Courtice, Greenbank, Leaskdale, Manchester, Myrtle Station, Raglan, Sunderland and
Read moreGoogle, Microsoft form group to create best practices for emerging AI models
Another industry group has emerged promising to promote best practices for artificial intelligence applications at a time when governments around the world are looking at regulating AI. Google, Microsoft, OpenAI and Anthropic said today they have formed an association to ensure safe and responsible development of emerging AI models. The
Read moreAsk Sophie: Which US visas are best for international founders?
Sophie Alcorn Contributor Share on Twitter Sophie Alcorn is the founder of Alcorn Immigration Law in Silicon Valley and 2019 Global Law Experts Awards’ “Law Firm of the Year in California for Entrepreneur Immigration Services.” She connects people with the businesses and opportunities that expand their lives. More posts by
Read moreHow to make the most of benchmarking data in your tech recruiting
It’s a deceptively simple question: Are our tech recruiting processes working? When you try to answer this question, however, you quickly realize how complex it really is. To start, what do you mean by “working?” What metrics or outcomes indicate success for your team? Then, once you’ve decided which outcomes
Read moreGoogle boosts tablet apps’ visibility on Play Store following Pixel Tablet launch
Following this summer’s launch of the Google Pixel Tablet, the company says it’s updating its Google Play Store to better showcase apps designed for large-screen devices. The changes will help users find high-quality apps for tablets via refreshed app listing pages, ranking and quality improvements, streamlined navigation, and a split-screen
Read moreLoad Balancing: The Intuition Behind the Power of Two Random Choices
Image generated by OpenAI’s DALL-E 2In dynamic resource allocations and load balancing, one of the most well-known and fascinating algorithms is the so-called “power of two random choices,” which proposes a very simple change to the random allocations that yields exponential improvement. I was lucky enough to have implemented this very
Read moreTwitter rival Mammoth adds a personalized For You feed to make its Mastodon client feel familiar
While Instagram Threads is making headlines for adding a chronological Following feed to its Twitter-like app, another popular Mastodon client is doing the opposite — it’s adding a new algorithmic For You feed instead. Mammoth, one of the apps co-founded by a former Twitter app developer and now backed by
Read moreYouTube offers new NFL Sunday Ticket deal for Verizon customers
Verizon and YouTube announced Wednesday a new NFL Sunday Ticket offering for new Verizon mobile and home internet customers. Starting July 27, new Verizon customers who sign up for eligible home internet (Fios 1 Gig, Fios 2 Gig, 5G Home Plus and LTE Home Plus) or mobile services will get
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