California bill to ban driverless autonomous trucks goes to Newsom’s desk
In a blow to the autonomous trucking industry, the California Senate passed a bill Monday that requires a trained human safety operator to be present any time a self-driving, heavy-duty vehicle operates on public roads in the state. In effect, the bill bans driverless AV trucks. AB 316, which passed
Read moreWhy Lime says the time is almost right to go public
Lime, the startup with shared e-scooters and e-bikes in 280 cities around the world, has been talking about going public for years. Now, Lime CEO Wayne Ting says the economic stars are finally aligning to actually make it happen. The public markets have been in the doldrums for nearly two
Read moreIndian consumers’ rising appetite for premium
Indian consumers, traditionally seen as price-conscious, are showing a growing appetite for premium items across a range of sectors, from real estate to smartphones and luxury hotels. The trend, documented by AllianceBernstein analysts in a note to clients this week, signals a shift in the spending habits in the world’s
Read moreHTML5 Template: A Basic Boilerplate for Any Project
Tired of building HTML5 templates from scratch? Learn the key elements of an HTML5 document, and grab our free, ready-to-use boilerplate. Continue reading HTML5 Template: A Basic Boilerplate for Any Project on SitePoint.
Read moreTaiwan-based lifestyle app FunNow merges with Eatigo to broaden its Southeast Asia reach
FunNow, the Taiwan-based app that lets users book activities on-demand in five Asian countries, is growing its reach in Southeast Asia through a merger with restaurant booking app Eatigo. Terms of the deal were undisclosed, but FunNow CEO TK Chen says it is the largest post-COVID O2O M&A deal in
Read moreRecovering From an Emotional Outburst At Work
You can’t go back in time and fix your overreaction, but you can certainly build emotional agility — move on with curiosity, courage and…Continue reading on Better Programming »
Read moreMGM ‘cybersecurity issue’ shuts down slot machines and ATMs in Las Vegas casinos
Illustration by Carlo Cadenas / The Verge A “cybersecurity issue” at MGM Resorts has forced the famous hotel and casino company to shut down many of its systems, according to a statement the company posted just before noon ET on X (formerly Twitter). MGM replaced its homepage with a message
Read moreMax Q: Elon says Starship is ready, FAA says not quite
In this issue: Musk says Starship is "ready to launch," FAA says not yet; news from SpaceX; and more
Read moreBattery recycling heats up with Ascend Elements’ $542M Series D
Venture funding for battery recycling startups is popping off lately, and the latest to see the IRA-driven upside is Ascend Elements, which announced a massive $542 million in Series D funding on top of $480 million in earlier DoE grants. The eight-year-old company recycles lithium batteries into black mass and
Read moreHyperellipsoid surface area
Dimension 2 The equation for the perimeter of an ellipse is where a is the semimajor axis, e is eccentricity, and E is a special function. The equation is simple, in the sense that it has few terms, but it is not elementary, because it depends on an advanced function, the
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