California regulators on Thursday approved an expansion of citywide robotaxi service in San Francisco, despite reservations from city officials and residents after incidents in which unmanned vehicles have blocked traffic, including the path of emergency vehicles.\nIt will make San Francisco first major U.S. city with two fleets of driverless vehicles competing for passengers against ride-hailing and taxi services dependent on humans to operate the cars.\nLike a lot of people said today, they’re still learning,\" said Evelyn Engel, who opposes expanding driverless rides.\nThis San Francisco resident who spoke at the meeting, says she too believes driverless cars will make streets safer.\nDrivers lose their patience, and it doesn’t feel good,\" said Stacey Randecker, a San Francisco resident who supports driverless taxi rides.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"West Hartford man connected to deadly shooting involving officer appears in court again","slug":"west-hartford-man-connected-to-deadly-shooting-involving-officer-appears-in-court-again","publishDate":"2023-08-10 18:17:05+00:00","createdLocal":"2023-08-11 14:31:07.143515","feedName":"Connected Car","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"A man tied to a deadly shooting by a West Hartford officer was back in court Thursday.\nHe was arraigned on Wednesday in connection to a stolen vehicle that crashed on New Britain Avenue in West Hartford.\nPolice say he and another person tried running away from the scene.\nThe other person tried stealing another car at Town Fair Tire near the crash.\nThe person who was killed and the officer who shot the suspect have not yet been identified.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Robotaxi Companies Win — Can Operate 24/7 In San Francisco","slug":"robotaxi-companies-win-can-operate-24-7-in-san-francisco","publishDate":"2023-08-10 00:00:00","createdLocal":"2023-08-11 14:31:06.642624","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"A hot topic in recent months has been the debate and political fight in San Francisco about whether or not to let robotaxis from Waymo and Cruise operate 24/7.\nNaturally, robotaxi companies and their supporters disagree and believe that robotaxis improve public safety and remove more dangerous drivers from the road (and are just cool).\nThe news today: the vote has finally taken place and these robotaxi companies have been granted the right to do what they’re been eager to do and operate commercially 24/7.\nThe California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) hearing lasted 6 hours, and then the commissioners voted 3-1 in favor of the robotaxi companies.\nIf robotaxi companies don’t get their sh** together with regard to some of the issues raised by critics and concerned community members, the CPUC could change its mind.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Carmakers are playing catch-up with Tesla on air filtration","slug":"carmakers-are-playing-catch-up-with-tesla-on-air-filtration","publishDate":"2023-08-10 14:31:58-04:00","createdLocal":"2023-08-11 14:31:06.605740","feedName":"Connected Car","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"Drivers dealing with wildfire smoke might add one more accessory to the lineup: five small air filters taped to a box fan.\nThis little Apollo 13 apparatus, which can be plugged into a car’s cigarette lighter, is known as a Corsi-Rosenthal box.\n“What’s fascinating is that wildfire smoke seems to have caused a more extreme response than COVID.\nAnd that’s before you factor in wildfire smoke.\nEven short-term exposure to what’s known as PM2.5 pollution can trigger coughing, stinging eyes, a scratchy throat, a runny nose, chest pain, headaches, asthma attacks, fatigue and breathing difficulties.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"The ‘robotaxis’ crowding San Francisco’s streets, and the people who hate them","slug":"the-robotaxis-crowding-san-franciscos-streets-and-the-people-who-hate-them","publishDate":"None","createdLocal":"2023-08-11 14:31:05.623192","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"SAN FRANCISCO (CN) — Anyone on San Francisco’s streets knows its latest technical marvel: cars moving through traffic without a driver.\nUntil Thursday, those vehicles operated throughout San Francisco and parts of nearby cities, only charging fares with a driver present.\nThe companies — which report mileage and collisions to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the California Department of Motor Vehicles — claim their vehicles create safer streets.\nSan Francisco resident Cyrus Hall said that as an engineer, he thinks the companies should pause service to fix glitches and prevent accidents.\nShanin Specter, an injury attorney lecturing at UC Law San Francisco, said he thinks autonomous vehicles have not been proven as safer than human-driven cars.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Police seeking public's help to identify car linked to armed robbery in NE DC","slug":"police-seeking-public-s-help-to-identify-car-linked-to-armed-robbery-in-ne-dc","publishDate":"None","createdLocal":"2023-08-11 14:31:05.004312","feedName":"Connected Car","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"Police seeking public's help to identify car linked to armed robbery in NE DCD.C. Police searching for car connected to armed robbery in Northeast D.C. Aug. 10, 2023 (Credit: Metropolitan Police Department)
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Foley Automotive Update 11 August 2023","slug":"foley-automotive-update-11-august-2023","publishDate":"None","createdLocal":"2023-08-11 14:31:04.685693","feedName":"Connected Car","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"Ann Marie Uetz is a partner and trial attorney with Foley & Lardner LLP, where she represents clients in a variety of industries in all aspects of their contracts and business disputes.\nShe also represents debtors, creditors and secured and unsecured lenders in all facets of restructuring.\nMs. Uetz focuses her practice on business litigation and bankruptcy, two of Foley’s practice areas recently ranked by U.S. News—Best Lawyers® as “national First-Tier” practices in recognition of excellence in client service.\nAnn Marie heads Foley’s Coronavirus Task Force and...
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"WCTC To Offer New Certificates In Artificial Intelligence And Data Analytics","slug":"wctc-to-offer-new-certificates-in-artificial-intelligence-and-data-analytics","publishDate":"2023-08-10 18:48:25+00:00","createdLocal":"2023-08-11 14:31:04.263618","feedName":"Image Recognition","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"Schools WCTC To Offer New Certificates In Artificial Intelligence And Data Analytics Waukesha County Technical College announced plans to offer new certificates in the fall about artificial intelligence and data analytics.\n-- a 23-credit certificate, which digs deeper into the field of AI and dives into predictive analytics, image recognition and natural language processing.\nFoundations of Data Analytics – a 12-credit certificate that serves as an introduction into the fast-growing field of data analytics.\n“These certificates really complement our existing Data and Analytics Specialist program,” said Alli Jerger, associate dean of Information Technology.\nThese new certificates are just the beginning of what WCTC plans to offer for AI programming, Jerger said.
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