Autonomous car project may be driving Apple R&D spending

Could the development of an autonomous vehicle finally lead Apple to narrow the gap in research-and-development spending with Google? It looks like it, at least based on the companies’ latest quarterly filings, especially as execs at Alphabet — Google’s recently...
Lyft rolls out add-a-stop feature

Lyft rolls out add-a-stop feature

It’s a familiar experience for ride-hailing drivers: a group of passengers get picked up from a bar, and each one wants to go home to a different place. Or a guy needs to make a last-minute stop at the flower shop on the way to an anniversary dinner with his...
Uber to give up its China venture, join rival

Uber to give up its China venture, join rival

Uber is throwing in the towel in China, agreeing to be bought out by its biggest rival in the country, Didi Chuxing, in exchange for a 20 percent share in a company reorganized under the Didi banner. The deal, reported late Sunday, ends the ride-hailing giant’s...
MIT campus to be invaded by self driving golf carts

MIT campus to be invaded by self driving golf carts

When students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology return en masse in the fall they will likely be sharing campus roads and walkways with self-driving mini-cars. Ford Motor Company is partnering with the prestigious university to test what are essentially...
Timeline for Fatal Tesla Autopilot Crash

Timeline for Fatal Tesla Autopilot Crash

This week, the head of the company that has supplied image-recognition chips for Tesla’s autopilot system disclosed that the two were parting ways. While neither Mobileye nor Tesla pointed any fingers, it appears likely that Tesla pulled the plug — and that the fatal...