Google Acknowledges 11 Accidents Involving Its Self-Driving Cars
Google Inc. revealed Monday that its self-driving cars have been in 11 minor traffic accidents since it began experimenting with the technology six years ago.
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Google Inc. revealed Monday that its self-driving cars have been in 11 minor traffic accidents since it began experimenting with the technology six years ago.
Dan Fredinburg, a Google executive who grew up in the Southland, was among the hundreds who died in a massive earthquake that struck Nepal on Saturday.
Nearly a year after the owner of a Venice building was sued for allegedly violating federal law by destroying the Brooks Avenue mural that served as the backdrop for a 1969 photo of The Doors, artists have secured a small victory, ensuring their work won't be so easily erased.
SpaceX has raised $1 billion from Google and Fidelity in a deal that values the spaceship manufacturer at about $10 billion.
Google will stop selling its Internet-connected eyewear to consumers until the company can develop a more polished and affordable version that's less likely to be viewed as a freakish device.
While there are some companies where the perks cap out at free coffee there are other places where workers are showered with luxuries: on-site massages, getaways, food stipends – the works.
A low-budget anti-Muslim film that sparked violence in the Middle East and death threats to the actors involved was compared with the likes of "Titanic" and "The Lord of the Rings" in a federal appeals court Monday.
A federal appeals court will reconsider a decision to order YouTube to take down an anti-Muslim film clip that sparked violence in the Middle East and death threats to the actors from those who considered it blasphemous to the Prophet Muhammad.
The world's most famous search engine company is expanding its presence in the Southland.
Still in the experimental stage, the pill is packed with tiny magnetic particles, which can travel through a patient's bloodstream, search for malignant cells and report their findings to a sensor on a wearable device.
Hikers on some of Southern California's most popular trails could soon see those ubiquitous Google Street View cameras.
Your car will soon do more to help avoid a crash. But as for leaving the driving to the vehicle while you relax, don't get your hopes up. That's the message from Toyota.
Google says autonomous vehicles will eliminate human error.
Autonomous vehicle developers are testing self-driving cars on public streets, but don't expect to buy your own just yet.
A Westside consumer advocacy group wants the DMV to hit the brakes on putting driverless cars on California roads.
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Google will build a car without a steering wheel with hopes of having 100 prototypes on public roads in a year.
California has new rules that govern the testing of self-driving cars on public roads.
Google says that cars it is programming to drive themselves have started to master the navigation of city streets and the challenges they bring, from jaywalkers to weaving bicyclists — a critical milestone for any commercially available self-driving car technology.
A confounding computer bug called "Heartbleed" is causing major security headaches across the Internet.
Sooner or later, consumers will be able to buy cars that rely on computers — not the owner — to do the driving.
A citation was thrown out Thursday against a woman believed to be the first motorist in the country ticketed for driving while wearing a Google Glass computer-in-eyeglass device.
With the start of the holiday shopping season just days away, a consumer group says taking Google along with you to compare prices might end up costing you twice as much.
An early adopter of Google's Internet-connected eyeglasses plans to fight a citation for wearing the device while driving in San Diego, saying the technology makes navigation easier than smartphones and GPS devices.
In some ways, computers make ideal drivers: They don't drink and then climb behind the wheel.
