The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed suit against Tesla on Thursday, accusing the automaker of violating federal law by tolerating widespread and ongoing racial harassment of its Black employees and subjecting some workers to retaliation for opposing harassment.The lawsuit from the federal agency responsible for enforcing civil rights laws against workplace discrimination is one of several against Tesla for racial bias. The California Civil Rights Department sued Tesla in 2022 over similar allegations. And in April a jury ordered Tesla to pay a Black former worker,...…The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed suit against Tesla on Thursday, accusing the automaker of violating federal law by tolerating widespread and ongoing racial harassment of its Black employees and subjecting some workers to retaliation for opposing harassment.The lawsuit from the federal agency responsible for enforcing civil rights laws against workplace discrimination is one of several against Tesla for racial bias. The California Civil Rights Department sued Tesla in 2022 over similar allegations. And in April a jury ordered Tesla to pay a Black former worker,...WW…

industry is dominated by talk of robotaxis, self-driving trucks, sidewalk delivery robots and passenger vehicles like Teslas with automated driving functions. You know, the sexy side of autonomy.Not much attention has been paid to the type of autonomy Steer Tech, a Maryland-based AV startup, has been pursuing — something the company’s founder and CEO Anuja Sonalker calls “endpoint autonomy.”Since it was founded in 2016, Steer has focused on providing high-level autonomy for valet parking, a bit of tech that it’s been quietly earning revenue on by selling it to automakers.Steer is now...…industry is dominated by talk of robotaxis, self-driving trucks, sidewalk delivery robots and passenger vehicles like Teslas with automated driving functions. You know, the sexy side of autonomy.Not much attention has been paid to the type of autonomy Steer Tech, a Maryland-based AV startup, has been pursuing — something the company’s founder and CEO Anuja Sonalker calls “endpoint autonomy.”Since it was founded in 2016, Steer has focused on providing high-level autonomy for valet parking, a bit of tech that it’s been quietly earning revenue on by selling it to automakers.Steer is now...WW…

Move over Citi Bike, there’s a new docked, shared bike service in town — only this one is all electric. Next week, JOCO will be the first shared operator in New York City to launch a network of e-bike stations on private property for public use.The service, powered by shared mobility platform Vulog, will start with 30 stations and 300 e-bikes located around Manhattan on Monday, expanding to 100 stations and 1,000 bikes by June. This is not the first new shared operator to hit the streets of New York this year. . But while Bird, Lime and Veo are restricted to operating in a section of the...…Move over Citi Bike, there’s a new docked, shared bike service in town — only this one is all electric. Next week, JOCO will be the first shared operator in New York City to launch a network of e-bike stations on private property for public use.The service, powered by shared mobility platform Vulog, will start with 30 stations and 300 e-bikes located around Manhattan on Monday, expanding to 100 stations and 1,000 bikes by June. This is not the first new shared operator to hit the streets of New York this year. . But while Bird, Lime and Veo are restricted to operating in a section of the...WW…

Starting this week, some Domino’s customers in Houston can have a pizza delivered without ever interacting with a human.The pizza delivery giant said Monday it has partnered with autonomous delivery vehicle startup Nuro to allow select customers to have their pizzas dropped at their door via Nuro’s R2 robot.“There is still so much for our brand to learn about the autonomous delivery space,” Dennis Maloney, Domino’s senior vice president and chief innovation officer said in a statement. “This program will allow us to better understand how customers respond to the deliveries, how they...…Starting this week, some Domino’s customers in Houston can have a pizza delivered without ever interacting with a human.The pizza delivery giant said Monday it has partnered with autonomous delivery vehicle startup Nuro to allow select customers to have their pizzas dropped at their door via Nuro’s R2 robot.“There is still so much for our brand to learn about the autonomous delivery space,” Dennis Maloney, Domino’s senior vice president and chief innovation officer said in a statement. “This program will allow us to better understand how customers respond to the deliveries, how they...WW…

BETAThis is a BETA experience. You may opt-out by Sep 30, 2020,A recent found that about a quarter of Americans get their news on YouTube, a space where you can bounce from the latest Taylor Swift music video to one man in a basement aggressively spouting conspiracy theories as facts to how to pick a lock to CNN and back to T-Swift.“The study finds a news landscape on YouTube in which established news organizations and independent news creators thrive side by side – and consequently, one where established news organizations no longer have full control over the news Americans watch,”...…BETAThis is a BETA experience. You may opt-out by Sep 30, 2020,A recent found that about a quarter of Americans get their news on YouTube, a space where you can bounce from the latest Taylor Swift music video to one man in a basement aggressively spouting conspiracy theories as facts to how to pick a lock to CNN and back to T-Swift.“The study finds a news landscape on YouTube in which established news organizations and independent news creators thrive side by side – and consequently, one where established news organizations no longer have full control over the news Americans watch,”...WW…