Autonomous Vehicles: The Future of Transportation
Noor Imtiaz Autonomous vehicles are no longer simply the future of transportation; smart cars capable of driving themselves are already here. The real challenge is their integration into the everyday fabric of…
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Drone shuts down Dubai International Airport
On Friday morning, a drone sighting forced authorities to ground flights to and from the Dubai International Airport. The halt remained in effect for half an hour. Between 10:13 to 10:45…
Uber rolls out its rider loyalty program
Muhammad Zeshan Sarwar Riders found out today that an Uber loyalty program has gone live in San Francisco and other locations in the US. The program tallies how much you spent on Uber…
Lyft is looking to introduce AR and VR for passengers
TechCrunch has come across some interesting patents filed by Lyft. It appears the ride-sharing company is looking to bring AR and VR tech to its passengers in the near future.…
The best of CES’s cutting-edge car tech
Areen Zahra 2018 was a huge year for cars and car tech. But now that the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) has revved its engines, it looks like 2019 is poised to be…
Google Assistant now assists the traveler in all of us
Muhammad Nouman Sarwar Google made a splash at CES19 with its announcement of all the new features for its Google Assistant. Some of the more intriguing new features will make the Assistant a…
Harley Davidson’s Electric Motorbike makes it to CES19
Yesterday at CES, Harley Davidson announced that it has started taking orders for its futuristic all-electric bikes from project LiveWire. The two-wheel vehicle made its first public appearance in 2014.…
Rolls-Royce tests its first autonomous ship
Now that self-driving cars are hitting the roads for testing, it looks like self-driving ships are primed to take over the waters. Rolls-Royce has announced that it will create remote-controlled and…
Gatwick drone suspects released without charge
Sussex Police arrested two suspects after the drone chaos at Gatwick. However, after holding the 47-year-old man and his 54-year-old wife from Crawley, West Sussex for less than a day, they…
Two rogue drones caused chaos and shut down at Gatwick Airport
Gatwick Airport is the second largest airport in the UK. Recently, drones forced authorities to close the entire airport and ground flights for all of Wednesday night through Thursday afternoon.…
Uber and Lyft are all set to go public with their files
Soon after Lyft foiled its paperwork to go public, the ride-hailing giant and Lyft’s competitor Uber jumped to the battlefield. Uber too, following Lyft, filed its S1 with Security Exchange…
Self Driving Taxi Service “Waymo One” Goes Live
Waymo is the self-driving subsidiary of Alphabet Inc. It launched its first commercial autonomous ride-hailing service in the Phoenix suburbs on Wednesday. It was a pivotal moment for the former…
Uber may buy Lime or Bird to launch its own scooter service
Fazeel Ashraf Uber’s recent acquisition of Jump might be just the tipping point of the company buying other e-scooter startups. The cab-hailing service seems to buy other e-scooter sharing services Bird and…
Uber has been fined 1 million Euros for a data breach in 2016
It seems like everyone’s past eventually comes to haunt them. Uber is no exception to this rule. The cab-hailing company was fined 600,000 Euros for violating Dutch data breach regulation…
Uber launches its own traffic calculator
In a bold move, Uber confirmed that it is indeed in the process of parting ways from Google traffic, and launched its own real-time traffic calculator instead. This decision shouldn’t…
