How Self-Driving Cars Get Help From Humans Hundreds of Miles Away
The New York Times
Zoox, a self-driving car company owned by Amazon, is deploying robot taxis without steering wheels, driver seats or drivers. But like all other self-driving cars, they still need help from humans.
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The maker of ChatGPT hopes to spur investment from the Middle East and avoid strict regulations on the development of new technologies.
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Days into the new charges, some restaurant owners say suppliers are raising prices. Others are giving customer discounts, and many fear the fallout for workers.
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Scientists have identified a gene that causes production of a substance in some citrus that interferes with many medications.
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Adding crispy sheet-pan gnocchi makes for an easy, texturally delightful one-pan meal in this recipe from Melissa Clark.
Billions in advertising flows through TikTok, which could be banned in the U.S. as soon as Jan. 19. Brands and creators are racing to prepare.
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The results of a new federal analysis were drawn from studies conducted in other countries, where drinking water contains more fluoride than in the United States.
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The surgeon general’s call to arms about the link between drinking and cancer could strike at a fiscal lifeline for restaurateurs facing falling sales.
The Mars Sample Return effort was billions of dollars over budget and not expected to return to Earth with its samples until 2040.
Variant Bio, a small biotech company based in Seattle, is using genetic information from Indigenous people to develop drugs for obesity and diabetes.
The social networking giant will stop using third-party fact checkers and instead rely on users to add notes to posts. It is likely to please President-elect Trump and his conservative allies.
Venomous snakes bite millions of people worldwide each year, killing at least 120,000. Many of them are poor people in rural areas of Africa without easy access to treatment.