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The life-or-death case for self-driving cars

New research from Waymo shows self-driving cars hugely reduce crashes and injuries compared to human drivers. Robot vehicles may be the future of safer roads. #Artificial Intelligence #Google #Technology

2025-05-04T05:00:00-0700 Vox Bryan Walsh ($) 1,000 words

Rated 2025-05-04T10:16:35-0700

Chip Cities Rise in Japan’s Fields of Dreams

The scale of Tokyo’s ambition creates the risk of spectacular failure, but so too does succumbing to decline in a sector the nation once dominated. #City #Government #Infrastructure #Japan

2024-12-11T12:00:02-0800 Bloomberg Gearoid Reidy 3,000 words

Rated 2024-12-17T19:40:14-0800

OpenAI whistleblower found dead in San Francisco apartment

A former OpenAI researcher who raised concerns about the company is dead at 26. #Artificial Intelligence #Lawsuit #Technology

2024-12-13T13:12:51-0800 The Mercury News Jakob Rodgers 2,000 words

Rated 2024-12-13T22:41:55-0800

Oakland’s new school buses don’t just reduce pollution — they double as giant batteries

A new fleet of buses can send power back to the grid, stabilizing it instead of straining it. #City #Technology #Transportation

2024-08-29T01:15:00-0700 Grist Matt Simon 1,000 words

Rated 2024-10-13T20:15:42-0700

How Montreal Built a Blueprint for Bargain Rapid Transit

At $139 million per mile, the REM is far less costly than similar recent projects. Cities with ballooning transit budgets can learn from its approach. #Business #City #Government #Infrastructure #Los Angeles #New York

2023-10-30T06:00:16-0700 Bloomberg 3,000 words

Rated 2023-11-05T22:46:59-0800

Burning Man’s climate protesters have a point

Building a temporary city of 80,000 people in the desert is actually bad for the planet, the climate protesters said. #Burning Man #Culture #Environmentalism #Technology

2023-08-30T08:45:00-0700 Vox Adam Clark Estes 2,000 words

Rated 2023-08-30T15:17:46-0700

The Last Days of Berlin's Gas Streetlamps

Looking at the German city in a different light. #City #Climate Change #Design #History #Politics

2023-06-01T07:00:00-0700 Atlas Obscura Alex Rennie 2,000 words

Rated 2023-06-01T23:45:18-0700

Our crazy farm subsidies, explained

The US offers farm subsidies pretty heavily for some crops, but what began as a temporary measure gradually became more permanent. #Technology

2015-04-20T02:00:23-0700 Grist Amelia Urry 2,000 words

Rated 2023-05-14T22:58:24-0700