Congressional hearings can be dull affairs. But a gathering of the House Energy and Commerce committee on January 13, focusing on bills affecting the auto industry, shot off as many sparks as a ...

GIDDINGS — Most weekdays, weather permitting, drones circle quietly above 750 acres of open land at this site about 50 miles east of Austin, flying laps a few hundred feet above the ground. But they ...

GeekWire chronicles the Pacific Northwest startup scene. Sign up for our weekly startup newsletter, and check out the GeekWire funding tracker and VC directory. by Kurt Schlosser on Feb 3, 2026 at ...

Uber wants to capitalize on the emergence of self-driving cars — not by handing the wheel to AI-powered drivers, but rather by tapping the mountain of potentially valuable data the rideshare company ...

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Data analysts at Wood Mackenzie say that 2026 is the turning point for autonomous vehicles, with the industry’s global fleet exploding to ten times its current size by 2030. That will mean deployment ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Governor Kathy Hochul’s state of the state address included a proposal to advance the autonomous vehicle pilot program, which could bring Waymo self-driving cars to Rochester by the ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Tesla’s autonomous vehicle, Robotaxi, has completed its first fully unsupervised rides in Austin, according to a self-proclaimed AV enthusiast, David Moss. Moss poses with his Tesla ...

An admission by a Waymo executive during a U.S. Senate hearing has drawn renewed scrutiny to how autonomous vehicles operate when technology alone is not enough. “The Waymo phones a human friend for ...

Java Development Kit (JDK) 26, a planned update to standard Java due March 17, 2026, has reached its second release candidate (RC) stage. The RC is open for critical bug fixes, with the feature set ...

The company's chief safety officer testified before lawmakers on Wednesday, Feb. 4, less than two weeks after a child was hit by a Waymo vehicle Smith Collection/Gado/Getty An executive at Waymo has ...

Waymo and Tesla urged lawmakers to pass legislation to regulate autonomous vehicles or risk getting lapped by China. But the senators didn’t sound like they were any closer to an agreement. Waymo and ...