The companies plan to begin offering the service this year, expanding later to Austin, Texas. A human will still be behind the wheel.
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Home and office routers come under attack by China state hackers, France warns
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) China state hackers are compromising large numbers of home and office routers for use in a vast and ongoing attack against organizations in France, authorities from that county said. The hacking group—known in security circles as APT31, Zirconium, Panda, and other names—has historically conducted espionage campaigns targeting government, financial, aerospace and...
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Lyft ditches Google Maps for Here, partners with Argo AI
Enlarge / Lyft will switch its map provider from Google to Here. (credit: Lyft) The ride-hailing company Lyft is changing up its search data and places provider, which until now have been powered by Google. Lyft will now use Here instead. Lyft says the switch will mean a better search database for places and addresses...
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China Breached Dozens of Pipeline Companies in Past Decade, U.S. Says
The disclosure about the breadth of state-sponsored cyberattacks was part of a warning to pipeline owners to increase the security of their systems to stave off future intrusions.
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Can A.I. Grade Your Next Test?
Neural networks could give online education a boost by providing automated feedback to students.
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A Renewal for IBM Campuses Once Home to Punch Cards and Circuit Boards
When Big Blue left upstate New York, economic pain ensued. But the large complexes left behind are ideally suited for large-scale production and shipping, local officials say.
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Can Apple’s AirTags Find Lost Pets?
We look at the pros and cons of using Apple’s AirTag tracking device to find our missing dogs and cats.
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How Disney is Chipping Away at Netflix’s Dominance
New data shows Netflix, long the king of streaming, is losing attention as subscribers shift to competitors like Disney+ and Amazon Prime Video.
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Two-for-Tuesday vulnerabilities send Windows and Linux users scrambling
Enlarge The world woke up on Tuesday to two new vulnerabilities—one in Windows and the other in Linux—that allow hackers with a toehold in a vulnerable system to bypass OS security restrictions and access sensitive resources. As operating systems and applications become harder to hack, successful attacks typically require two or more vulnerabilities. One vulnerability...
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Our AI headline experiment continues: Did we break the machine?
Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images) We’re in phase three of our machine-learning project now—that is, we’ve gotten past denial and anger, and we’re now sliding into bargaining and depression. I’ve been tasked with using Ars Technica’s trove of data from five years of headline tests, which pair two ideas against each other in...