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Alphabet’s Waymo is recalling more than 1,200 self-driving vehicles to update software and address risks of collisions with chains, gates, and other roadway barriers after U.S. auto safety investigators opened a probe last year. Reuters reported. The recall affects 1,212 Waymo vehicles operating on the company’s fifth-generation automated driving system software, the company said. Waymo has over 1,500 vehicles on
Apple today announced new accessibility features coming later this year, including the Accessibility Nutrition Labels, which will provide more detailed information for apps and games on the App Store. Users who are blind or have low vision can explore, learn, and interact using the new Magnifier app for Mac; take notes and perform calculations with the new Braille Access feature;
The U.S. and China on Monday agreed to temporarily suspend most tariffs on each other’s goods in a move that shows a major thawing of trade tensions between the world’s two largest economies, CNBC reported. The trade agreement means that “reciprocal” tariffs between both countries will be cut from 125% to 10%. The U.S’ 20% duties on Chinese imports relating
Google will pay the state of Texas $1.375 billion to resolve two privacy lawsuits claiming the tech giant tracks Texans’ personal location and maintains their facial recognition data, both without there consent, Bloomberg Law reported. Google announced the settlement Friday, ending yearslong battles with Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton over the state’s strict laws on user data. “This settles a
President Trump ripped former President Biden’s high-speed internet program Thursday, vowing to end what he called a “racist” and ‘illegal’ initiative, The Hill reported. Trump said he spoke with Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, about the Biden-era Digital Equity Act, which allocated about $2.75 billion for programs that provide technology, including the internet, and skills for all Americans. “We [Trump and
Apple is preparing for a future without its $20 billion annual deal with Google, which pays to be the default search engine in Safari. While losing this revenue stream would be a blow to Apple, it could be devastating for Google, which shares 36% of its Safari search ad revenue with Apple. In court, Apple executive Eddy Cue hinted at
Palworld developer Pocketpair has released a statement regarding changes to its monster catching survival game which were made due to its ongoing Pokémon lawsuit, Eurogamer reported. Nintendo announced it was suing Pocketpair for infringement of “multiple” patents toward the end of last year. It was later confirmed the lawsuit was targeting three patents in particular. Then, as part of a