The Authors Guild has lost yet another legal battle in a long-running dispute over who can access digital copies of library books created under Google’s book-scanning program. Read more »
Tesla lost a significant battle last week in the state of New Jersey when the state decided to block direct sales of Tesla vehicles. Tesla has prided itself on having tight… Read more »
The U.S, government is moving on new rules requiring future vehicles come with Wi-Fi technology necessary for cars to communicate with one another. The goal is to prevent accidents, but networked… Read more »
The spinning whirligigs on top of this Ford Fusion Hybrid aren’t a new kind of roof rack. They’re Lidar mounts, painting a 360-degree 3D picture of the car’s surroundings in real… Read more »
Most connected vehicle technologies have focused squarely on the car, but BMW and Honda are working with the University of MIchigan and Cohda Wireless to develop autonomous driving technologies that work… Read more »
Interference and clogs over wireless networks could be reduced with software that acts like a wireless traffic light. GapSense allows heterogeneous devices to talk to each other. Read more »
To improve K-12 education, billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates believes schools need better ways to measure and improve teacher progress. A few startups are beginning to make inroads on that front. Read more »
Ford and University of Michigan researchers are experimenting with interior coatings that will combat microbial buildup left by grubby hands on the steering wheel and radio dial. In short, Ford is… Read more »
In photojournalist Rick Smolan’s latest book, The Human Face of Big Data, he shares more than 100 stories revealing the concrete, mind-blowingly powerful ways big data is changing how we consume… Read more »
Earlier this week, online ed startup Coursera said it added a dozen new universities and raised an additional $6 million. A contract between the company and a university partner, obtained by… Read more »