Posts by Y@DminG
DoorDash’s New Paid Tasks Turn Couriers into AI and Robot Trainers
DoorDash Inc. is paying delivery couriers in some markets to submit video clips and complete other digital tasks to help improve artificial intelligence and robotics models, following competitors that have found creative new uses for gig workers in the AI … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreNHTSA Closes Defect Petition Covering 2 Million Tesla Vehicles
The U.S. auto safety regulator on Friday rejected a petition seeking a sweeping recall of about 2.26 million Tesla vehicles, saying it had found no evidence of a safety-related defect. The decision removes the immediate risk of a large-scale recall … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreGerman Court Rejects Bid to Ban Mercedes And BMW’s Fossil-Fuel Cars
Environmentalists suffered a setback on Monday when Germany’s top appeals court threw out their cases seeking to ban Mercedes-Benz and BMW from selling new combustion-engine cars from November 2030. The federal court of justice in Karlsruhe upheld lower court rulings … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreTakeda, Lilly Rejected by Supreme Court on Actos Fraud Lawsuit
The U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for a multibillion-dollar racketeering lawsuit that accuses Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. and Eli Lilly & Co. of marketing the Actos diabetes drug without disclosing its link to bladder cancer. In a one-line order Monday, … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreSouthwest Heat Wave Tumbles Records, Raises Fire Risk
Nearly 9.5 million people across the U.S. Southwest face extreme high temperatures, as an ongoing heat wave continues to topple records and raise the risk of wildfires as far away as the Great Plains. Las Vegas reached 96F (36C) Saturday, … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreDistracted Driving: Why Awareness Alone Isn’t Working
Although the dangers of distracted driving are taught in every driver’s education course, more than one-third of drivers admit to doing it anyway. Research from the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety highlights that even though drivers support additional restrictions to … Source: Claims Journal
Read More‘Tag Man’ Charged With Title-Washing $3.8 Million in Stolen Luxury Autos
A Philadelphia man has been charged for his alleged role in a vehicle title-washing scheme involving dozens of stolen luxury vehicles valued at nearly $4 million, according to state police and prosecutors. Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday said an investigation … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreFlorida’s Home Hardening Grant Plan Is Massive, Popular—and Flawed, Critics Say
Florida’s $833 million My Safe Florida Home mitigation program is as popular as ever, providing grants for homeowners to harden their homes and install new roofs. But it’s wasteful, is a tax-dollar giveaway, and has some glaring issues that do … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreCyclone Forces Mine Closures as Winds Lash North Australia
Tropical cyclone Narelle struck Australia’s northern Queensland coast on Friday, bringing destructive winds and heavy rains that forced miners to shutter multiple sites in the region. Rio Tinto Group temporarily closed two bauxite mines, the Amrun and Andoom, as a … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreTesla Expects Dutch Decision on Self-Driving Technology by April 10
Tesla Europe expects a decision by April 10 from the Dutch vehicle authority RDW on whether to approve Full Self-Driving technology in the Netherlands, it said on Friday. A spokesperson for RDW, which handles type approvals for Tesla in Europe, … Source: Claims Journal
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