This act resulted in significant damage and is a clear indication that we need to address the growing issue of vandalism ...

Mike Johns was headed to Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix, and he decided to take a Waymo self-driving rideshare car — the autonomous vehicles run by Google parent company Alphabet. But ...

Waymo’s acceleration was all the more striking in a year that saw General Motors shut its Cruise robotaxi unit after pouring ...

Google-backed Waymo moves ahead with expansion plans in a number of US cities in 2025, after a successful 2024 that saw 150,000 robotaxi rides every day. Amazon-backed Zoox is gearing up to expand ...

Society accepts that humans make mistakes, but it will also need to decide an acceptable level of error from AI too, says ...

Waymo lobbyists had a busy 2024. A recent review of lobbyist disclosure data by the San Francisco Examiner revealed Waymo paid lobbyists to meet with San Francisco government officials 348 times ...

A deadly, multi-car collision in San Francisco on Sunday evening marks the first time in the U.S. that a truly autonomous vehicle, with no one in the driver’s seat, has been involved in a fatal ...

A security researcher found a hidden unreleased feature in the Waymo app that allowed her to display whatever characters she wanted on the robotaxi’s top display. Jane Manchun Wong, a well-known ...

Waymo more than doubled its lobbying of San Francisco officials in 2024, according to city disclosures updated last week. The ...

Jane Manchun Wong, a security researcher known for her expertise in uncovering hidden features, recently discovered an ...

As Google Maps turns 20, it's mapping more countries and rolling out generative AI capabilities to keep dominance as the ...