Journalist’s Expulsion From Hong Kong ‘Sends a Chilling Message’
More than 15,000 people have signed a petition asking why the semiautonomous Chinese city decided to expel a Financial Times editor.
Hong Kong Plans to Expel a Financial Times Editor
The newspaper said Hong Kong will not renew a work visa for Victor Mallet, heightening fears of deteriorating media freedoms in the semiautonomous Chinese city.
Toyota, SoftBank in first-ever alliance, target self-driving car services
Toyota Motor Corp and SoftBank Group Corp are teaming up to develop self-driving car services, signaling deepening alliances between top automaker and tech firms as the global race to develop autonomous cars intensifies.
Honda to invest $2.75 billion in GM’s self-driving car unit
Honda Motor Co Ltd will invest $2.75 billion and take a 5.7 percent stake in General Motors Co’s Cruise self-driving vehicle unit, to jointly develop autonomous vehicles for deployment in ride services fleets around the world.
Honda buys in to GM Cruise self-driving unit
Honda Motor Co Ltd will invest $2 billion over 12 years in General Motors Co’s Cruise autonomous vehicle unit after paying $750 million for a stake in the project, seen as among the leaders in self-driving car development.
Renault-Nissan, Daimler mull extending alliance to autonomous, battery tech
Renault-Nissan and Daimler may expand their cooperation to battery and autonomous cars technology and mobility services, the companies said on Wednesday.
Iraq’s Kurds vote in a parliamentary election
A year after a failed bid for independence, Iraq’s Kurds will be voting again on Sunday, this time in a parliamentary election that could disrupt the delicate balance of power in their semi-autonomous region.
China’s Alibaba doubles down on chips amid cloud computing push
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd will set up a dedicated chip subsidiary and aims to launch its first self-developed AI inference chip in the second half of 2019 that could be used for autonomous driving, smart cities and logistics.
BMW drives to cut battery costs, share costs on autonomous vehicles: executive
German luxury vehicle maker BMW AG plans more deals with mining companies to secure electric vehicle battery materials, and is open to forming alliances to share the costs of developing autonomous-vehicle systems, the automaker’s research and development chief told Reuters.
Blackmore Is Betting the Rest Of the Lidar Industry Has It All Wrong
Lidar is king when it comes to autonomous vehicle sensors, but Blackmore wants to raise the ante further, with increased range and integrated velocity measurement in its FMCW Doppler lidar product. The post Blackmore Is Betting the Rest Of the Lidar Industry Has It All Wrong appeared first on ExtremeTech.