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JPMorgan Wants $162 Million From Tesla Because of Elon Musk's Tweets

An infamous 2018 Twitter quip resulted in some major financial fallout between the bank and automaker.

Shoshana Wodinsky

11/16/21 3:40PM

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DOJ Says Uber Charged Passengers With Disabilities Illegal 'Wait Time' Fees

The suit claims that Uber charged riders who needed more time to enter vehicles fees and then refused to refund them.

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'Cooperative Perception' Could Help Autonomous Vehicles See Pedestrians Around Corners

Information sharing between cars on the road and roadside sensor units could allow vehicles to anticipate obstacles…

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Tesla Is Rolling Out a New Insurance Program With Rates Calculated by Surveilling Drivers

The company's latest insurance product is available to customers in Texas today.

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Here Are the Right-Wing Goons Who Spread BS Rumors Southwest Airline Delays Were Due to Covid-19 Vaccines

Conservatives spread completely baseless theories that a spontaneous uprising of anti-vaxx patriots was behind mass…

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Former Boeing Manager Indicted for Lying to FAA About 737 Max Plane Before Crashes

The Boeing manager allegedly learned about problems with the 737 Max a year before the first crash.

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Waze and Headspace Want You to 'Find More Joy' While You Drive, Whatever That Means

The two companies have teamed up to make your commute more chill.

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Bird Scooters Will Now Annoy Riders Into Getting Off the Damn Sidewalk

If the endless beeps and phone notifications aren't enough for badly behaved riders, the company will just grind…

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Uber Says It's on Track to Maybe Make a Fake Profit

Uber says it will break even or profit on operations for the first time, but only by excluding many of its expenses.

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NASA Flight Tests of Futuristic ‘Air Taxi’ Are Finally Underway

Joby Aviation is pitching the high-tech aerial vehicle as the “Uber of the air.”

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Waymo Has Stopped Selling Its Homegrown Lidar Sensors to Other Companies

Alphabet's autonomous vehicle arm will stop selling its lidar sensors and focus instead on growing the business of…

Florence Ion

8/27/21 2:10PM

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The FAA Really Wants Airports to Stop Letting Passengers Take Booze Onto Planes and Wreck Stuff

The FAA has asked airports to more strictly enforce policies that prohibit passengers from bringing airport alcohol…

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Frontier Airlines Attendants Put on Paid Leave After Duct-Taping Violent Passenger to Seat

The passenger in question allegedly groped two flight attendants and assaulted another before being restrained.

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FAA Orders Airlines to Inspect Thousands of Boeing 737 Jets Due to Fear of Switch Failures

The FAA has found the failure rate of switches on 737 jets that control cabin pressure is "much higher than…

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Feds Say Tesla and Other Automakers Must Report Crashes Involving Automated Vehicles

The new rules apply to virtually all advanced driver assistance or autonomous driving systems.

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United Airlines Buys 270 New Airplanes in Largest Order of the Past Decade

The order is expected to increase domestic capacity for United by almost 30%.

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American Airlines Cancels Hundreds of Flights Through Mid-July

The airline blames staff shortages and increased demand for flights as the covid-19 pandemic settles down in the U.S.

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Tesla's Autopilot Mode Crashed a Car Right Into a Washington State Cop

Tesla’s infamous Autopilot mode faced its latest reckoning this past weekend after it caused a driver to careen…

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Washed-Up Influencer Arrested For Driving His Tesla From The Backseat, Says 'Elon Musk Really Knows What He’s Doing'

After the California Highway Patrol alerted locals of a man who seemed to be riding from the backseat of his Tesla…

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Being a Dick on a Plane Could Cost You $32,750

The Federal Aviation Administration is upping its “zero tolerance” war on pandemic passengers who disrupt flights by…

Tom McKay

5/06/21 6:01PM

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