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Most Americans still have to commute every day. Jenn Ackerman for The New York TimesLike a majority of Americans, Ms. Hargreaves was unable to do her work at home. Source: American Community Survey Note: Average commute length for 2020 is not included. The average commute distance changed much less, an indication that commuters are driving faster — but also, more people are driving. “A lot of our choice riders, we're still working to influence them to re-choose transit,” Ms. Tucker said.

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☆ Air New Zealand warns of operations impact from Pratt & Whitney engine issue
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-06 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

An Air New Zealand Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner plane taxis at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. November 30, 2018. The carrier in October had flagged a nominal financial impact in the first half of 2024 related to the engine issue. Air New Zealand warned in September the engine inspections would have a "significant" impact on its flight schedule from next year. Air New Zealand added it will have to ground up to four aircraft at any one time due to the engine maintenance issues. The airline has 17 A320/321neo jets in its fleet of 108 aircraft, servicing Australia and the Pacific Island markets and the domestic market in New Zealand.

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☆ India's aviation watchdog proposes less work, more rest for pilots - draft
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-04 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas Acquire Licensing RightsNEW DELHI, Nov 4 (Reuters) - India's air safety watchdog proposes reduced night work hours and more rest for pilots, among measures to address rising complaints of pilot fatigue, according to draft regulations seen by Reuters on Saturday. The proposal from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation come more than two months after it decided to conduct a review of pilot fatigue data collected during spot checks and surveillance of airlines. The review was launched after an IndiGo (INGL.NS) pilot collapsed and died in August before his flight. Changes would include cutting the maximum flight duty period to 10 hours from 13 hours for pilots operating at night, and increasing the minimum weekly rest period to 48 hours from 36 hours. IndiGo, India's biggest airline, has said the pilot who died had a 27-hour break before duty and was in good health.

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Two months ago, Kyle Vogt, the chief executive of Cruise, choked up as he recounted how a driver killed a 4-year-old girl in a stroller at a San Francisco intersection. I get emotional.”To make streets safer, he said in an interview, cities should embrace self-driving cars like those designed by Cruise, a subsidiary of General Motors. Now Mr. Vogt’s driverless car company faces its own safety concerns as he contends with angry regulators, anxious employees and skepticism about his management and the viability of a business that he has often said will save lives while generating billions of dollars. On Oct. 2, a car hit a woman in a San Francisco intersection and flung her into the path of one of Cruise’s driverless taxis. The Cruise car ran over her, briefly stopped, and then dragged her some 20 feet before pulling to the curb, causing severe injuries.

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An eighteen-wheeler sat motionless at the intersection of 26th Street and Fourth Avenue in Brooklyn, completely blocking traffic in all directions. The New York City Marathon, a challenging 26.2-mile foot race that snakes across the city on the first Sunday in November each year, is the stage for some of the most remarkable athletes in the world. It is generally considered the largest marathon in the world, with almost 48,000 contestants last year. But they had no lost trucks to contend with, no red lights, yellow taxis or blue buses. On race day, like this Sunday, the course is cleared of traffic.

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Eventually he found a ride, but he and the driver were terrified while driving from central Gaza on the enclave’s empty streets. Family members of those who could evacuate were sometimes barred from leaving, because they did not have foreign citizenship or the necessary documents, forcing people into difficult decisions. “We just want one thing: Help us to leave Gaza,” Ms. Abu Middain said. Mkhaimar Abu Sada, 58, an associate professor of political science at Al-Azhar University in Gaza, was accompanying his two sons, both in their 20s, at the Rafah crossing on Thursday. He said they had American citizenship, but that he was not allowed to leave because he has only an American green card.

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☆ Uber, Lyft to pay $328 million to settle wage-theft allegations in New York state
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Lauren Feiner | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Uber and Lyft agreed to pay a combined $328 million to settle allegations the ride-hailing companies unlawfully withheld wages from drivers and failed to provide mandatory paid sick leave in New York state, Attorney General Letitia James' office said Thursday. Uber will pay $290 million and Lyft will pay $38 million. The state AG's office said it's the largest wage-theft settlement it's won. The companies also agreed to ongoing changes in how they pay drivers and offer benefits in the Empire State. The minimum rate would apply from "dispatch to completion of the ride," according to a press release from the AG's office.

Persons: Dara Khosrowshahi, Uber, Lyft, Letitia James, it's, James, Lyft systemically, they'll Organizations: New York Stock Exchange, Empire State, Black, New York City, Drivers, CNBC, YouTube Locations: New York, Empire, New York City

On Tuesday an Israeli strike at the Jabalia refugee camp in north Gaza killed dozens of people according to hospital authorities, leaving a moonscape of craters. In Khan Younis, Farida Abu Azzam was taking her husband to hospital for his cancer treatment. In a shelter for displaced people in a U.N. school in Khan Younis, Salwa Najar stood by her son Majed's bedside, wiping his face. A cousin had taken them to Hilal Hospital in Khan Younis, the biggest city in the southern part of the tiny enclave. "Gaza hospitals are crowded with injured people who are filling the hospital beds," she said.

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☆ GM halting robotaxi services nationwide after California ban
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-27 | by ( Chris Isidore | Peter Valdes-Dapena | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

New York CNN —General Motors announced Thursday that it is putting the brakes on its driverless cars, halting a service that provides driverless rides in multiple cities. The move comes days after California revoked GM’s permits to test and operate fully driverless vehicles on the state’s roads. GM said the driverless vehicles are safer than human-driven cars. But there have been numerous problems with the vehicles’ operations. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has announced it has launched an investigation into the safety of its driverless vehicles around pedestrians.

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☆ Hurricane Otis caused 27 confirmed deaths and left 4 missing, Mexican authorities report
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Rodrigo Oropeza | Afp | Getty ImagesMexican authorities on Thursday gave the first human toll for Hurricane Otis' destruction along the country's Pacific coast: at least 27 dead and four missing. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said at his morning news briefing that the deaths occurred around Acapulco, but provided few details. "We regret the 27 dead," López Obrador said. "The people sheltered, protected themselves and that's why fortunately there weren't more tragedies, loss of human life," López Obrador said. López Obrador shared details of only one death: He said one soldier was among the dead after a wall of his home collapsed on him.

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☆ California DMV halts Cruise driverless taxis from operations
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailCalifornia DMV halts Cruise driverless taxis from operationsCNBC's Deidra Bosa joins 'TechCheck' to discuss the decision to halts Cruise self-driving taxis from operating in California, and the concerns associated with driverless vehicles.

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My faith was huge,” said the 46-year-old woman, fearing her son would be forcibly recruited by a criminal organization. For many migrants like Hernández, their faith has been essential for coping with their challenging circumstances. Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said in early October that about 10,000 migrants per day were heading to the U.S. border. Agape welcomes migrants of any faith or ideology, but everyone is encouraged to attend services on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays. “Imagine the experience of faith,” Rivera said.

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☆ He visited every country in the world — without flying. Here's how much it cost
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( Charmaine Jacob | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Danish traveler Torbjorn Pedersen says he is the first person to visit every country in the world — without flying. The best and worst timesPedersen had planned to stay in Hong Kong for about a week when he arrived in January 2020. Pedersen spent the most time in Hong Kong, staying 772 days because of the Covid -19 pandemic. "I feel more at home in Hong Kong than I do in Copenhagen, " he said. Torbjorn Pedersen

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Political Cartoons View All 1211 ImagesThe first woman to be Italy's premier, Meloni "won out against Salvini and Berlusconi. Fears for Italy's democracy have proved to be “exaggerated,’’ said Franco, who noted that Italy's president serves as a guarantor of the republic's post-war constitution. Meloni contends the rulings support a long-held belief on the political right that Italy’s magistrates sympathize with the left. Since becoming premier, Meloni has topped surveys of eligible voters, hovering near 30% — compared to the 26% of votes her party garnered in the 2022 election. Currently, Italy's president asks someone likely able to command a parliamentary majority the task of forming a government.

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☆ Baidu says its AI is in the same league as GPT-4
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( Michelle Toh | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Hong Kong CNN —Chinese tech giant Baidu is officially taking on GPT-4. The new ERNIE Bot “is not inferior in any aspect to GPT-4,” Baidu’s billionaire CEO, Robin Li, told an audience at its annual flagship event. Baidu CEO Robin Li announcing an upgrade of ERNIE Bot, its generative AI chatbot. Baidu (BIDU) has been a frontrunner in China in the race to capitalize on the excitement around generative AI, the technology that underpins systems such as ChatGPT or its successor, GPT-4. The Chinese company also announced Tuesday it had updated its suite of services to integrate the latest upgrades from ERNIE.

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☆ Gaza conditions a ‘complete catastrophe,’ official warns as Israel prepares for imminent offensive
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-15 | by ( Helen Regan Hadas Gold Nadeen Ebrahim Abeer Salman Hamdi Alkhshali Jessie Gretener Sara Smart | Helen Regan | Hadas Gold | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

The clock is ticking for residents fleeing south through the battered streets of Gaza after the Israeli military told civilians to leave northern areas of the densely populated strip. Richard Brennan, a World Health Organization official in Cairo, told CNN that 60 percent of those killed in Gaza the last week were women and children. MSF’s Benoit told CNN Saturday there is a serious water shortage in Gaza with many people beginning to suffer from severe dehydration. The agency said it was the first official meeting between Iranian officials and Haniyeh since surprise Hamas attack on Israel that Hamas called Al-Aqsa storm. For days, Lebanon-based Palestinian militants have launched rockets into Israel, leading to Israeli attacks on Lebanese territory, including Hezbollah positions.

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Images from Gaza, which is controlled by Hamas, show a mass rush toward the south of the coastal enclave on Friday. Palestinians with their belongings flee to safer areas in Gaza City after Israeli air strikes on October 13, 2023. International observers warn the cutoff will see Gaza civilians die by starvation, disease and lack of medical care for the growing numbers of dying and wounded. At least 1,900 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza from Israeli strikes, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health. Israel has been massing hundreds of thousands of troops and military equipment at the border while it ramps up its siege of Gaza.

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☆ Here's the US weaponry Israel will likely use in its ground invasion of Gaza and how Hamas could respond
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-14 | by ( Kelsey Vlamis | Hannah Getahun | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Israel is currently preparing for a ground invasion in Gaza. AdvertisementAdvertisementIsrael is mobilizing for a ground operation in Gaza following Hamas' deadly terror attacks last weekend that claimed more than 1,300 lives, many of them civilians. The Israel Defense Forces have not sent ground troops into Gaza since 2014, but since 2005, they have trained in urban warfare at a facility soldiers call "Mini Gaza." AdvertisementAdvertisementHere are some of the weapons and military gear Israeli forces will likely use — and what Hamas might use in response. Israel's new Eitan APC is a multi-purpose, 8x8 wheeled combat vehicle intended to replace the older M113 APCs that the IDF has used previously, according to Army Technology.

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☆ China gives Ehang the first industry approval for fully autonomous, passenger-carrying air taxis
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( Evelyn Cheng | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

An EHang all-electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing (eVTOL) two-passenger multicopter aircraft, performs an unmanned display flight at a Korean government event at Yeouido island in Seoul on November 11, 2020. BEIJING — Self-driving air taxis are one step closer to reality in China. Guangzhou-based Ehang on Friday said it received an airworthiness "type certificate" from the Civil Aviation Administration of China for its fully autonomous drone, the EH216-S AAV, that carries two human passengers. The regulator is the equivalent of the Federal Aviation Administration in the U.S.U.S.-listed Ehang claims it's the first in the world to get such a certificate, which allows it to fly passenger-carrying autonomous electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft in China. Ehang shares have nearly doubled in price this year, before trading was temporarily halted Monday "in anticipation of an upcoming announcement concerning a very significant development regarding its business operations."

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☆ American retiree says tipping etiquette is 'very different' in Portugal: 'I've never heard anyone complain' about not getting a tip
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( Alex Trias | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

But a family vacation to Lisbon, Portugal in 2015 changed our trajectory. But one of the most unexpected things about this country is how very different tipping etiquette is. Generally, tipping isn't widely practiced in all regionsIt would be unusual to tip a gardener, plumber or electrician. But in our eight years here, a waiter has only prompted us to leave a tip once or twice. I always tip 20% minimum since they are the only bar in Lisbon that knows how to make a proper Manhattan.

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☆ Elon Musk’s worst nightmare
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( Adam Rogers | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

It's hard to tell, for a simple reason: The data on the safety of robot cars sucks. Until robot cars have traveled for hundreds of millions of miles, there's no way to get a statistically significant, unequivocal conclusion. If the data on robot cars is equivocal or incomplete, then those rules should keep them off the road. In a sense, she's Elon Musk's worst nightmare. To her, the safety of self-driving cars is not an abstract question.

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JoeBen Bevirt is an evangelist for the new industry and the founder and CEO of Joby Aviation Inc., which delivered its first eVTOL to the Air Force last month. What will you learn from how the Air Force uses it? There will certainly be valuable learnings and the operational experience, the feedback from the Air Force pilots to the FAA flight-test pilots. Q. Joby announced in September that you’re going to build a $500 million production facility in Dayton, Ohio, with up to $325 million in state and local incentives. You’ve got Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, which is the home of the Air Force Research Laboratory and AFWERX (the Air Force’s technology-innovation program).

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☆ The US' first electric 'air taxi' was just delivered to the Air Force — meet Joby's eVTOL
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-05 | by ( Taylor Rains | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Electric aircraft manufacturer Joby Aviation delivered its first eVTOL to the US Air Force in September. The aircraft will run a range of missions as Joby develops an electric air taxi for passenger service. Take a look at Joby's eVTOL, which will fly with the USAF for a year as part of a $131 million DoD contract. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. AdvertisementAdvertisementTake a look at Joby's experimental eVTOL and how testing at Edwards will help further carve a path toward its eventual commercial use.

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☆ Singapore: In this expensive city, the right to own a car costs $76,000. And that doesn't include the car
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-05 | by ( Heather Chen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Owning a car in Singapore, one of the world’s most expensive countries, has always been something of a luxury. Those who want something bigger or flashier – like an SUV – will have to fork out $106,630 (146,002 Singapore dollars) for the Category B license – up from $102,900 (140,889 Singapore dollars). It has put cars out of reach for the average resident of Singapore, where the median monthly household income in 2022 was $7,376 (10,099 Singapore dollars), according to the Department of Statistics. Those who can’t afford a Certificate of Entitlement can also make use of Singapore’s extensive public transport system they point out. Failing that, there is the option of getting a motorbike – permits for which are a relative snip at $7,930 (10,856 Singapore dollars).

Persons: Ricky Goh, “, ”, Wong Hui Min, ” Wong Organizations: CNN, Transport Authority, Department of Statistics Locations: Singapore, Bangkok, Jakarta, Hanoi

☆ A woman was found trapped under a driverless car. It’s not what it looks like, the car company said
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-03 | by ( Andy Rose | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —A pedestrian in downtown San Francisco was found critically injured and trapped underneath a driverless car Monday night. San Francisco Fire Department spokesperson Justin Schorr told CNN early Tuesday that the victim has multiple life-threatening injuries. The driverless vehicle was operated by Cruise, a San Francisco-based self-driving car company and subsidiary of General Motors (GM). Controversial driverless carsCruise has been the subject of controversy in San Francisco after California regulators last month approved robotaxi companies to operate their driverless cars 24/7 throughout the city. But advocates say driverless cars remain safer than human-operated vehicles.

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