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“We felt a huge shake like it was doomsday,” Moulay Brahim resident Ayoub Toudite said. “Ten seconds and everything was gone.”Flags were lowered across Morocco, as King Mohammed VI ordered three days of national mourning starting Sunday. People in Moulay Brahim, a poor rural community of less than 3,000 people, live in homes made of clay brick and cinder block. I was saved by my neighbors who cleared the rubble with their bare hands," said Fatna Bechar in Moulay Brahim. “This is the first time I experienced an earthquake," British tourist Grahame Stuart said in Moulay Brahim.
Persons: , Ayoub Toudite, King Mohammed VI, , Al Haouz, Fatna, ” Hamid Idsalah, Grahame Stuart, Mohamed Messi, Al Hoceima, Angela Charlton, Ahmed Hatem, Brian Melley Organizations: , , Aid, Moroccan, UNESCO, Police, Geological Survey, Portuguese Institute for, Civil Defense, Associated Press Locations: MARRAKECH, Morocco, — Morocco, Marrakech, Mountain, Ighil, Al Haouz Province, Al, Moulay Brahim, Turkey, Moulay, , U.S, Moroccan, Agadir, Portugal, Algeria, Paris, Cairo, London
[1/3] View of deserted roads ahead of the G20 summit in New Delhi, India, September 8, 2023. Nearly 130,000 police and paramilitary security personnel have been deployed across the city, mostly in the New Delhi district, with the air force providing cover from aerial threats. "While the entire country is a host, Delhi will bear maximum responsibility" for the G20 summit, Modi said. “The tourists coming to Delhi for G20 should look at our shops, buy something. Newspaper advertisements that the Delhi Police has been publishing every day with traffic advisories and route maps for the general public, say: “India is proud to host the 18th G-20 Summit”.
Persons: Francis Mascarenhas, Joe Biden, Olaf Scholz, Emmanuel Macron, Saudi Arabia's Mohammed Bin Salman, Japan's Fumio, Sanjeev Mehra, Narendra Modi, Modi, Yashowarthan, , Bhava ”, Krishn Kaushik, Joeseph Campbell, Mayank Bhardwaj, YP Rajesh, Raju Gopalakrishnan Organizations: REUTERS, India, U.S, Market Traders Association, Authorities, Delhi Police, New Delhi Municipal Corporation, Offices, YP, Thomson Locations: New Delhi, India, DELHI, Saudi, capital's, Connaught, Delhi, Taxis, Dariba Kalan
[1/4] British sports car maker Lotus unveils its new fully-electric “hypercar” in New York City, U.S., September 7, 2023. Johnstone said with Emeya, Lotus is targeting people "looking for something different in an electrified GT-style sports car." Since its founding in 1948, Lotus typically made 5,000 cars a year, but funded by Geely and Etika, the company has planned a massive expansion. Lotus Technology, which includes Lotus Cars, is also due to go public this year via a merger with special purpose acquisition company L Catterton Asia Acquisition Corp (LCAA.O). Geely also plans to turn the London Electric Vehicle Company, which makes iconic black taxis, into a high-volume, all-electric brand.
Persons: Caitlin Ochs, Mike Johnstone, Johnstone, Emeya, Geely, Nick Carey, Susan Fenton Organizations: Lotus, REUTERS, HK, Automotive, Reuters, Geely, Lotus Technology, Asia, Corp, Volvo, London Electric Vehicle Company, Thomson Locations: British, New York City, U.S, New York, Wuhan, China, Tesla
But for older adults, our towns and cities are filled with obstacles — stairs, unsafe sidewalks and crossings, inadequate lighting — that grow increasingly difficult for them as they age. Alberto Lau, 78, San DiegoDr. Hong responds: Busy streets and intersections can be challenging for older adults to navigate. Additionally, installing more crosswalks and making them more visible can make it easier for older adults to cross the street safely. Yet more and more older adults need the kind of high-quality transportation that can reliably get them from one place to another. This can be especially important for older adults, who may have slower reaction times or difficulty seeing oncoming traffic.
Persons: it’s, They’re, Alberto Lau, San Diego Dr, Hong, ” Deborah Muccino, Uber, Janice Mundy, Rosner, I’m, I’ve, Jan Ligon, Saralyn Fosnight, Andy Hong, Hirotoshi Iwasaki, Vishakha Darbha, Kaari Pitkin, Carole Sabouraud, Efim Shapiro, Jillian Weinberger, Tenzin D, Meher Ahmad, Ana Becker, Jessia Ma Organizations: New York Times, Department of Transportation, New, University of Utah Locations: , San Diego, Concord, Calif, Pennsylvania, California, Gig, Pierce County, Rural, Michigan, Detroit, Atlanta, New York City, Chicago, Boston, Kaari
A Cruise self-driving car, which is owned by General Motors Corp, is seen outside the company's headquarters in San Francisco. The company Cruise is pushing back against an accusation from the San Francisco Fire Department, which claims that one of the company's autonomous vehicles delayed an ambulance after a deadly accident. The department said emergency medical service crews faced a problem getting to the collision: two Cruise taxis blocking the road. But NBC Bay Area was able to review a nearly 13 minute video which is purportedly the incident in question. It appears to show what the company describes, including the ambulance managing to squeeze by the stopped Cruise car.
Persons: Cruise, It's, Aaron Peskin, Peskin Organizations: General Motors Corp, San Francisco Fire Department, NBC, Area, California Public Utilities Commission, Cruise Locations: San Francisco
Two Cruise driverless taxis blocked an ambulance carrying a critically injured patient who later died at a hospital, a San Francisco Fire Department report said, in another incident involving self-driving cars in the city. It said that a police vehicle in another lane had to be moved in order for the ambulance to leave. The patient, who had been struck by a car, was pronounced dead about 20 to 30 minutes after arriving at the Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, about 2.4 miles away from the accident. Cruise, an autonomous vehicle subsidiary of General Motors, said that it was not at fault. The footage also showed that other vehicles, including another ambulance, passed by the right side of the Cruise taxi.
Organizations: San Francisco Fire Department, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, General Motors, The New York Times, Cruise
[1/5] Uber boda boda riders prepare to ride the first fleet of the company's electric product during their launch in Nairobi, Kenya, August 31, 2023. REUTERS/Monicah Mwangi Acquire Licensing RightsCompanies Uber Technologies Inc FollowNAIROBI, Aug 31 (Reuters) - Ride-hailing firm Uber (UBER.N) on Thursday launched an electric motorbike service in Kenya, its first in Africa, as the company seeks to make its global platform emissions free by 2040. Uber's new green product in Kenya, dubbed Electric Boda in a nod to the Swahili term for motorbike taxis, will comprise 3,000 bikes within six months, or just under a fifth of its fleet. The growth of the electric vehicles market in Africa has been slowed by a lack of adequate electric charging infrastructure and associated equipment. Motorbike transport is a big employer in Kenya, absorbing millions of people who are unable to secure formal jobs.
Persons: Monicah, Uber, Kagiso Khaole, Khaole, William Ruto, Duncan Miriri, Aaron Ross, Alex Richardson Organizations: REUTERS, Technologies, Thomson Locations: Nairobi, Kenya, NAIROBI, Africa, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Uganda, Tanzania, South Africa, Saharan Africa
Xpeng’s Didi deal is smart shortcut to growth
  + stars: | 2023-08-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
An Xpeng P5 electric vehicle (EV) is seen displayed during a media day for the Auto Shanghai show in Shanghai, China April 19, 2021. It’s buying compatriot Didi’s smart EV unit and paying $744 million, or 3.25% of its own stock. For its part, Didi seems to have given up its ambition to break into capital-intensive EV manufacturing, and that’s probably a smart move for a company stuck in listing limbo. It’s unclear if the deal with Didi will dilute VW’s shareholding but Xpeng’s worth is at least rising. They do not reflect the views of Reuters News, which, under the Trust Principles, is committed to integrity, independence, and freedom from bias.
Persons: Aly, Didi, that’s, Li Auto, BYD, Una Galani, Thomas Shum Organizations: Auto Shanghai, REUTERS, Rights, Reuters, HK, Volkswagen, EV maker’s, X, Thomson Locations: Shanghai, China
Aska, a startup founded in 2018, is working to bring a flying car to market. Aska's flying car will at first be able to drive on local roads with slower speed limits. One startup wants to change that with an ambitious plan to land flying cars in customers' driveways by 2026. Flying cars, he said, will offer people the luxury of living farther from their offices in pricey cities — without needing to spend half their waking hours traveling. AdvertisementAdvertisementKaplinsky told me that hopping over traffic in a flying car isn't realistic — with our current understanding of physics, anyway.
Persons: I'm, Taylor Swift, Tim Levin, Guy Kaplinsky, Aska, it's, It's, Kaplinsky, who's Locations: California
My Waymo pulled into a parking lot six minutes later than it had initially predicted. It glided through the parking lot to a small, empty space where the map on the touch screen showed a circle. The Waymo rides were affordable, ranging from $18 to $21, about the same as an Uber. It’s going to take years — if not decades — for Waymo to recoup the billions of dollars that it has invested in its service. Though there’s no driver, each ride is supported by staff at a Waymo site that can be summoned if a car runs into trouble.
Persons: , Mike, Uber Organizations: Chalet Locations: Golden, Waymo
The various bundles are now as annoyingly confusing as cable, and cost basically the same. The Financial Times recently reported that a basket of the top US streaming services will cost $87 this fall, compared with $73 a year ago. Cloud promises are being brokenFinally, there's the cloud, which promised cheaper and more secure computing for companies. In the roughly five years since going public, the company has spent about $3 billion on cloud services from Google and AWS. So, cloud services connected to the internet are great for everyone, except Google?
Persons: we're, Uber, Lyft, Steven Levy, Dara Khosrowshahi, Khosrowshahi, Slack, Andreessen Horowitz Organizations: Morning, Netflix, Disney, Wall Street, Paramount, Showtime, Financial Times, Tacoma International, Microsoft, Google, CNBC Locations: New York City, Seattle
Saudi Arabia is reportedly considering a large number of French-made Dassault Rafale fighter jets. In July, Germany announced it would not allow additional Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jets to be delivered Saudi Arabia. The Saudi air force's 72 Eurofighters are its second most numerous fighter type behind its US-made F-15s. Bandar Algaloud/ReutersIn the near-term, Saudi Arabia may find Rafales more burdensome than beneficial, given its extensive investment in US and British aircraft. A Saudi Air Force F-15 taxis for takeoff at King Faisal Air Base in February 2021.
Persons: France's, Toni Anne Barson, Sebastien Roblin, Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Joe Biden, Roblin, Salman, FAYEZ NURELDINE, Ryan Bohl, RANE, Rafales, Jamal Khashoggi, Bohl, Justin Bronk, Katherine Walters, Paul Iddon Organizations: Dassault Rafale, Saudi, Service, Privacy Policy, France's La Tribune, Eurofighter Typhoon, United Arab, La Tribune, French Dassault Rafale, Saudi Eurofighter Typhoon, Getty, East, NATO, Bandar Algaloud, Reuters, British, Royal Saudi Air Force, Royal United Services Institute, Saudi Air Force, King Faisal Air Base, US Air Force, Staff, Rafale, Washington Locations: Saudi Arabia, British, Riyadh, Wall, Silicon, Privacy Policy Saudi Arabia, Saudi, Germany, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, French, Provence, Washington, Yemen, Iran, China, France, AFP, London, Russia, North Africa, NATO, United States, Bandar, Croatia, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Greece
What It's Like Inside One of San Francisco’s Self-Driving Taxis? More autonomous taxis are about to hit the roads of San Francisco. But will residents of the country’s tech capital be quick to hitch a ride in a driverless car? WSJ reporter Miles Kruppa rode around two autonomous vehicles and joins host Zoe Thomas to tell us about his experience. Photograph: Poppy Lynch
Persons: Francisco’s, Miles Kruppa, Zoe Thomas, Poppy Lynch Locations: San Francisco
What It's Like Inside One of San Francisco’s Self-Driving Taxis? More autonomous taxis are about to hit the roads of San Francisco. But will residents of the country’s tech capital be quick to hitch a ride in a driverless car? WSJ reporter Miles Kruppa rode around two autonomous vehicles and joins host Zoe Thomas to tell us about his experience. Photograph: Poppy Lynch
Persons: Francisco’s, Miles Kruppa, Zoe Thomas, Poppy Lynch Locations: San Francisco
CNN —California authorities have asked General Motors to “immediately” take some of its Cruse robotaxis off the road after autonomous vehicles were involved in two collisions – including one with an active fire truck – last week in San Francisco. The California DMV said that Cruise has agreed to the request, and a spokesperson from Cruise told CNN that the company is investigating the firetruck crash as well. General Motors acquired Cruise Automation in 2016 for $1 billion, solidifying its place in the autonomous vehicles race, but many companies have since scaled back, or abandoned their driverless car ambitions. Ridesharing giants Uber and Lyft have both sold autonomous vehicle units in recent years. Even Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who has been optimistic about autonomous vehicle technology, has yet to fully deliver on his promise.
Persons: Motors, Cruse, , Cruise, Waymo, San Francisco, , ” Hannah Lindow, Elon Musk Organizations: CNN, California’s Department of Motor Vehicles, Cruise, General Motors, California DMV, San, AV, Cruise Automation Locations: California, , San Francisco
City officials previously told Insider the approval would be "premature." Cruise, a self-driving car company, agreed to slash its driverless taxi operation in San Francisco by half on Friday following reports of two separate crashes involving its vehicles. One Cruise vehicle also drove into wet concrete at a construction site. Another collision occurred that evening, in which another vehicle ran a red light "at a high rate of speed," the company told Insider. Tilly Chang, executive director of the San Francisco County Transportation Authority (SFCTA), previously told Insider that her agency believes approving the permits would be "premature."
Persons: Alphabet's Waymo, Darcie Houck, robotaxis, Cruise, San Francisco, Tilly Chang, Chang, We've, Joe Castiglione, SFCTA's, CPUC, Castiglione Organizations: California Department of Motor Vehicles, DMV, California Public Utilities Commission, CBS, City, San, San Francisco County Transportation Authority Locations: California, San Francisco, San Francisco County,
Why Russia and India Want to Reach the Lunar South Pole
  + stars: | 2023-08-20 | by ( ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
What It's Like Inside One of San Francisco’s Self-Driving Taxis? More autonomous taxis are about to hit the roads of San Francisco. But will residents of the country’s tech capital be quick to hitch a ride in a driverless car? WSJ reporter Miles Kruppa rode around two autonomous vehicles and joins host Zoe Thomas to tell us about his experience. Photograph: Poppy Lynch
Persons: Francisco’s, Miles Kruppa, Zoe Thomas, Poppy Lynch Locations: San Francisco
What It's Like Inside One of San Francisco’s Self-Driving Taxis? More autonomous taxis are about to hit the roads of San Francisco. But will residents of the country’s tech capital be quick to hitch a ride in a driverless car? WSJ reporter Miles Kruppa rode around two autonomous vehicles and joins host Zoe Thomas to tell us about his experience. Photograph: Poppy Lynch
Persons: Francisco’s, Miles Kruppa, Zoe Thomas, Poppy Lynch Locations: San Francisco
What It's Like Inside One of San Francisco’s Self-Driving Taxis? More autonomous taxis are about to hit the roads of San Francisco. But will residents of the country’s tech capital be quick to hitch a ride in a driverless car? WSJ reporter Miles Kruppa rode around two autonomous vehicles and joins host Zoe Thomas to tell us about his experience. Photograph: Poppy Lynch
Persons: Francisco’s, Miles Kruppa, Zoe Thomas, Poppy Lynch Locations: San Francisco
Hawaii Fire: Maui Residents Warn Against Rush to Rebuild
  + stars: | 2023-08-19 | by ( ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
What It's Like Inside One of San Francisco’s Self-Driving Taxis? More autonomous taxis are about to hit the roads of San Francisco. But will residents of the country’s tech capital be quick to hitch a ride in a driverless car? WSJ reporter Miles Kruppa rode around two autonomous vehicles and joins host Zoe Thomas to tell us about his experience. Photograph: Poppy Lynch
Persons: Francisco’s, Miles Kruppa, Zoe Thomas, Poppy Lynch Locations: San Francisco
A driverless bus will run a seven-stop loop around Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay. San Francisco authorities last week allowed driverless taxis to operate 24 hours a day. Just a week after allowing robotaxis to operate around the clock, San Francisco has launched an driverless shuttle bus service. A day after the announcement, a number of self-driving cars stalled in San Francisco, leading to a bizarre traffic jam captured on video. Beep and the San Francisco County Transportation Authority did not immediately respond to requests for comment from Insider, made outside normal working hours.
Persons: Shelly Caran, John Reynolds Organizations: Miami Zoo, Associated Press, Passengers, AP, California Public Utilities Commission, San, San Francisco County Transportation Authority Locations: San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, Francisco, Florida, Yellowstone, San Francisco County
Less than a day after one of its driverless taxis collided with a fire truck in a San Francisco intersection, Cruise agreed on Friday to a request from state regulators to cut in half the number of vehicles it was operating in the city. On Friday, the California Department of Motor Vehicles, which regulates the safety of the driverless cars, asked Cruise to halve the number of vehicles it was operating in San Francisco. The Cruise vehicle’s collision with a fire truck the day before had injured a passenger in the driverless car. Earlier in the week, another Cruise vehicle got stuck in newly poured concrete on another city street. The company, which now has 400 vehicles operating in San Francisco, will have no more than 50 driverless cars running during the day and 150 at night.
Persons: Cruise Organizations: California Public Utilities Commission, General Motors, Google, California Department of Motor Vehicles Locations: San Francisco, Cruise
kevin rooseAnd you’re listening to “Hard Fork.”casey newtonThis week on the show, Sam Bankman-Fried goes to jail. If you give me, like, 1 percent of the internet, that’s going to give me an aneurysm. And those three are actually going to get to live that out. So I actually think the classroom of the future looks remarkably like the classroom today, but you reverse what you’re doing in it. And I think that’s another piece, is we have to not be delusional about what has actually happened in education.
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The growing electric air taxi market is expected to be a $57 billion industry by 2035. Startups are racing to build the first certified eVTOL thanks to investments from airlines like United and Delta. Joby Aviation recently got the green light to start flight testing of its five-seater S4 2.0 eVTOL. The era of electric air taxis is almost here, and there are several competitors vying for a piece of the lucrative market. In 2021, United Airlines placed a $1 billion order for Archer's Midnight eVTOL, while Delta Air Lines invested $60 million into Joby Aviation in 2022.
Persons: Joby, Uber Organizations: Delta, Joby Aviation, Morning, Archer, Aerospace, EVE Air Mobility, Boeing, United Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Air New, American Airlines, Japan Airlines, Paris Airshow Locations: Air New Zealand
Whether mandatory return-to-office policies will make the climate crisis worse is an important question, especially as scientists predict that 2023 will be the hottest year on record. But determining whether working from an office is worse for the planet isn't that simple. Failing to find a balance between boosting productivity at the office and protecting the planet risks making the crisis worse. Even though the study only covered the early part of the pandemic, it illustrated how a shift away from office work can have some positive effects for the planet. "There was no clear answer to whether work from home was better or worse for the environment in general terms."
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