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Self-driving truck maker Waabi has hired autonomous vehicle industry veteran and Uber Freight CEO Lior Ron to step in as chief operating officer, as the startup looks to scale its commercial operations ahead of its planned launch of driverless trucks on public highways later this year. Rebecca Tinucci, who previously spent six years building Tesla’s charging network before the automaker gutted its charging staff last year, will take over as head of Uber Freight. Ron will stay on as Uber Freight’s chairman. “[Ron] will lead the go-to-market strategy, expanding key partnerships, and really bringing Waabi from the phase that we’ve been…
OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — Instead of outrage and grave concern that Rory McIlroy chose to sit out the first FedEx Cup playoff event — without dropping a single spot in the rankings — let it be a reminder that golf is not like other sports.These are not the “playoffs.” That’s for team sports.This is golf, which has never had a defining finish to its year and never will.The FedEx Cup attempted to create a finish line until the tour tried to promote it as so much more. What it did was create an incentive for the best players to…
Tennis legend Monica Seles is opening up about her journey with myasthenia gravis, a neuromuscular autoimmune disease she was diagnosed with three years ago.In a recent interview with The Associated Press, Seles, 51, said she chose to share her diagnosis ahead of the U.S. Open later this month to raise awareness about the disease, also known as MG.Myasthenia gravis affects about 20 out of every 100,000 people in the world, according to the Cleveland Clinic.”The actual number may be higher, as some people with mild cases may not know they have the condition,” the clinic notes. “In the United States, there are…
Sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson addressed her recent domestic violence arrest in a video on social media and issued an apology to her boyfriend Christian Coleman.Richardson posted a video on her Instagram account Monday night in which she said she put herself in a “compromised situation.” She issued a written apology to Coleman on Tuesday morning.“I love him & to him I can’t apologize enough,” the reigning 100-meter world champion wrote in all capital letters on Instagram, adding that her apology “should be just as loud” as her “actions.”“To Christian I love you & I am so sorry,” she wrote.Richardson was arrested…
Freight management startup GoodShip has raised $25 million in Series B funding. The company seeks to use AI to overhaul the trillion-dollar shipping industry.The round was led by Greenfield Partners and featured participation from returning backers Bessemer Venture Partners, Ironspring Ventures, Chicago Ventures, and FUSE VC.Three-year-old GoodShip, based in Bellevue, Washington, has raised $40.4 million across four funding rounds, CEO Ryan Soskin told Business Insider.Cofounded by Convoy alums Soskin and CTO David Tsai, GoodShip is an operating system to help clients buy and manage their freight.The platform unifies a company’s internal data using AI to track its shipping networks and…
When Bill Dally joined Nvidia’s research lab in 2009, it employed only about a dozen people and was focused on ray tracing, a rendering technique used in computer graphics. That once-small research lab now employs more than 400 people, who have helped transform Nvidia from a video game GPU startup in the nineties to a $4 trillion-dollar company fueling the artificial intelligence boom.Now, the company’s research lab has its sights set on developing the tech needed to power robotics and AI. And some of that lab work is already showing up in products. The company unveiled Monday a new set…
STRONGSVILLE, Ohio (AP) — Browns All-Pro defensive end Myles Garrett has been accused of driving a Ferrari 100 mph on a suburban Cleveland interstate.The Strongsville Police Department stopped Garrett just after 2 a.m. Saturday in a 60 mph zone on Interstate 71 near the Ohio Turnpike, according to a citation.Garrett is scheduled to appear in court on Thursday but he could pay a $250 fine without appearing. Garrett is expected to be with the Browns in Philadelphia for a joint workout with the defending Super Bowl champion Eagles.Garrett was stopped less than an hour after the Browns landed at Hopkins…
From making doctor’s appointments to managing insurance to getting lab work done, taking care of your health can feel like a full-time job.Though it can take time and effort, being one step ahead when it comes to your own health can make a huge difference in longevity and well-being, according to ABC News chief medical correspondent Dr. Tara Narula.Narula, a board-certified cardiologist, said she likes to encourage patients to be the so-called “CEO of their own health,” meaning they know every detail of their health care and can make informed decisions alongside their medical providers.Read below for Narula’s checklist on…
VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Lithuania’s government said Tuesday it plans to open nine drone training centers over the next three years to teach thousands of people, including schoolchildren, skills in flying and building the machines.Drones have become increasingly common in everyday life and warfare in recent years. Lithuania’s project aims to strengthen the public’s abilities in drone control and engineering and “expand civil resistance training,” its defense and education ministries said in a statement. Lithuania, a NATO member country of about 2.8 million people on the alliance’s eastern flank, borders both Russia’s Kaliningrad exclave and Moscow-allied Belarus, and is aware…
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Desperate parents begged law enforcement officers to storm an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, in the frantic minutes after a gunman opened fire in one of the deadliest classroom attacks in U.S. history, police body camera video released Tuesday shows.“Whose class is he in?” one parent can be heard asking. Another comes up and yells, “Come on man, my daughter is in there!” The heartbreaking videos show the agonizingly slow law enforcement response along with confusion and delays. Authorities failed to confront 18-year-old gunman Salvador Ramos for more than an hour after the attack at Robb…