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Wayve Uber wins first minicab licence for autonomous cabs from TfL but vehicles will have a safety driver (at first)The taxi app company Uber and the autonomous technology developer Wayve have been granted the first minicab licences in London, allowing them to offer self-driving taxi rides to paying customers – but with a human safety driver in place, for now.The companies said they would start trips in the UK “later this summer” before the full public launch. Continue reading...

Union exploring options to oppose program that would put US airport screening into hands of private contractors The labor union representing workers at the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is raising alarms over a new program that will expand privatizing security checkpoints at three airports.The agency informed the union last month of plans to enact the TSA Gold+ program, which would shift security and control of the screening technology into the hands of private contracto

Organização Electrical Safety First pediu que aqueles "que viajam para o exterior neste verão pensem bem antes de comprar".

As ferramentas de inteligência artificial da Busca do Google, AI Overviews e Modo IA, receberam classificação de "risco inaceitável" para crianças em um relatório do Youth AI Safety Institute, braço da organização Common Sense Media. A avaliação aponta falhas na forma como o sistema lida com tarefas escolares, informações incorretas e situações de crise de saúde mental. Os pes

Vulnerable people more at risk as research finds only half of local authority plans require cooling strategiesEngland risks constructing a new generation of “death trap” buildings that can fatally overheat unless the government tightens standards and prioritises climate safeguards, planning experts have said.Fears are growing about the plight of vulnerable people in heatwaves, with research this week suggesting that 2,700 people had died in the May and June heatwaves in England and Wal

Public health advocates warn of conflicts of interests and say panel likely to provide justification for key rollbacksThe Trump administration has stacked a top chemical safety board with industry-aligned scientists who have a range of financial conflicts of interest and stand to profit from deregulation, public health advocates say.The Environmental Protection Agency’s science advisory committee on chemicals (SACC) is slated to review research for dozens of toxic chemicals during the

Caso de médico alemão sentenciado à prisão perpétua por assassinar 15 pacientes vulneráveis reignicia debate sobre proteção de idosos sob cuidados domiciliares e safeguards éticos na medicina.

Plans specify tolls must not be compulsory, as US officials urge Iran to make public statement that strait is open and that shipping can safely passEurope is studying proposals that may allow the charging of navigational fees in the strait of Hormuz so long as the tolls are not compulsory and have the support of the UN agency that regulates maritime transport.Britain’s deputy prime minister, David Lammy, said the imposition of compulsory tolls would be disastrous. But some of his cabin

Direct oversight of ‘critical third parties’ such as Oracle and Microsoft given to ensure resilient cyber-defences and help safeguard UK economyThe Bank of England has been handed powers to regulate important tech firms including Amazon and Google from next week, amid fears that system failures could threaten financial stability and harm consumers.From Monday, the Bank and fellow City regulator the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) will be in charge of ensuring that four large-scale pr

Pillows, sleeping bags and feeders subject to safety notices were found on sites including Amazon and TikTok.

O Grande Prêmio de Fórmula 1 da Grã-Bretanha terminou com um final anticlimático: a transmissão informou uma possível disputa nas últimas voltas, mas os carros terminaram a prova atrás do Safety Car ("carro de segurança"). O incidente, de acordo com os organizadores, ocorreu por um erro de software automatizado. Um aviso sobre o fim do período de Safety Car foi exibido pela organização da prova e removido pouco tempo depois, o que gerou a confusão a poucos minutos do fim da corrida.