Some of the world's leading automakers are all turning to the same company to help bring past the self-driving finish line. Aurora CEO and Co-Founder Chris Urmson joins Cheddar at CES to discuss his firm's newly-announced partnership with Volkswagen Group. He describes his company's goal as providing the "drivers," by way of software, for autonomous vehicles.
The partnership is focused on developing "mobility as a service" initiative in major cities. Urmson describes how Aurora will help Volkswagen Group's fleet of self-driving cars, known as Sedric, connect people in urban communities. He explains how the service initiative will help people with mobility issues of their own, as well as making transportation easier for commuters.
Urmson reveals how his company spent the past year working with Volkswagen Group to integrate its system into the automaker's fleet. He breaks down Aurora's high-pedigree founding team, including himself, a veteran of Google's self-driving initiative, and Sterling Anderson, one of the minds behind the launch of Tesla's Model X.
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Israel-based Check Point is sounding the alarm bell for the video game industry about improving user protections after gaming giant EA recently addressed a flaw that left 300 million gamers vulnerable to hackers.
Cambium Networks, a company that builds wireless broadband networks for companies, governments, and other internet service providers, plans to focus on its customers and will "let the markets play out long term."
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A lawsuit brought by pilots against Boeing alleges the beleaguered aerospace manufacturer covered up the design flaws of the 737 Max jet at the center center of the deadly crashes of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 and Lion Air Flight 610
The sophisticated rocket sent a payload that included 24 satellites, a new, solar-powered space sail, and the ashes of 152 people, into space with its side boosters successfully returning to Earth unscathed.
Senators Mark Warner and Josh Hawley introduced the "Designing Accounting Safeguards to Help Broaden Oversight and Regulations on Data Act," or the Dashboard Act on Monday.
