
Data That Matters June 2021
With a market cap of $680B, Bitcoin was accepted as a legal currency by a government, El Salvador. Several large Continue reading
With a market cap of $680B, Bitcoin was accepted as a legal currency by a government, El Salvador. Several large Continue reading
Both car crashes and opioid overdoses killed over 40,000 Americans in 2017 (40,231 from opioids and 43,036 from cars). (Note: Continue reading
It didn’t succeed, but it demonstrated the possibility, a quadcopter like the ones used for fun and photos was used Continue reading
Go ahead and make fun of “Park your car in Harvard Yard”, but finding places to park everyone’s car in Continue reading
This is the inevitable milestone. An autonomous vehicle hit and killed a pedestrian. The car had a safety driver (Uber), Continue reading
Driveless taxis are leaving the experimental stage and starting regular service, with some restrictions. Driverless taxis are not a mature Continue reading
Artificial intelligence programs have developed their own language for talking with each other. Facebook wanted to see if their chatbots Continue reading
About 827,000 people in the US have jobs as delivery drivers. Ford is planning to launch a fleet of driverless Continue reading