Waymo is the first company that’s allowed to test autonomous cars without a backup driver in California (GOOGL)

Waymo Waymo received a permit from California’s Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) on Tuesday to test autonomous vehicles without human backup drivers on public roads, the DMV said in a statement. The Google spin-off is the first company to receive permission to test unmanned self-driving cars in California. California adopted regulations that allow for the […]

Back-up plan: The ‘clever’ City star set to fill De Bruyne gap

BERNARDO Silva has started well for Manchester City and looks ready to seize a key role especially after an injury to star man Kevin De Bruyne.. Only goalkeeper Ederson and player of the year De Bruyne were involved in more games than Bernardo Silva in Manchester City’s title-winning season. The problem for Silva was that […]

Huawei may have a backup OS in case it has to drop Android

It’d be hard to blame Huawei executives if they’re feeling very nervous lately. The US has created havoc for ZTE by renewing an export ban over trade violations, potentially depriving it of its Android license and leaving it without a platform. How would Huawei avoid a similar fate? Simple: it would use its own operating […]

Self-driving cars with remote human backup headed for testing

SAN FRANCISCO — Self-driving cars that back up their computerized system with a remote human operator instead of a fallback driver at the wheel could be tested on California roads as early as April, the state department of motor vehicles said. Relying on a remote human operator — who could control multiple autonomous vehicles from […]

Launching Elon Musk’s car toward Mars was a backup plan — here’s what SpaceX actually wanted to do with Falcon Heavy’s first flight

Dave Mosher/Business Insider SpaceX launched its powerful Falcon Heavy rocket for the first time on Tuesday. The test payload was Musk’s own Tesla Roadster, fitted with cameras and a dummy wearing a SpaceX space suit. But SpaceX reportedly offered NASA and the Air Force a chance to put a payload on the rocket at no […]

The St. Louis Blues called in a season-ticket holder to serve as their emergency backup goalie

@FSMidwest/Twitter The St. Louis Blues were in need of a backup goalie on Thursday night after Carter Hutton was hurt during the team’s morning skate. Tyler Stewart, a Blues season-ticket holder who brings his pads to every game in case his services are needed, got the call on Thursday afternoon after finishing his shift filling vending […]

McLaren has a backup plan in case Alonso leaves

MONZA, Italy (Reuters) – McLaren have backup plans in place should Fernando Alonso leave the team at the end of the Formula One season in November, executive director Zak Brown said on Friday. “Negotiations are ongoing and they are going very well,” the American told reporters at the Italian Grand Prix. “But you’ve got to […]

With CrashPlan getting out of the consumer cloud backup game, what’s next best?

(credit: Jeff Kubina) Cloud-based backup provider CrashPlan—which our friends at the Wirecutter recommended in 2015—announced earlier this week that it was getting out of the consumer backup game to focus on its enterprise offerings. Customers have until October 22, 2018 to find alternative backup solutions. CrashPlan’s service was compelling because it was inexpensive—$ 60 per […]

Crashplan drops its cloud backup service for home users

If you rely on Crashplan as a remote backup for your computer, you’re going to have to find an alternative in short order. Code42 is phasing out its Crashplan for Home service as it switches its focus to business users. The company has stopped offering new or renewed Home subscriptions as of August 22nd, and […]