Uber’s legal defense: Waymo does LiDAR better, for now
Waymo’s lawsuit against Uber claims that former Google engineer, Anthony Levandowski stole 14,000 confidential documents pertaining to the search giant’s LiDAR tech and that Uber is using the technology found in those documents.After he left Google Levandowski went on to form the self-driving trucking company Otto that was acquired by Uber for $680 million. He currently leads Uber’s driverless car initiative.In the...
Uber’s legal defense: Waymo does LiDAR better, for now
Waymo’s lawsuit against Uber claims that former Google engineer, Anthony Levandowski stole 14,000 confidential documents pertaining to the search giant’s LiDAR tech and that Uber is using the technology found in those documents.After he left Google Levandowski went on to form the self-driving trucking company Otto that was acquired by Uber for $680 million. He currently leads Uber’s driverless car initiative.In the...
SpaceX is saving a ton of money by re-using Falcon 9 rockets
Shotwell said the private space corporation managed to save money even though it did a lot of work examining and refurbishing the flight-proven booster. SpaceX expects those cost savings to grow, since they won’t do as much work on future recovered rockets as they did for the SES-10 launch.To be able to recoup its massive $1 billion investment into reusable rocket technologies, though, she admits that the company can’t...
Boeing’s deep space habitat could be home for Mars astronauts
It could also serve as the home base for the Deep Space Transport vehicle Boeing will build to send humans to Mars. The transport system pictured below will have living quarters so spacefarers can endure the lengthy journey. Astronauts can either stay on board or send a lander to the red planet for surface missions.Both the transport vehicle and the gateway habitat will be powered by solar electric propulsion system, the promising...
UK broadband prices to fall as Ofcom prioritises high speeds
The new price caps won’t cover faster connections, which can reach 78Mbps and above thanks to G.Fast technology. However, the move is expected to benefit as many as 3 million customers, adding up to around £100 million of savings. The plan is to introduce a series of yearly savings from April next year, which will be completed by 2021.The idea is simple: if Openreach makes less money from lower-tier broadband packages, it will...
