Tag: texas
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Texas cops are suing Tesla after a car that was reportedly on Autopilot plowed through 5 officers at a traffic stop
Tesla CEO Elon Musk versus the deputy's patrol vehicle damaged by the Tesla on Autopilot Snohomish County Sheriff's Office / FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images Five Texas cops are suing Tesla after a Model X reportedly on Autopilot slammed into the policemen. The suit alleges Tesla falsely advertised that its Autopilot software is safer…
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Tesla should say something
Last weekend, a reader wrote to this editor, politely asking why tech companies should speak up about the abortion law that Texas passed last week. “What does American Airlines have to do with abortion?” said the reader, suggesting that companies can’t possibly cater to both pro-abortion and anti-abortion advocates and that asking them to take…
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Planned Parenthood gets a win against Texas anti-choice law while (some) companies vow to fight back
In a small but significant victory against Texas’ new draconian law limiting abortion access, a judge has temporarily blocked one of the state’s largest forced-birth groups and its vigilante pals from suing the nation’s largest provider of reproductive healthcare. The decision, which is by no means a permanent solution, comes as corporations headquartered or operating within the Lone…
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Lawmakers demand answers in fatal Tesla crash after Elon Musk and executives offer conflicting details
The remains of a Tesla vehicle are seen when it crashed, killing two people, in The Woodlands, Texas, on April 17, 2021. Scott J. Engle/Reuters Lawmakers required answers Wednesday to a fatal Tesla accident after executives gave conflicting statements. Elon Musk said wasn't on, however a top Tesla exec said adaptive cruise control, an autopilot…
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Elon Musk takes Texas city by surprise by tweeting he’s going to donate $30 million to boost the area
SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk Amy E. Price/Contributor/Getty Images The mayor of Brownsville said the city was not expecting a $30 million donation from Elon Musk. Musk said earlier he wanted engineers to move to Brownsville and work in SpaceX's rocket launch facility. It came after the latest test launch ended in a huge…
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Oracle is headed to Texas now, too
Austinites, watch out; another tech company is headed into town. Just days after Tesla CEO Elon Musk revealed during an interview that he has moved to Texas, and less than two weeks after HP Enterprise, a spin-out of the iconic Silicon Valley company Hewlett-Packard, announced that it is separately moving to Texas, yet another of…
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Texas Prof: Trump A ‘Fat Klansman,’ ‘Moron,’ ‘Paints The Walls Of The Oval Office With His Own S***’
A Texas A&M anthropology scientist, triggered by former first lady Michelle Obama saying she endured from melancholy, responded on President Donald Trump and his family. Calling him a klansman,” Professor Filipe Castro fantasized about Trump having a heart attack and crushing his girl Ivanka because he dropped on her while she awakened in her dad…
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A 59-year-old woman was killed by a pack of feral hogs outside her home in Texas
Shutterstock.com Christine Rollins, a caretaker from Chambers County, Texas, was found dead by one of her clients in the yard between her car and her front door, the Houston Chronicle reported. Rollins “suffered a severe head injury and several other injuries on her body consistent with animal bites,” according to the Chronicle report. Her death…
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Udelv partners with H-E-B on Texas autonomous grocery delivery pilot
Autonomous shipping firm Udelv has signed yet another spouse to launch a new pilot of its self-driving goods delivery agency: Texas-based supermarket H-E-B Group. The pilot will provide service to customers in Olmos Park, just outside of downtown San Antonio where the grocery merchant is based. California-based Udelv will provide H-E-B with one of its…