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Thursday, February 1, 2018
Canadian Business - International cybersecurity company Trend Micro is setting up a new Toronto research lab for “ethical hackers” in collaboration with Canadian telecom giant Telus Corp. Trend Micro - a global company that originated in California but relocated its headquarters to Tokyo - said it expects the new office to house about 100... More
Wednesday, January 31, 2018
Insurance Business Mag - The federal government has finally released its self-driving automobiles report, noting that while the technology is slowly becoming a reality, Canada still has much to prepare... More
Tuesday, January 30, 2018
Driving - The federal government has finally released its report from the Standing Senate Committee on Transportation and Communications on self-driving cars and it’s, well, not so bad for government work. Driving Change: Technology and the future of the automated vehicle is the result of almost two years of research and the testimony of... More
BT - Self-driving car technology is moving forward at a remarkable level, with more and more autonomy expected in on-road vehicles over the next five to 10 years There’s now a generally-accepted industry standard for the levels of autonomy that any individual car can provide, which runs from the ‘no autonomous features’ level 0... More
Financial Times - While companies ranging from Google offshoot Waymo to established businesses such as Toyota or General Motors work on self-driving passenger cars, truck manufacturers have been quietly developing similar technology.“Driverless trucks could be a regular presence on many roads within the next 10 years,” says José Viegas,... More
Monday, January 29, 2018
The Record - OTTAWA — A Senate committee is urging the federal Liberals to take control of the development and testing of self-driving cars on Canadian roads before governments fall too far behind the technological revolution. In a report released Monday, members of the Senate's transport committee describe how different departments and levels... More
CTV News - The Manitoba government is set to bring forward legislative amendments that would pave the way for testing and using autonomous vehicles on provincial highways. Manitoba Infrastructure Minister Ron Schuler made the announcement Monday. “The rapid technological advances being achieved by carmakers in regards to autonomous vehicles... More
Winnipeg Sun - Driverless vehicles could soon appear on Manitoba’s roads and highways. The Manitoba government is moving forward with legislative amendments which would allow for testing and use of autonomous vehicles on provincial highways, Infrastructure Minister Ron Schuler announced in Ottawa on... More
Motherboard - We often view automation through the lens of job losses, and understandably so: Some studies have predicted that robots will take about 40 percent of all jobs in the next two decades. That’s going to mean a lot of out-of-work people, but in the context of trucking, automation—and specifically autonomous vehicles—could be a... More
Tnooz - The integration of autonomous vehicles in our city infrastructure over the next decade, including self-driving cars, autonomous taxis and self-driving shuttles and buses might affect the appeal of “hop on hop off” bus tours and guided tours in cities, but Alex Bainbridge, who authors the report, argues that they could also impact... More
Business Wire - According to a new report from Tractica, worldwide revenue from sales of autonomous trucks and buses reached $84 million in 2017 and the market will continue to develop at a strong pace over the next few years with more competition within the industry, providing significant opportunities to various industry participants, and... More
Saturday, January 27, 2018
Futurism - Will autonomous robots be the ones issuing arrests and tickets in the future? It’s not out of the question. Ford has officially filed for a patent on an automated police car. Now, this does not mean that an autonomous, artificially intelligent (AI) police vehicle will actually hit the roads — or even be fully... More
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