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California Bill Bans Self-Driving Trucks. San Francisco Supervisors Block Waymo. Does Luddism Reign?

The California Assembly passed AB 316 by a vote of 54-3. Included in the bill is a provision requiring a human driver be present in autonomous trucks while testing, which was lobbied for by the Teamsters’ union. This is only an Assembly Bill: In order to become law it would need a Senate equivalent and

Arkan hopes Microsoft will either cancel or restart Redfall

Redfall is the worst-reviewed major release of 2023, a black eye on Microsoft’s first-party ambitions, and a truly terrible game from a studio that once produced greats. What exactly went wrong here? Well, who has a better story than Bloomberg’s Jason Schreyer? Schreier once again delved into a stuttering, in this case, bungled game, finding

Exclusive Interview With SUNY Polytechnic Institute’s BS/MD Program

Exclusive Interview With SUNY Polytechnic Institute’s BS/MD Program forbes.com/sites/kristenmoon/2023/06/02/exclusive-interview-with-suny-polytechnic-institutes-bsmd-program SUNY Polytechnic Institute is on many direct medical students' college lists. The institute has partnered with SUNY Upstate Medical School for its Upstate Accelerated Scholars (UAS) Program. Once accepted to this program, students have a spot saved for them at the partnered medical school, SUNY Upstate

Kyiv’s Helicopters Flew Overhead As Paramilitaries Raided Russia

Ukrainian army helicopters supported pro-Ukraine Russian paramilitaries during their two-day raid on a border checkpoint on the Russian side of the Russia-Ukraine border last week. A video the Russian Volunteer Corps posted yesterday depicts Mil Mi-8 helicopters in Ukrainian livery flying overhead as the corps’ fighters staged for their raid, which began on May 22

FHA Introduces Plan to Help Mortgage Borrowers With Monthly Payments

Financing FHA Introduces Plan to Help Mortgage Borrowers With Monthly Payments The Federal Housing Administration is working to reduce monthly payments for homeowners struggling to pay their mortgages by introducing a new payment supplement program June 1, 2023 Image: yellow_man / stock.adobe.com Continue Reading The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) proposed a plan on Wednesday to

Now a Free Agent, NBA Standout Joe Ingles Throws His SoCal Home Onto the Market for $6.25M

Patrick McDermott/Getty Images / Realtor.com After a disappointing end to the season for the Milwaukee Bucks , forward Joe Ingles is ready to make a move. He's put his luxury home in Rancho Santa Fe, CA , on the market for $6.25 million. A native of Australia, Ingles has already signaled his intent to play

Futuristic Fixer-Upper: Rare Googie Architecture in Arizona Available for $2.4M

A remarkable specimen of futuristic architecture, built in 1962 in Paradise Valley, AZ , is available for $2,395,000. Set on an elevated, scenic, .81-acre lot within the Phoenix Mountain Reserve, the home was designed in 1959 by architect George Hall . The two-bedroom, 2.5-bath dwelling is an example of space-age, Googie architecture, which first emerged

Apple Leak details the design changes of the all-new iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Pro

iPhone 15 leaks have already spilled most of Apple’s internal secrets, and now we’ve got our best look yet at the phones’ biggest design changes. MacRumors has reached out to mockups of the entire range — iPhone 15, iPhone 15 Plus, iPhone 15 Pro, and iPhone 15 Pro Max — and while the site doesn’t

Biden Considers Sanctions In Response To Uganda’s Anti-Gay Law

On May 29th, the White House Briefing Room released a statement in which President Biden condemned Uganda’s new anti-gay law. “The enactment of Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Act is a tragic violation of universal human rights—one that is not worthy of the Ugandan people, and one that jeopardizes the prospects of critical economic growth for the entire