San Francisco drives tech; will it drive away robot taxis?
By Greg Bensinger Robot taxis: SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - San Francisco may be the symbolic capital of the tech industry, and the hub of next-generation services like artificial intelligence, but when it comes to self-driving cars (or robot taxis), city officials
Backup driver in 2018 Uber self-driving crash pleads guilty
By David Shepardson (Reuters) - The backup safety driver behind the wheel of a self-driving Uber Technologies test vehicle that struck and killed a woman in Tempe, Arizona, in 2018 pleaded guilty on Friday and was sentenced to probation, prosecutors said. Rafaela
Spain set to impose new restrictions on ride-hailing drivers
By Inti Landauro MADRID (Reuters) - The Spanish government is set to impose new restrictions on drivers working with ride-hailing apps such as Uber after the European Union's top court overturned a set of local curbs in Barcelona, a draft document