Waymo has issued a software update to its fleet of nearly 4,000 vehicles to help them avoid flooded roads as part of a recall announced by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration NHTSA on Tuesday. …
… Ivan Mehta Ivan covers global consumer tech developments at TechCrunch. …
… Waymo admitted that it hadn’t finished developing a “final remedy” for avoiding flooded areas when it issued its software recall last week. …
… By launching a centralized shopping system and building infrastructure that lets software agents complete purchases autonomously, the company is positioning itself to control more of the entire shopping journey, and potentially the relationship between consumers and the merchants competing for thei… …
… Lucas Ropek Lucas is a senior writer at TechCrunch, where he covers artificial intelligence, consumer tech, and startups. …
… And sometimes, like in the case of OpenClaw, they may pose security issues and holes to worry about. Osaurus, meanwhile, presents an easy-to-use interface that consumers can use and addresses security concerns by running things in a hardware-isolated, virtual sandbox. …
… The new model will also power Gemini Spark , Google’s new personal AI agent designed to run 24/7 to help consumers manage their digital life. Providing that level of AI capability for average consumers comes with scrutiny. …
… The NHTSA recently closed an investigation into the occasional tendency of Tesla's Full Self-Driving software to crash into parking lot bollards, chains, and gates. …
… A coding agent is a specialized version applied to software development. …