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Autonomous cars without drivers can now pick you up, drop off deliveries

A company that specializes in autonomous vehicle technology has begun operating its vehicles on city streets without a safety driver in the front seat.

CBS Sunday Morning – “Oceans Give, Oceans Take” Video: Their role in climate change

As greenhouse gases warm the Earth, our oceans play a significant role in absorbing heat that helps regulate rising temperatures. But as writer and narrator Robert Krulwich explains, there is a huge price to pay for heating the oceans.

California regulators approve first taxi rides for public in cars with no driver

Cruise will use a fleet of 30 completely driverless all-electric Chevrolet Bolts – with no safety driver – to ferry passengers around parts of the city. 

Nevada to ditch investments in assault weapon manufacturers in wake of mass shootings

“As Nevada’s chief investment officer, I have a responsibility to ensure Nevada’s tax dollars are invested with minimal exposure to risk,” Conine added in a statement. “Companies that profit on the manufacture and sale of assault-style weapons present a market risk I’m not willing to take.

L.A. is banning most gas appliances in new homes. Get ready for electric stoves

More than 50 California cities and counties have adopted similar rules banning or discouraging gas hookups in new homes and other buildings. The nation’s second-largest city was late to the game, said Councilmember Nithya Raman, the policy’s lead author — but no longer.

Crickets tipped to replace kale, acai, blueberries as mainstream superfoods in 2022 in Australia

There’s been a buzz about the nutritional benefits of insects for years, but 2022 is the year creepy-crawlies are finally tipped to make it onto mainstream supermarket shelves. 

NEW ON TED.COM – “We have to stop destroying our future” Nobel laureate Al Gore

“Do not give up hope,” Gore says. “And remember always that political will is itself a renewable resource.”

FreeWire Shows Us How To Solve US Rural Charging Challenges

How FreeWire Takes The Stress Off The Grid (& Our Wallets)

Argo touts driverless operations in Miami and Austin, Texas – Is your city prepared?

An autonomous vehicle technology company that partners with Ford and Volkswagen says it has started driverless operations in two of eight cities where it is developing its technology

JP Morgan/Chase CEO Jamie Dimon says ‘brace yourself’ for an economic hurricane caused by the Fed and Ukraine war

“You’d better brace yourself,” Dimon told the roomful of analysts and investors. “JPMorgan is bracing ourselves and we’re going to be very conservative with our balance sheet.”