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Amazon’s Zoox Wins First U.S. Approval for Steering Wheel Free Robotaxis
Amazon's Zoox unit won U.S. approval on Wednesday for limited commercial deployment of its novel steering-wheel-free robotaxis, a first for the autonomous ride industry, the U.S. auto safety agency ...
Johnson & Johnson Proposes $5.5B Talc Settlement to End Marathon Legal Fight
Johnson & Johnson has agreed to pay $5.5 billion to tie up remaining lawsuits that claim its talc products caused ovarian cancer. The drugmaker, which has been fighting talc-related lawsuits for ...
Dealer Installed Anti-Theft System Puts More Than 2M Vehicles in California at Higher Theft Risk
Computer scientists at the University of California, San Diego, uncovered a higher risk of theft in cars with dealer-installed anti-theft systems in Southern California since 2017. More than 2 ...
Cyclosporiasis Cases in Michigan Surpass 10,000 in Ongoing Outbreak
Michigan health officials reported 10,077 cases of cyclosporiasis on Wednesday, an increase of 397 cases since their last update a day earlier. An investigation by the U.S. Food and Drug ...
Workplaces Dialing Down ‘Tokenmaxxing’ as Focus Returns to ROI
A corporate fad of "tokenmaxxing" artificial intelligence is hitting its limits as workplaces using AI for everything are seeing costs rise without a spike in productivity. What started as ...
Construction Jobsite Theft Nearly Doubled Between 2024 and 2025: Report
Jobsite thefts nearly doubled between 2024 and 2025, according to a recent joint industry report by jobsite security and response firms TrueLook and Noonlight. In 2025, there were 2,639 break-ins at ...
Diversity Crackdown Reverberates Throughout U.S. Boardrooms
As U.S. President Donald Trump intensifies his campaign against diversity programs, appointments of women and racial minorities to S&P 500 boards have dropped to their lowest level in more than a ...
Hawaii Raises Truck Bed-Riding Age to 16
It's common to see people riding in the beds of pickups in Hawaii, often along country highways sandwiched between towering verdant mountains and the glassy blue expanse of the Pacific. "It's a ...