Tesla settles lawsuit over fatal Autopilot crash for undisclosed amount | Automotive Industry

Tesla settles lawsuit over fatal Autopilot crash for undisclosed amount | Automotive Industry

The settlement avoids a jury trial months ahead of Tesla’s scheduled release of a self-driving taxi. Electric carmaker Tesla has settled a lawsuit brought by the family of an Apple engineer who was killed when his Model X swerved off a California highway while on autopilot. Tesla settled with the…

Biden unveils .6bn for Taiwan’s TSMC to ramp up US chip production | Technology

Biden unveils $6.6bn for Taiwan’s TSMC to ramp up US chip production | Technology

Taiwanese chip giant will build third facility in Arizona as part of $65bn investment in the US. The United States has pledged to give Taiwan’s chip giant TSMC up to $6.6bn to expand production at facilities it is building in the state of Arizona. The funding announced on Monday will…

Residents in North America look to the sky for a rare total solar eclipse | Space

Residents in North America look to the sky for a rare total solar eclipse | Space

A major golf tournament ground to a halt. Schools emptied of students. And thousands of people across North America turned their eyes to the sky to watch a rare celestial event. On Monday, parts of Canada, Mexico and the United States were treated to a total solar eclipse, a phenomenon…

Biden unveils new plans to ease US student loan debt for millions | US Election 2024 News

Biden unveils new plans to ease US student loan debt for millions | US Election 2024 News

US president announces renewed effort to provide ‘life changing’ debt relief, a key issue for young voters. Joe Biden has announced plans to ease student loan debt for millions of Americans, as the United States president tries to make good on a promise to younger voters ahead of the general…

In Michigan, a Ramadan like no other as Muslims grapple with Gaza’s siege | Israel War on Gaza News

In Michigan, a Ramadan like no other as Muslims grapple with Gaza’s siege | Israel War on Gaza News

Dearborn Heights, Michigan, the US – For most of her life, Yasmeen Hamed has been an observant Muslim. But by her own admission, she did not often wear the hijab in public. She was hardly an apostate – here in this Detroit suburb, the Palestinian American mother of four is…

Trump says abortion should be up to US states, avoids backing national ban | Donald Trump News

Trump says abortion should be up to US states, avoids backing national ban | Donald Trump News

Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has said the issue of abortion access should be left up to states to decide, eschewing calls from within his party to support a nationwide ban on the procedure in the United States. In a video posted on his Truth Social platform on Monday,…

Philippines beefs up defences on its northernmost edge amid China tensions | South China Sea News

Philippines beefs up defences on its northernmost edge amid China tensions | South China Sea News

This is the first in a two-part series from the Philippines’s most northerly province. Mavulis Island, Philippines – The military detachment on the Philippines’s northernmost island faces northwest, towards the setting sun – and the country’s biggest potential adversary. The island of Mavulis was uninhabited until 2016, when the Philippine…

Pelosi joins US Democrats call for Biden to halt arms transfer to Israel | Israel War on Gaza News

Pelosi joins US Democrats call for Biden to halt arms transfer to Israel | Israel War on Gaza News

Former House speaker among lawmakers putting pressure on White House in letter citing Gaza humanitarian crisis. More than 30 Democratic members of the US House of Representatives have called for a full halt to the transfer of weapons to Israel, in a letter to President Joe Biden and Secretary of…