Waabi unveils its first generation self-driving truck • TechCrunch

Waabi unveils its first generation self-driving truck • ProWellTech

Autonomous trucking startup Waabi has unveiled its first generation of trucks that are purpose-built for OEM integration. The trucks are powered by the Waabi Driver, a combination of Waabi’s software, sensors and compute. Their launch signals both that Waabi is ready to verify and validate its self-driving stack and that it’s open for business. Waabi…

Airbnb rolls out a host of new perks for hosts • TechCrunch

Airbnb rolls out a host of new perks for hosts • ProWellTech

Airbnb has more than 4 million hosts managing accommodation and experiences on its platform. Now, as it looks to drive more bookings, it’s on the hunt for more. After introducing a major redesign for customers earlier this year, Airbnb is now turning its attention to improving the experience for new and existing hosts. Today, it’s…

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Galaxy S22 Ultra vs. Xiaomi 12S Ultra camera test gets intense

It’s a harsh truth, but rarely any company other than Samsung, Apple, or Google makes it to the top spot in the best smartphone camera leaderboard. Chinese phone makers have often attempted to breach this triopoly with special partnerships, such as in the case of Huawei-Leica, Vivo-Zeiss, and OnePlus-Hasselblad. Now, after ending its partnership with…

Parallel Domain says autonomous driving won't scale without synthetic data • TechCrunch

Parallel Domain says autonomous driving won’t scale without synthetic data • ProWellTech

Achieving autonomous driving safely requires near endless hours of training software on every situation that could possibly arise before putting a vehicle on the road. Historically, autonomy companies have collected hordes of real-world data with which to train their algorithms, but it’s impossible to train a system how to handle edge cases based on real-world…