FCC Votes to Split Safety Spectrum with Telecoms Over Transportation Chief’s Warning December 13, 2019 By David Shepardson The U.S. telecommunications regulator voted on Thursday to advance a plan to split a key spectrum block set aside for...
Boeing 737 MAX Planes to Remain Grounded Rest of This Year: FAA December 11, 2019 By David Shepardson Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) chief Steve Dickson confirmed Wednesday the agency will not allow Boeing Co.’s grounded 737 MAX, involved...
Auto Safety Advocates Oppose FCC Plan for Sharing Unused Spectrum With Wi-Fi November 21, 2019 By David Shepardson A little-used block of spectrum set aside for auto safety should be split to accommodate the rapidly growing number of...
U.S. Safety Agency Faults Uber, Driver in Probe of 2018 Autonomous Car Crash Death November 20, 2019 By David Shepardson A U.S. safety agency on Tuesday faulted Uber for inadequate attention to safety and decisions in the company’s autonomous vehicle...
Senators Introduce Safety Legislation to Address Boeing 737 Issues October 28, 2019 By David Shepardson Two Democrats on the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee on Thursday introduced legislation to mandate numerous aviation safety recommendations in the...
U.S. Safety Board Wants to Learn Cause of Fatal Uber Autonomous Car Crash October 18, 2019 By David Shepardson The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) will hold a Nov. 19 hearing to determine the probable cause of a...
Lyft, Uber Bypass House Panel Hearing on Transportation Safety and Labor Conditions October 17, 2019 By David Shepardson Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. skipped a U.S. House of Representatives hearing the ride-hailing industry, angering lawmakers who threatened...
Why Big Internet Firms Think They Should Remain Shielded from Content Liability October 16, 2019 By David Shepardson A 23-year-old law giving technology companies legal protection from lawsuits over user-generated content remains critical to the internet’s future, Alphabet...
Regulators Looking Into Reports of Tesla ‘Smart Summon’ Parking Lot Incidents October 4, 2019 By David Shepardson and Vibhuti Sharma U.S. regulators are looking into parking lot crashes involving Tesla Inc. cars driving themselves to their owners using the company’s...
Boeing 737 Fund Will Pay Crash Victims’ Families $145K Each September 24, 2019 By David Shepardson Boeing Co. will pay the families of 346 people killed in two fatal 737 MAX crashes $144,500 each from a...