Fast Trains, Toxic Chemicals: Why Rail Safety Is Still a Problem February 2, 2024 By Thomas Black In the year since the derailment of a Norfolk Southern Inc. train brought national attention to US railroad safety, little...
Driverless Truck Companies Plan to Ditch Human Copilots in 2024 January 5, 2024 By Thomas Black Driverless trucks with no humans on board will soon cruise Texas highways if three startup firms have their way, despite...
FedEx Faces Safety Issues as Driver Accidents, Insurance Costs Rise August 16, 2023 By Thomas Black FedEx Corp. is pressuring delivery contractors to improve safety after mounting accidents helped trigger a near-tripling of insurance costs over...
Bursting Pipes, Sagging Roofs Strain Texas Adjusters, Contractors February 22, 2021 By Thomas Black and Katherine Chiglinsky After the big freeze in Texas comes the big thaw — and the big demand for workers to repair the...
Computerized Eyewear Looking for Success in Factories and Field May 21, 2019 By Thomas Black Remember Google Glass? The vaunted debut of the company’s computerized eyewear six years ago was one of Silicon Valley’s more...
UPS, Drone Maker Kick Off U.S. Commercial Flights in North Carolina March 27, 2019 By Thomas Black United Parcel Service Inc. and a startup drone partner began the first continuing commercial drone deliveries in the U.S., making...
High-Flying Drone Business May Leave Smaller Firms, Pioneers Behind May 15, 2018 By Thomas Black Andy Trench made $2,000 a day in 2015 taking sky-high photographs along the East Coast with a drone he made...
Southwest Fatality First for a U.S. Airline in 9 Years April 17, 2018 By Thomas Black and Alan Levin One passenger was killed when an engine blew out on a Southwest Airlines Co. jetliner carrying 149 people, marking the...
Drone Delivery Fleets Counting on Hyperlocal Weather Forecasts June 22, 2017 By Thomas Black Imagine a weather report so precise it provides wind-gust forecasts for individual city blocks. Such micro-weather data may soon become...
Delta System Failure Highlights Need for Airline Technology Upgrade August 10, 2016 By Thomas Black and Michael Sasso The failure of Delta Air Lines Inc.’s worldwide computer network this week spotlights the vulnerability of the information systems sustaining...