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General Motors' Cruise will pandemic-proof its driverless EV shuttles before they roll out in San Francisco

Cruise CTO and cofounder Kyle Vogt at the Origin's debut in early 2020. Stephen Lam/Reuters Autonomous ride-hailing startup Cruise will build pandemic protections into its...
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Tesla says it's finally releasing 'full self-driving' software after it had to 'rewrite everything' - but no one's sure what it can actually do

4 hours ago | Business Insider

Tesla CEO Elon Musk. Associated Press Elon Musk said Tuesday that Tesla was releasing a beta version of its long-awaited "full self-driving" software. The billionaire said the...
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Watching Unlisted Driving Videos From GM's Cruise Autonomous Cars Reveals Some Alarming Behavior

6 hours ago | Jalopnik

Just in case anyone out there forgot, autonomous driving is hard. Incredibly hard. Getting two tons of inert wires and transistors and motors and lenses to somehow navigate a...
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MSC Magnifica resumes operations in Europe

10 hours ago | Travel and Tourworld

MSC Magnifica has finally departed from Genoa marking her return to sailing. The vessel became the second MSC Cruises ship to welcome guests back on board since the cruise line...
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Watch the US Navy stealth destroyer Zumwalt fire off a missile for the first time

1 day ago | Business Insider

USS Zumwalt US Navy The first-in-class ship of the Navy's most advanced class of destroyers has test-fired a missile for the first time. The USS Zumwalt test-launched an SM-2...
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GM will make its upcoming Hummer EV in a Detroit plant completely reconfigured in a $2.2 billion renovation to only make EVs

1 day ago | Business Insider

General Motors' Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly being transformed into Factory ZERO. General Motors General Motors announced that it has converted and renamed its Detroit-Hamtramck...
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Portsmouth welcomes first international cruise call post pandemic

1 day ago | Travel and Tourworld

Portsmouth recently welcomed their first international cruise calls since the suspension of its sailings back in March during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe...
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Expect a price jump, and new COVID-19 rules, when booking your next cruise

1 day ago | Los Angeles Times

Cruise companies say pent-up demand, once the U.S. no-sail order is lifted, will lead to higher ticket costs.
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An unused Carnival cruise ship could soon become a floating office where techies, YouTube influencers, and 'digital nomads' can live and work remotely

2 days ago | Business Insider | 2 articles

The Carnival Panorama cruise ship sits docked, empty of passengers, as the global outbreak of the coronavirus disease continues, in Long Beach, California, U.S., April 16...
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'Ghost' cruise ship rescues 24 people from sinking boat

2 days ago | CNN

Cruise ships are mostly standing idle due to the pandemic, but that hasn't stopped one "ghost' vessel jumping into action to rescue 24 people from a sinking boat.
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Mainland China reports 11 new coronavirus cases

China reported 11 new coronavirus cases in the mainland on Oct. 20, down from 19 a day earlier, the country's health authority said on Wednesday. All of the new cases were... Read more ...

Cathay Dragon ceases operations with immediate effect

Cathay Pacific recently confirmed that its regional subsidiary Cathay Dragon will cease operations after three nearly decades of functioning with immediate effect. The decision... Read more ...

Dubai and Israel establishes a strong partnership in MICE development

The UAE and Israel have established a partnership in the areas of major conferences and exhibitions and broader trade development with the signing of an agreement between the... Read more ...

Mainland China reports 19 new COVID-19 cases

China reported 19 new coronavirus cases in the mainland for Oct. 19, up from 13 cases a day earlier, the health commission said on Tuesday. All of the new infections were... Read more ...

Gourmet Grill Nuestro Secreto at Four Seasons Hotel Buenos Aires Reopens Its...

With great excitement and after seven months of having closed the doors of Nuestro Secreto, the fire has now re-ignited. The gourmet grill at Four Seasons Hotel Buenos Aires is... Read more ...

Géocaching le long de l'Autoroute Enchantée

Rejoignez nous pour un road trip virtuel le long de l'Autoroute Enchantée, dans le Dakota du Nord! Un tronçon d'autoroute d'un peu plus de 50 kilomètres connu pour héberger les... Read more ...

Geocachen langs de Enchanted Highway

Ga met ons mee op een virtuele road trip langs de Enchanted Highway in North Dakota! Een stuk snelweg van 51 kilometer, bekend om de grootste beeldhouwwerken van schroot... Read more ...

Study Finding It Nearly Impossible For Airline Passengers Wearing Masks To...

A study of COVID-19 infection rates on airplanes by the Department of Defense and United Airlines concluded that the risk of masked passengers being infected by the virus while... Read more ...

W Chengdu opens doors to guests in China

W Hotels Worldwide recently opened the all new W Chengdu marking its expansion in south-west China. The property is operated by Marriott International, and owned by KWG Group... Read more ...

Tourism officials in Hawaii hopeful about tourism bounce back

On the first day of Hawaii's less restrictive COVID-19 testing program, the state's airports were witnessed more than 10,000 visitors in a single day. That is, however, a good... Read more ...