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Uber Self-Driving Car Kills Arizona Pedestrian

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Uber ’s self-driving car in Tempe, Arizona, struck and killed a pedestrian Sunday night (March 18), marking the first known fatality of a pedestrian by an autonomous vehicle. Some incredibly sad news out of Arizona,” wrote Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi on Twitter on Monday (March 19), according to the WSJ.

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Arizona Autonomous Vehicle Tests Build On World’s Fair Legacy

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And not everyone in Arizona can hitch a ride with the vehicle: Waymo said in a Medium post that it was opening up to “early riders from our research program” before it slowly rolls it out to other riders, with safety as a factor in the speed of the launch. For starters, the state’s rules for driverless cars aren’t as strict as California’s.

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Delivering Restaurant Innovation With Mobile Tech

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These are some of the ways that innovators in the dining space are making it easier for consumers to order their favorite foods — and for restaurants to accept their orders: The projected value of online restaurant delivery sales by 2022, compared to $25 billion today, is $62 billion. Indiana University will have them this month.

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Acquire or Be Acquired 2023: Disruption ‘Comes Home’ to Banking

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Scottdale, Arizona was chillier than normal this week, but that didn’t prevent bankers from having heated discussions about 2023 at this year’s Acquired or Be Acquired conference, hosted by Bank Director. Business Experience Catches Consumer In past years digital innovation discussions tended to focus on consumer-focused players (e.g.,

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Autonomous Delivery Startup Nuro Nets $500M In Funding On $5B Valuation

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The company, according to Co-Founder Jiajun Zhu , is based around the idea of improving peoples' lives through various kinds of robotic inventions, including their first one, a self-driving vehicle operating electronically to deliver goods to people.

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New Digital Experiences Keep Credit Unions Relevant – And Then Some

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Consumers waited on financial institutions (FIs) to innovate in an odd relationship that put business needs before customers’ needs. Arizona-based FI consulting firm Cornerstone Advisors noted that just three major banks have 47 percent of the accounting and payment services sector’s $11 billion.”. It was all on their timetable.

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Scottsdale Community Bank: Making microloans

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Scottsdale Community Bank is the first new community bank in Arizona in 14 years, and it already has the capacity to make more than $100 million in loans. The technology it uses allows it to maximize efficiency while minimizing costs in its operations. The $28 million-asset community bank in Scottsdale, Ariz.,