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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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One SME Lender’s Take On Regulation And Transparency

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That focus provides insights into the direct link between lenders, their SME borrowers and the communities in which those businesses operate. But Clearinghouse CDFI can also offer interesting insight into the state of regulation of small business lending and how greater oversight may impact the SMEs that prop up their local communities.

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Five At Five: Amazon To Offer Yext On Alexa Devices

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Also, Waymo will begin offering self-driving rides to Walmart customers in Arizona and Grubhub is acquiring LevelUp. Consumers will be able to get hours of operation, location, contact information and other data, just using voice commands. The standard was built with 10 multi-national corporate firms and 12 leading banks.

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Shared Economy, Last-Mile Logistics Could Help Deliver COVID Vaccine

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And experts are warning that given the spike in cases nationwide, we should expect to see that national death toll to double over the next 10 days to reach 4,000 daily. There are now three different firms on the verge of submitting highly effective vaccines to regulators worldwide for emergency approval.

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What Is Powering The Emerging Pawnaissance?

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Interest rates on pawn loans vary as they are regulated by states. Regulations require that pawnbrokers request proof of ownership before making a deal with a potential customer — but the less reputable players in the industry have a nasty habit of forgetting to ask. So what is driving the Pawnaissance?

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The Digital Evolution Of The Online Gaming Ecosystem

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Congress can regulate sports gambling directly, but if it elects not to do so, each state is free to act on its own.”. states, with only Arizona, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada and Washington labeling DFS as illegal. In a microcosm of the national expansion, New Hampshire’s newly online sports gambling program raked in $2.31

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Android of the Auto Industry? How Baidu May Race Ahead Of Google, Tesla, And Others In Autonomous Vehicles

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In many ways, Apollo resembles Google’s Android Open Source Project (AOSP), Google’s open software platform for a mobile operating system (OS) that launched in 2007. In recent months, the Chinese government has increasingly eased regulations on autonomous vehicles in a number of cities to accelerate the path to commercialization.

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