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Google tests ‘Trips’ App

Google’s new mobile travel app, Trips, is being tested by a small group. The new app allows people to keep track of past and future trips. Using Google Map data, it

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GPS: All roads lead to…a tiny Austrian village

Since July, the software for Garmin’s popular GPS devices has tried to direct a bonanza of tourist traffic to Preitenegg, Austria, seen above. Perhaps you’ve never heard of Preitenegg? No surprise: It has fewer than 1000 residents.

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Switzerland tries new buses with no drivers

If Google’s self-driving cars seem a bit futuristic (even if one got pulled over by a cop for going too slow), consider this: starting next spring, Switzerland will actually put passengers on driverless buses for a two-year test.   The buses will…

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California cops: How do you ticket a driverless car?

That’s the puzzling question faced by cops in Mountain View, CA the other day.   Mountain View, where Google…oops, Alphabet…is the most prominent corporate citizen is also one of the areas where Google’s driverless cars are being tested. The…

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Switzerland tries new buses with no drivers

If Google’s self-driving cars seem a bit futuristic (even if one got pulled over by a cop for going too slow), consider this: starting next spring, Switzerland will actually put passengers on driverless buses for a two-year test.   The buses will…

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