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Don’t be fooled by the fog machine, spooky lights and fake bats: the robotics lab at Worcester Polytechnic Institute lab wasn’t hosting a Halloween party. Instead, it’s a testing ground for tiny drones that can be deployed in search and …
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The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has launched separate investigations into about 583,600 Honda vehicles over potential defects involving rear seatbelt warnings and inadvertent airbag deployments. NHTSA is examining 142,600 units of the 2023-2024 Honda Pilot SUV for a …
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A U.S. court reinstated a $185 million verdict against Bayer’s Monsanto unit over chemical contamination at a Washington state school on Thursday. The Washington state Supreme Court reversed a lower court ruling that had vacated the verdict in a 2021 …
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As Hurricane Melissa sweeps past Bermuda into the North Atlantic, new satellite data of Jamaica has revealed devastation in much of the Western part of the country.
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Li Auto Inc. is recalling 11,411 of its flagship Mega multi-purpose electric vehicles in China after one of its cars caught fire last week, highlighting growing concerns about EV safety. The recall covers the 2024 model of the Mega produced …
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General Motors said it will cut U.S. electric vehicle and battery production and 1,200 factory jobs at its EV plant in Detroit along with 550 jobs at an Ohio battery plant as the automaker responds to a significant slowdown in …
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Boston city councilors are proposing an ordinance that would require Alphabet Inc.’s Waymo and other autonomous ride-share services to have a human operator present in the vehicle. The legislation would mandate a study on the technology’s effects on the employment …
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Palantir Technologies Inc. sued two former senior artificial intelligence engineers, claiming they stole documents and information to help launch a “copycat” competitor, Percepta. Palantir filed a lawsuit Thursday against Radha Jain and Joanna Cohen in Manhattan federal court. Both women …
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Flying Frozen Fish, Burning Chairs, Spine-Cracking Pickles: The Year’s Spookiest Workplace Accidents
Flying frozen fish and errant golf balls, spine-cracking pickles and burning chairs—those are the sort of workplace claims tales one would expect to hear about as Halloween arrives. Just in time to celebrate the spooky season, Pie Insurance compiled a …
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Hurricane Melissa marched northeast toward Bermuda on Thursday after the record-setting storm left a trail of destruction across the Caribbean, ripping roofs of buildings and causing widespread power outages. Melissa was 685 miles (1,102 kilometers) southwest of Bermuda as of …
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