Waymo says robotaxi service has resumed after it made “temporary adjustments” in San Francisco amidst a power outage that appears to have affected around 7,000 PG&E customers in the city. According to a screenshot posted on social media, Waymo told SF customers that service was “temporarily paused” and that “freeway routes are unavailable.” When TechCrunch…
It turns out that even San Francisco mayor Daniel Lurie, who once declared that the city should be a testbed for emerging tech, has his limits. Especially when that emerging tech creates a massive hours-long traffic jam that leaves thousands at a standstill. Mayor Lurie has asked state regulators to bolster rules for autonomous vehicles…
No one does high drama — the agony and the ecstasy, the deepest blacks and brightest whites, the crispest lines and most lucent objects — like the Spanish Catholic Baroque painters. There is a painting of Christ on the cross so exquisitely rendered, so realistically modeled in light and shade, it was said by an…
A very large sea lion is drawing onlookers to a pier popular among both other sea lions and tourists in San Francisco, wowing visitors and catapulting him to online fame. “POV: You pull up to the gym and see that one guy who’s just built different,” reads the caption on one video of the sea…
The estimated 2,000-pound Steller sea lion nicknamed ‘Chonkers’ is hanging out at San Francisco’s Pier 39 and drawing fans from across the country. The massive mammal made waves about a month ago when he hauled himself onto the pier and decided to stay. While California sea lions typically crowd the area, ‘Chonkers’ quickly stood out…
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