This chapter discusses the Cruz incident, where a self-driving car accident occurred and the company misled regulators and the public about the seriousness of the incident. It explores the consequences of the accident on the company and the broader self-driving technology industry, highlighting the potential impact on road safety and the development of driverless cars.
Apple’s Vision Pro headset is now for sale in stores. Will it live up to the hype? Kevin Roose and Casey Newton tried it out to see. Then, in a high-profile congressional hearing on child safety and social media, Mark Zuckerberg, the Meta chief executive, made an apology to families of victims of online child abuse. Is new legislation on the horizon? And finally, what the collapse of Cruise, the autonomous vehicle company, means for the future of self-driving cars.
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