Despite high hopes, self-driving cars are ‘way in the future’: NYT reports, companies say the industry overestimated the arrival of autonomous vehicles, which still struggle to anticipate what other drivers and pedestrians will do.
Tesla floats fully self-driving cars as soon as this year. Many are worried about what that will unleash. WP reports, transportation officials and executives expressed worries that the company’s expedited timeline could result in crashes, lawsuits and confusion.
Musk-backed Neuralink unveils brain-implant technology: FT reports, start-up plans to use information strips it calls ‘threads’ to bring medical advances.
Fade to black: According to an article by Nellie Bowles of the NYT, a small minority of hapless parents are hiring coaches to get their kids off their mobile phones. Some of these “screen consultants” charge up to $250/hour.
Move over, baseball dads: CB Insights reports, the world of high tech parenting also recently revealed the story of Dave Herzog who was profiled in The Boston Globe by Dugan Arnett. Herzog, unlike the parents in the NYT article, is trying to get his son in front of more screens. Herzog has taken his son, Jordan, out of high school to focus on becoming a full-time gamer. Practicing 10 to 14 hours a day, Herzog says Jordan is going after “fame, prestige, earnings that, he believes, could one day reach into the millions.” It’s perhaps just a matter of time until an IMG Academy-like institution crops up for student-athlete gamers.
