Waymo Is Trying to Crack Down on Solo Kids in Driverless Cars

By law, autonomous vehicles aren’t allowed to carry unaccompanied minors in California. Waymo, Alphabet’s self-driving-car company, doesn’t allow kids under 18 to ride alone anywhere outside of metro Phoenix, Arizona. But that hasn’t stopped some time-strapped parents from using their own accounts to transport their kids to school, extracurricular activities, and even social outings. Some…

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Federal government accused of watering down proposal to protect Australia’s threatened species and ecosystems | Australian politics

Green groups have accused the Albanese government of watering down a proposal to protect threatened species and ecosystems. National environmental standards were the key plank of reforms to Australia’s nature laws, passed by the parliament in November. The government has been consulting on a draft standard for projects of national environmental significance, including endangered wildlife,…

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