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Google Maps to start directing drivers to 'eco-friendly' routes – Yahoo Finance

Bloomberg One of World’s Greatest Hidden Fortunes Is Wiped Out in Days (Bloomberg) — From his perch high above Midtown Manhattan, just across from Carnegie Hall, Bill Hwang was quietly building one of the world’s greatest fortunes.Even on Wall Street, few ever noticed him — until suddenly, everyone did.Hwang and his private investment firm, Archegos Capital Management, are now at the center of one of the biggest margin calls of all time — a multibillion-dollar fiasco involving secretive… Source link

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Handwritten sign warning drivers of speed camera sparks debate

A handwritten sign erected to warn drivers about an apparent speed camera in an unmarked police car has sparked debate. The sign was spotted on Camden Valley Way in Elderslie, a suburb in Sydney’s Macarthur Region, on Saturday amid wild wind and torrential rain that smashed large parts of NSW. “Speed camera ahead”, the sign positioned at the side of the northbound lane read, with a smiley face also featured. While many expressed appreciation for the cardboard sign, which was attached to a… Source link

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New Ford, Google deal means big tech upgrades for drivers: What to know

Ford Motor Co. and Google announced a strategic partnership on Monday that’s meant to more quickly modernize the 117-year-old automaker in unique ways and more aggressively use data to drive revenue and improve customer experience. Ford will start exploring this year the use of technology to provide oversight and quality control of factory robotics as well as additional training of UAW members on the plant floors, while Ford and Lincoln customers will start seeing new driver… Source link

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Google Maps postcode error leads delivery drivers on wild pizza chase | Consumer affairs

If Simon Borghs wanted to eat a takeaway pizza fresh out of the box, he would have to sit in the local park. Taking a taxi meant lengthy discussions with the driver to ensure that he got to his flat. Getting a delivery meant walking down the road with his phone in his hand looking for the courier. His problem was that the postcode for his east London flat was incorrect on Google Maps, so any driver using the service for navigation ended up not at his address, but in parkland at Three Mills… Source link

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