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A Yandex self-driving car in Las Vegas, during the 2020 Consumer Electronics Show. Yandex Yandex Self-Driving Group has driven seven million autonomous miles (11.5 million kilometers) since the team was founded in 2017, more than any other company has announced, save for Alphabet’s Waymo. That’s up from two million miles in February, 2020, showing the company’s continued progress, despite the Covid-19 pandemic. Artem Fokin, Head of Business Development for the group,… Source link

Yandex, Russia’s multi-hyphenate internet giant, began testing its autonomous cars on Moscow’s icy winter roads over three years ago. The goal was to create a “universal” self-driving vehicle that could safely maneuver around different cities across the globe. Now, Yandex says its trials have been a resounding success. The vehicles recently hit a major milestone by driving over 10 million kilometers (over six million miles) in autonomous mode, with the majority of the distance traveled in… Source link

The Guardian Undocumented Texans are reeling from last month’s storm – and they’re cut off from federal aid After four years of family separations and deportations, many are reluctant to seek help after the natural disaster Austin Texas Musicians distrubute Fema emergency diaster relief boxes to residents affected by the winter storm crisis. Photograph: Sandy Carson/Zuma Wire/Rex/Shutterstock Weeks after a deadly Arctic blast walloped Texas, Maria still didn’t have reliable water at… Source link

Les Miles is out at Kansas following the release of Husch Blackwell’s report, an investigation into how LSU handled allegations of sexual and domestic assault in previous years. Kansas Director of Athletics Jeff Long announced the decision in an official statement Monday night as the two sides agreed to mutually part ways after two seasons. Miles was placed on administrative leave earlier this month by Kansas after the former Tigers coach allegedly texted female students during his time… Source link

The Les Miles era of Kansas football has come to an end. Miles, the longtime college head coach who won a national championship at LSU but amassed just a 3-18 record over two seasons at Kansas, has parted ways with the university. Kansas announced the news on Monday night, saying it was a mutual decision between the two parties. The school said the terms of its separation from Miles “will be released in the coming days.” The news comes just days after Miles was placed on administrative leave… Source link

The University of Kansas placed coach Les Miles on administrative leave on Friday night, the first step in a departure that appears inevitable. A series of untoward allegations arose against Miles during his time coaching at LSU, which include unwelcome advances to multiple student employees and ignoring his athletic director’s orders to not contact student workers. Miles is 3-18 in two seasons at Kansas and the allegations against him leave no clear path to returning to the sideline. Miles… Source link

The career of Kansas football coach Les Miles is over. The window dressing of how his departure will be framed – firing, stepping down or mutual parting of ways – still has to be hashed out. But those are just semantics after Kansas placed its embattled coach on administrative leave Friday evening.  The reality of the allegations during Miles’ tenure at LSU and that school’s administrative enabling is clear now: Miles is well on his way toward losing both his job and reputation. A… Source link

Current Kansas coach Les Miles was banned from being alone with female students while he was the coach at LSU following allegations of inappropriate behavior. LSU released a 2013 internal investigation into the coach’s behavior after USA Today sued to make it public. Its release comes after the investigation’s existence became known in late February. Per USA Today’s summation of the report, Miles was issued a letter of reprimand for his behavior in addition to being ordered to not be alone… Source link