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Could be an important feature for self-driving cars.

FRANKFURT - Porsche is opening a digital technology center with 100 staff in Silicon Valley to forge new partnerships, cooperate with venture-capital companies and invest in new companies, it said on Friday. The Volkswagen subsidiary launched its digital division based in Ludwigsburg near Stuttgart a year ago to develop digital services for the premium segment. It is headed by Thilo Koslowski, a former digital mobility analyst at technology consulting firm Gartner. "Th

He's the startup's second notable hire.

Comes as Uber faces claims of stolen documents.

Bill would authorize vehicle spot checks and fines.

It's a relatively small portion of affected cars, but it's a start.

RealClimate reports on a comment posted in Science recently, pointing out that a study which criticized the ability of a specific climate simulation to accurately predict Northern Hemisphere temperatures was based on an incorrect implementation of the