Baidu Secures Permit to Become First Fully Driverless Taxi Service Provider in Beijing 

With the Beijing development, Baidu can now operate a driverless taxi service in three Chinese cities, including Wuhan and Chongqing. Chinese tech giant Baidu has secured the right to offer the first fully driverless taxi service in China’s capital, Beijing. On Friday, the Beijing-based company made the announcement, which also included part of its logistical … Read more

GitHub to Lay Off 10% of Its Workforce and Go Fully Remote to Cut Costs

Notably, more than a third of the current 3,000 GitHub employees joined the company during the previous 12 months. That was partially due to the rapid growth of GitHub in India. GitHub, a for-profit company that offers a cloud-based Git repository hosting service, has been the latest tech firm to conduct a round of layoffs. … Read more