TuSimple kicks off plan for a nationwide self-driving truck network with partners UPS, Xpress and McLane - TechCrunch

Self-driving trucks startup TuSimple laid out a plan Wednesday to create a mapped network of shipping routes and terminals designed for autonomous trucking operations that will extend across the United States by 2024. UPS, which owns a minority stake in TuSimple, carrier U.S. Xpress, Penske Truck Leasing and Berkshire Hathaway’s grocery and food service supply chain company McLane Inc. are the inaugural partners in this so-called autonomous freight network (AFN).

TuSimple’s AFN involves four pieces: its self-driving trucks, digital mapped routes, freight terminals and a system that will let customers monitor autonomous trucking operations and track their shipments in real-time. For now, TuSimple will operate the trucks and carry goods for its customers, which now number 22.  TuSimple wants to eventually be able to sell its autonomous trucks so customers can choose to operate their own fleets.

The plan was made public just days after TechCrunch learned that TuSimple had hired investment bank Morgan Stanley to help it raise $250 million. Morgan Stanley recently sent potential investors an informational packet, viewed by TechCrunch, that provides a snapshot of the company and an overview of its business model, as well as a pitch on why the company is poised to succeed — all standard fare for companies seeking investors. TuSimple, which has raised $298 million to date, has also shared its plans to build its autonomous freight network with potential investors.

“Our ultimate goal is to have a nationwide transportation network consisting of mapped routes connecting hundreds of terminals to enable efficient, low-cost long-haul autonomous freight operations,” TuSimple President Cheng Lu said in a statement. “By launching the AFN with our strategic partners, we will be able to quickly scale operations and expand autonomous shipping lanes to provide users access to autonomous capacity anywhere and 24/7 on-demand.”

TuSimple already carries freight in its autonomous trucks (always with human safety operators on board) along seven different routes between Phoenix, Tucson, El Paso and Dallas. TuSimple said it will expand its service area with existing customers UPS and McLane. U.S. Xpress is a new partner. Penske will help TuSimple scale its fleet operations nationwide and provide preventative maintenance for the self-driving trucks, the company said. 

TuSimple said the network will be rolled out in three phases, starting with a focus on a service area in the Southwest where it already operates. Phase 1, which will launch in 2020 and into 2021, will cover service between cities Phoenix, Tucson, El Paso, Dallas, Houston and San Antonio. TuSimple plans to open this fall a new shipping terminal in Dallas. TuSimple said these terminals are designed to be shared by mid-sized customers. TuSimple will carry freight directly to a company’s distribution center if it is a high-volume customer.

The second phase will begin in 2022 and expand service from Los Angeles to Jacksonville and connect the east coast with the west, the company said.

The final phase will expand across the lower 48 states, beginning in 2023. The company said it will replicate the strategy in Europe and Asia after the AFN rolls out nationwide.

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• Federal contractors have about six weeks to meet a provision in the 2019 Defense authorization bill that says they are not using any equipment from Chinese companies Huawei and ZTE in their supply chains. And any hope that deadline may be moved decreased yesterday when the FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau formally designated Huawei and ZTE as national security threats. This means state and local governments, as well as schools and libraries, who receive money from the FCC’s $8.3 billion dollar Universal Service Fund may no longer purchase, obtain, maintain, improve, modify or otherwise support any equipment or services produced or provided by these suppliers.

• Two key IT modernization leaders are taking new jobs. Anil Cheriyan and Bob DeLuca have been at the forefront of the Trump administration’s Centers of Excellence IT modernization effort for much of the past 18 months. Now both are leaving. Cheriyan, the director of the Technology Transformation Service at GSA, is heading back to the private sector. His last day at GSA is July 17. Deluca, the executive director of the CoE program, will take over as the deputy CIO at the FDIC starting July 6. Under their leadership, the number of agencies using the CoEs increased to 12 from two since 2018. (Federal News Network)

• The president is tapping the person behind the Bureau of Land Management’s controversial Colorado move to lead the agency permanently. President Trump appointed William Perry Pendley to be BLM director. Pendley is currently BLM’s acting leader and deputy director for policy and programs. He was behind the BLM headquarters relocation to Colorado and several other western states. BLM has been without a permanent leader for nearly a year.

• A few months after bringing employees back under a phased approach, IRS Commissioner Chuck Rettig says processing and call centers will return to full staffing by July 15. He told the Senate Finance Committee some employees returning to the office may have to work different schedules in order to meet social distancing requirements. Rettig said certain agency work can’t be done remotely, but more than 50,000 IRS employees have teleworked during the coronavirus pandemic. That’s about two-thirds of its workforce. (Federal News Network)

• The Trump administration is claiming big economic savings through its regulatory reform effort. For fiscal 2019, the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs says regulatory costs eliminated reached $15.5 billion, bringing the total to $51 billion since 2017. Last year agencies issued 150 deregulatory actions. For this year’s regulatory budget, OIRA estimates final rule making will result in savings of another $51 billion in regulatory costs, after Homeland Security adds $35 billion. The biggest cuts will occur in EPA and the Transportation Department.

• Defense businesses shouldn’t expect any more help from Congress. The leader of the House Armed Services Committee says he doesn’t want to float any more funds to defense companies for coronavirus relief. Congress gave the Defense Department $10.5 billion in the March stimulus package. Committee Chairman Adam Smith (D-Wash.) says that money plus the $741 billion his panel is authorizing for the 2021 defense budget is enough for the Pentagon to work with. He offered using funds taken from DoD for the border wall as a means of finding extra money if it is needed.

• The Navy is standing up a new task force to address racism and bias across the service. It’s called Task Force One Navy. The new organization will be led by Rear Adm. Alvin Holsey, a black one-star admiral who currently commands the Navy’s Carrier Strike Group One. Michael Gilday, the chief of naval operations, says he wants the task force to look for causes of systemic racism across the force. “From recruiting and assignments, advancements and promotions to our military justice system, we must demand of each other that we treat everyone with digniity and respect,” Gilday said in a video message to the fleet. “If you won’t do that, then our Navy is not the best place for you.”

• There may be a battle brewing over the Defense Department’s chief management officer position. House Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam Smith (D-Wash.) says he wants to give the position more of a chance before ripping the rug out from beneath it. The 20-21 senate defense appropriations bill gets rid of the CMO role. The provision is based off of a Defense Business Board report that says the CMO has not met Congress’ intent of driving lasting and meaningful business reforms throughout the military services and Defense agencies

• The Department of Veterans Affairs says veterans will soon be able to submit and track travel reimbursement claims more easily. The VA will roll out the Beneficiary Travel Self-Service System in phases across the country starting in this month. The system will give veterans a simpler process to submit mileage claims for their travel to-and-from a VA health care facility. The new travel reimbursement system should be in place nationwide by November.

• A bill to prevent agencies from sending payments to dead people passes the Senate. The Stopping Improper Payments to Deceased People Act would give more agencies access to the Social Security Administration’s Death Master File. The bill requires agencies to use this comprehensive death data to avoid sending improper payments. The bill also requires SSA to screen its data for individuals listed as living but extremely old. A 2015 inspector general report found the agency listed more than six million people as alive and older than 112 years.

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SCHOTTEL To Equip New Tug For Port Of Aarhus - MarineLink

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German propulsion manufacturer SCHOTTEL said it has been awarded a contract to supply UZMAR Shipyard with rudder propellers featuring the patented hybrid system SYDRIVE-M. The Turkish shipyard is currently building a 30.25-meter-long and 11.75-meter-wide RAmparts 3000 series tugboat for the Port of Aarhus, Denmark’s largest container port.

The new tugboat, which is scheduled for delivery in summer 2021, will ensure greener operations and higher efficiency when it goes into operation at the Port of Aarhus. As Denmark’s largest commercial port, it has the country’s largest container terminal and the country’s largest public bulk turnover.

The vessel features two SCHOTTEL Rudderpropellers type SRP 430  (2,000 kW each) with fixed pitch propellers measuring 2.5 meters in diameter. The azimuth thrusters will be driven by diesel engines. This configuration will achieve an expected bollard pull of about 65 metric tons and a free running speed of approximately 12.5 knots. As a mechanical hybrid solution without the costly complexity of common hybrid technology, SYDRIVE-M will ensure lower maintenance costs.

Thomas Haber Borch, Chief Executive Officer at the Port of Aarhus said, “Not only does the tugboat have great strength, it also has significantly better manoeuvrability and thus efficiency and precision in the work it will undertake. It can assist the very large vessels arriving at Aarhus with pronounced precision, as it is delivered with an Azimuth Stern Drive system.

“The yard lived up to all our minimum requirements, and at the same time they can deliver a tugboat that can sail on one engine as we sail back and forth to the ship to be towed, while we can use both of the ship's engines during the actual towing,” he added.

SCHOTTEL SYDRIVE-M connects a port and starboard mounted azimuth thruster in a vessel, allowing the thrusters to be driven together by only one of the main engines. In turn, this leads to reduced operating hours of the main engines, resulting in lower maintenance costs as well as less fuel consumption and lower emissions.

The system needs no additional electronical components or a gearbox, which offers many advantages as demonstrated in these three main operation modes: Light Operation or Free Sailing Mode, Full Thrust Operation Mode and FiFi-Mode.

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American Airlines Resets International Network for Remainder of 2020 Through Summer 2021 - American Airlines Newsroom

FORT WORTH, Texas — American Airlines Group Inc. (NASDAQ: AAL) will adjust its long-haul international schedule for winter 2020 through summer 2021. In an effort to match low demand resulting from the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, the airline will realign its network with the goal of improving long-term profitability. American expects:

The airline also extends its offer of no change fees for flights booked in July

FORT WORTH, Texas — American Airlines Group Inc. (NASDAQ: AAL) will adjust its long-haul international schedule for winter 2020 through summer 2021. In an effort to match low demand resulting from the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, the airline will realign its network with the goal of improving long-term profitability. American expects:

• Summer 2021 long-haul international capacity to be down 25% compared to 2019.
• To focus on markets that create unique connectivity for customers.
• To leverage partnerships as the foundation of future international growth.

“COVID-19 has forced us to reevaluate our network,” said American’s Chief Revenue Officer Vasu Raja. “American will have a significantly smaller international network in the year ahead, but we are using this opportunity to hit reset and create a network using the strength of our strategic hubs that we can build and grow upon and be profitable on in this new environment.”

International demand remains low

In response to the prolonged downturn in international travel, American expects summer 2021 long-haul international capacity to be down 25% versus 2019. As the airline begins planning for next summer, American will also discontinue several routes that were once popular leisure destinations but are expected to exhibit decreased demand.

“American has spent the past few years right-sizing its international network, discontinuing underperforming routes while adding leisure destinations like Dubrovnik and Prague,” said Brian Znotins, American’s Vice President of Network Planning. “Now, as demand has significantly diminished due to COVID-19, we have to be nimble, creating the network that our customers desire.”

American will exit several routes, including three trans-Atlantic routes from both Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT) and Philadelphia International Airport (PHL). The company will also exit five underperforming routes from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to destinations in Asia and South America, concentrating on the hub’s domestic strength.

As American resets its international network for future growth, Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) will be the airline’s major trans-Pacific hub while Miami International Airport (MIA) will continue to be the preeminent hub for flights to the Caribbean and Latin America. Once government restrictions on trans-Atlantic flying subside, PHL will continue to be American’s primary hub for service to Europe.

Strategic focus on partner hubs in Seattle and London for future growth

Earlier this year, American launched its West Coast International Alliance with Alaska Airlines, an innovative partnership to expand its international reach and connectivity for customers. The airline will plan future growth with the strength of this relationship, which includes a large presence and a strong feed in Seattle. As previously announced, American will launch service from Seattle (SEA) to Bangalore and London (LHR) next year, and Alaska also intends to join the oneworld® alliance in 2021. The airline will also seek government approval to move its LAX service to Shanghai to operate out of SEA, which will offer more customers direct access to Asia, utilizing the strength of Alaska’s local presence in the Pacific Northwest.

American will also continue to fly to joint business partners’ hubs. And while some international markets will not return, American anticipates a full schedule to LHR by 2021. The airline will continue to work closely with British Airways to provide an extensive network that allows customers to reach key destinations when they are ready.

“For American, every new partnership means future growth opportunities for our airline. We’re going to rely on our hubs’ greatest strengths with our existing international network, and further integrate into our partners’ hubs to provide connectivity that’s been untapped in the past,” Raja said. “American will be well poised to emerge from this crisis with a stronger network that provides improved connectivity for our customers.”

A full list of changes can be found below. International schedule updates will be reflected on aa.com Sunday, July 5.

No change fees for flights booked by July 31

American Airlines is providing customers additional flexibility by expanding waived change fees for customers booking tickets for any new travel purchased by July 31, 2020. Any first, business, Premium Economy, and Main Cabin tickets purchased on or before July 31, 2020, for future travel will not incur change fees prior to travel. Customers are allowed to change their origin and destination cities as part of this offer. Offer excludes Basic Economy and AAdvantage® award tickets. Customers must pay any fare difference, if applicable, and fare rules may apply depending on the ticket.

Customers have flexibility for AAdvantage® award tickets as changes made 60 days or more before travel have no reinstatement fee. More information on changing award tickets can be found at aa.com.

American currently has a change fee waiver in place for all tickets, including Basic Economy and AAdvantage® award tickets, for travel through Sept. 30, 2020. Additional updates on existing travel alerts can be found on aa.com/travelalerts.

Updated international schedule (not previously announced):

Origin	Destination	Schedule change
Charlotte (CLT)	Frankfurt (FRA)	Service resumes summer 2021
CLT	London (LHR)	Service resumes winter 2020
CLT	Munich (MUC)	Service resumes winter 2020
Chicago (ORD)	Barcelona (BCN)	Service resumes summer 2021
ORD	Dublin (DUB)	Service resumes summer 2021
ORD	Paris (CDG)	Service resumes summer 2021
Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW)	Beijing (PEK)	Service resumes summer 2021
DFW	Buenos Aires (EZE)	Service resumes winter 2020
DFW	Lima (LIM)	Service resumes winter 2020
DFW	Sao Paulo (GRU)	Service resumes winter 2020
DFW	Rome (FCO)	Service resumes summer 2021
DFW	Santiago (SCL)	Service resumes summer 2021
DFW	Tel Aviv (TLV)	Service launches winter 2021
Los Angeles (LAX)	Auckland (AKL)	Service launches winter 2021
LAX	LHR	Service resumes winter 2020
LAX	Sydney (SYD)	Service resumes summer 2021
New York (JFK)	CDG	Service resumes winter 2020
JFK	BCN	Service resumes summer 2021
JFK	EZE	Service resumes winter 2020
JFK	Rio de Janeiro (GIG)	Service resumes winter 2021
JFK	GRU	Service resumes winter 2020
JFK	Madrid (MAD)	Service resumes summer 2021
JFK	Milan (MXP)	Service resumes summer 2021
Miami (MIA)	CDG	Service resumes summer 2021
MIA	GIG	Service resumes winter 2020
MIA	GRU	Service resumes Aug. 6, 2020
MIA	MAD	Service resumes summer 2021
MIA	SCL	Service resumes Aug. 5, 2020
Philadelphia (PHL)	Amsterdam (AMS)	Service resumes winter 2020
PHL	DUB	Service resumes winter 2020
PHL	LHR	Service resumes winter 2020
PHL	Manchester (MAN)	Service resumes summer 2021
PHL	MAD	Service resumes winter 2020
PHL	CDG	Service resumes summer 2021
PHL	FCO	Service resumes summer 2021
PHL	Zurich (ZRH)	Service resumes summer 2021
Phoenix (PHX)	LHR	Service resumes winter 2020
Raleigh (RDU)	LHR	Service resumes winter 2020
Seattle (SEA)	Bangalore (BLR)	Service launches winter 2021
SEA	LHR	Service launches summer 2021
SEA	Shanghai (PVG)	New service subject to government approval

American will no longer operate the following routes:

Origin	Destination
CLT	BCN
CLT	FCO
CLT	CDG
DFW	MUC
LAX	Hong Kong (HKG)
LAX	EZE
LAX	GRU
LAX	PEK
LAX	PVG**
MIA	Brasilia (BSB)
MIA	MXP
ORD	Budapest (BUD)*
ORD	Krakow (KRK)*
ORD	Prague (PRG)*
ORD	Venice (VCE)
PHL	Berlin (TXL)
PHL	BUD
PHL	Casablanca (CMN)*
PHL	Dubrovnik (DBV)

*American will not launch ORD—BUD, ORD—PRG, ORD—KRK and PHL—CMN as previously announced.

**Subject to government approval of SEA—PVG.

About American Airlines Group
American’s purpose is to care for people on life’s journey. Shares of American Airlines Group Inc. trade on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol AAL and the company’s stock is included in the S&P 500. Learn more about what’s happening at American by visiting news.aa.com and connect with American on Twitter @AmericanAir and at Facebook.com/AmericanAirlines.

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Facebook bans 'violent' Boogaloo-linked network - BBC News

Facebook says it has removed and banned hundreds of accounts to disrupt a "violent, anti-government" US network.

It said the network was loosely linked to the broader far-right Boogaloo Bois movement but was distinct because it actively sought to commit violence.

Boogaloo Bois is a loose association advocating overthrow of the government and is committed to gun ownership.

The move comes as Facebook faces a boycott from advertisers over hate speech on the platform.

Major companies including Ford, Adidas, Coca-Cola and Starbucks have pulled advertising from Facebook, urged on by campaigners who say the social media firm doesn't do enough to remove racist and other hateful content.

On Tuesday, Facebook said it was disrupting the "dangerous" network on its platform.

"It is actively promoting violence against civilians, law enforcement and government officials and institutions," a statement said.

"Members of this network seek to recruit others within the broader Boogaloo movement, sharing the same content online and adopting the same offline appearance as others in the movement to do so."

The Boogaloo Bois movement shares followers with some neo-Nazi and white supremacist groups, as well as libertarians and anarchists.

Facebook removed 220 accounts on its namesake platform and another 95 accounts from Instagram, as well as 28 pages and 106 groups that "currently comprise the network".

"We have also removed over 400 additional groups and over 100 other pages for violating our Dangerous Individuals and Organisations policy," it said.

• Who are Boogaloo Bois, antifa and Proud Boys?
• US Air Force sergeant charged in 'Boogaloo' murder

It added that the removal of the accounts was "the latest step in our commitment to ban people who proclaim a violent mission from using our platform".

The social media site said it had been closely following the Boogaloo movement since 2019.

How members have responded

By Shayan Sardarizadeh, BBC Monitoring

Although major Boogaloo Bois pages and groups with tens of thousands of members have vanished overnight, a few smaller ones are still up as Facebook says it will differentiate between the wider online community of Boogaloo supporters and those who identify as members of the Boogaloo Bois group.

A number of groups and pages anticipated the takedown a couple of weeks ago and removed any reference to the term Boogaloo from their names. The move seems to have worked for a few of them, but not all.

The administrators of a number of smaller pages that survived the cull have already told their followers to set up new pages and groups.

Overall, this is clearly a huge hit to those active in Boogaloo Bois groups. Relatively small on 4chan in its early days, it was the movement's presence on Facebook that helped it rapidly expand and attract thousands of new members.

TikTok and Discord have also moved to remove accounts linked to the group from their platforms in recent days.

Members of these groups may well now simply move the conversation to the hundreds of existing firearm-themed pages and groups on Facebook, or try to relocate to smaller, less mainstream platforms such as Parler and Telegram.

The Boogaloo Bois is loose and leaderless. Followers generally sign up to two fundamental beliefs - a desire for an armed overthrow of the government, and an unwavering commitment to gun ownership.

It began as a relatively small movement on 4chan, an imageboard website allowing anonymous posts on controversial topics which has been linked to the rise of the alt-right. However, over the years the Boogaloo Bois has grown considerably in size.

Last month, a US Air Force sergeant with links to the movement was charged with the murder of a federal security officer during a Black Lives Matter protest. He was also charged with the murder of another officer eight days later.

Armed members dressed in Hawaiian shirts and military fatigues have been seen attending Black Lives Matter rallies, claiming they were there to "protect the protesters from police". But analysts say they are increasingly capitalising on the protests to attack the authorities.

US Attorney General William Barr last week formed a Justice Department task force to counter violent anti-government extremists including the Boogaloo movement.

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Climate change in education isn’t just about saving our ecosystems: we must equip the next generation for an every developing economical, social and political landscape.

As lockdown eases and schools slowly start readmitting students, an ongoing debate examines the importance of educating the next generation on the climate crisis, sustainability and climate justice.

A study published last year conducted by Oxfam and YouGov, found that 69% of primary and secondary school teachers believe there should be more teaching on climate change, with a troubling 75% feeling that they had not received adequate training to educate on the subject.

While headlines and politicians continue to discuss the importance of a ‘green recovery’ post Coronavirus, it is clear that systemic change is required throughout society.

If we are to implement successful change long term, this starts with education. Martin Baxter, Chief Policy Advisor for the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA), says: ‘Innovation, new ways of doing things and every one playing a part will be essential if we’re to address the climate crisis.

‘It’s vital that our education system gives everyone an understanding of the challenges we face, but more importantly, prepares tomorrows workforce with knowledge and skills to develop solutions for a sustainable future.’

And tomorrows workforce is actively calling for major changes.

Teach the Future (TtF) a student-led campaign, run by organisations Students Organising for Sustainability UK (SOS-UK) and the UK Student Climate Network (UKSCN) is aiming to ‘urgently repurpose the entire education system around the climate emergency and ecological crisis’.

Charlie, a Year 9 student and TtF activist, explains how our teaching of climate change needs to be approached intrinsically throughout education, and not limited to non-compulsory science and geography modules:

‘Every single subject links to industry and every industry will be affected by the climate crisis, so the education on how that will affect young people, dependent on the career path they take, will be essential when adapting what is taught in those subjects.

‘History – we can teach about colonialism, and how that will create a disproportionate effect of the climate crisis on the global South. Religious Studies – we can discuss stewardship, and how the protection of the environment is inherently tied into scriptures.

‘Every student should be a sustainability student.’

These students are acutely aware of the rapidly changing world they are entering. The employment sector is changing, with governments and organisations widely acknowledging the expansion of the Green Economy.

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) is targeting 2 million ‘green collar’ jobs by 2030, as part of the UK’s 2050 ‘net-zero’ target, and in 2018, the Low-Carbon and Renewable Energy Economy produced £46.7 billion in turnover and 224,800 jobs (figures published 2020 by the Office for National Statistics).

Jason Reeves CEnv, Head of Policy and Communications at CIEEM (Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management), says ‘We need to make sure we’ve got people upskilled in these areas, with new graduates able to fill the sector.

‘We also need to be retraining people in sectors we need to move away from, for example, offshore oil to offshore renewables, and that needs investment.

‘We need to develop in a way that’s working with nature, linking in natural capital, building on multiple facets, to address the climate emergency alongside the biodiversity crisis.’

In a world-first, TtF has developed an entirely student drafted proposal for an English Climate Emergency Education Act, proposing clear steps which the government can take to instigate effective, meaningful change.

Charlie explains, ‘This is the peak of where we need to be. It wouldn’t only make it mandatory for all education providers to educate young people on the climate crisis; it would also free up additional funding to create updated vocational qualifications, and allow schools to educate us in a sustainable fashion, in sustainable buildings.’

In the words of Jamie Agombar, Executive Director of SOS-UK, ‘Until we invest some time and money and love in our education system, we’re just going to be part of the problem and not part of the solution’.

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