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New post Footage shows woman stepped in front of Uber car  UK,   Thursday   22   March   2018 Image: Damage can be seen on the front of the self-driving car Elaine Herzberg, 49, had been wheeling a bicycle when she was  hit by the Uber car , which was in autonomous mode at the time. The footage, taken from inside the Volvo XC90, shows her walking out from a darkened area and stopping the moment before she was struck. The vehicle had been travelling in the right-hand lane of a four-lane highway. Video: Fatal autonomous Uber crash on camera Ms Herzberg was not seen in the SUV's lights until a few seconds before it hit her, raising doubts over whether the vehicle would have been able to stop in time. This is a factor investigators are likely to focus on as they examine the performance of the self-driving technology. But they will also ask why the car's sensors did not pick up Ms Herzberg's presence, considering she had crossed thr...

New post Facebook boss 'open' to testifying before Congress 02:18, UK,   Thursday   22   March   2018 Image: Mark Zuckerberg told CNN he would consider testifying before congress Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg has said he is "open" to testifying before the US Congress on the Cambridge Analytica scandal. Mr Zuckerberg was being interviewed for the first time since his company  shed tens of billions of dollars of its value  amid concerns over the alleged harvesting of user data by the UK political consultancy firm. Cambridge Analytica, which was hired by Donald Trump's campaign team, has been accused of illegally using the personal data of 50 million Facebook users. Mr Zuckerberg told CNN: "The short answer is I'm happy to (testify) if it's the right thing to do." He suggested executives might be better qualified to answer questions, however. He said that it was "clearly a mistake" to trust Cambridge Analytica ...