20 Apr XPO Logistics Announces May Launch of Google Home, Amazon Echo for Last-Mile Delivery XPO Logistics announced beginning in May customers will be able to track deliveries using Amazon’s Alexa and Google Assistant personal assistant technologies. Read more...
20 Apr Congressmen, Senators Send Letters Asking EPA Not to Drop Glider Kit Rule Members of Congress on both sides of the aisle have written three separate letters to Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt asking him to reconsider his proposal to repeal an Obama administration regulation that would limit the number of glider kits manufactured each year. Read more...
20 Apr America’s Love for SUVs, Pickups Means Long-Term Auto Loans Americans’ love of pricey pickups and SUVs is stretching their wallets, leading lenders to bend over backward to keep monthly payments affordable. Read more...
20 Apr Werner Transportation Announces First Quarter Earnings Beating Expectations Werner Enterprises Inc. on April 19 reported improved year-over-year revenue and earnings for its fiscal first quarter. Read more...
20 Apr Could Truck Electronics Be the Next Cybersecurity Threat? Welcome to a potentially new world of cybercrime: trucks targeted for theft or sabotage by hacking into engine control modules and planting malicious code. Read more...
20 Apr Load Boards Evolve Load boards have changed a lot from their humble beginnings about 40 years ago. Long gone are written notes tacked up on truck stop bulletin boards to help drivers find freight, or using telephones at truck stop restaurant tables and paying expensive long-distance rates to get loads lined up. Read more...
20 Apr Information Age Arrives for Small Carriers The use of technology is no longer a novelty but a necessity in the trucking business — for carriers of all sizes. Read more...
20 Apr Where’s That Shipment? Shippers Demand Precise Load Tracking to Improve Supply Chain Operations Shippers are demanding more precise information about the location and status of their shipments, and transportation and logistics providers said they are using multiple load-tracking platforms to collect and share that information. Read more...
20 Apr The AI Wars Have Arrived Hackers are now arming themselves with artificial intelligence to relentlessly probe the defenses of companies’ computers so they can strike those networks at just the right time and just the right place, according to IT security pros. “Hackers are innovative,” says Stephen Gates, chief research intelligence analyst at Zenedge, an AI security provider. “They’re using automation, bots, artificial intelligence — and the only way to fight back is to pit robot against robot.” Read more...
20 Apr Global Finance Chiefs Told Trade Tensions Are Hitting Confidence Trade tensions between the United States and China risk eroding business and investor confidence, even as global growth enjoys its best upswing in years. Read more...