John Berry
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John Berry
@aniccia.bsky.social
· Jul 25
NHTSA closed their year+ investigation of Waymo. Waymo's 2 recalls re to this investigation were for crashing into a utility pole and roadway barriers. Evidently, robots repeatedly driving on the wrong side of the road into traffic and disobeying traffic control devices is ok in USA. Scale that.
SFchron reported Waymo said their two robots made "minor contact," which means they crashed.
If they did so while operating on Waymo's DMV Test permit, then Waymo has to (OL 316) report it to DMV.
Waymo's redacted NHTSA crash report should state the speed at impact and be avail mid-Jan or mid-Feb.
If they did so while operating on Waymo's DMV Test permit, then Waymo has to (OL 316) report it to DMV.
Waymo's redacted NHTSA crash report should state the speed at impact and be avail mid-Jan or mid-Feb.
2 Waymo robots barely or nearly crashed in San Francisco, then more Waymo robots complicated the scene, as they often do.
Roboclot and prob the second Waymo+Waymo crash.
Here are 3 videos of this incident post crash, inc the robots being assisted by humans (prob inc telops).
OP: tiktok.chii_rinna
Roboclot and prob the second Waymo+Waymo crash.
Here are 3 videos of this incident post crash, inc the robots being assisted by humans (prob inc telops).
OP: tiktok.chii_rinna
December 9, 2025 at 8:57 PM
SFchron reported Waymo said their two robots made "minor contact," which means they crashed.
If they did so while operating on Waymo's DMV Test permit, then Waymo has to (OL 316) report it to DMV.
Waymo's redacted NHTSA crash report should state the speed at impact and be avail mid-Jan or mid-Feb.
If they did so while operating on Waymo's DMV Test permit, then Waymo has to (OL 316) report it to DMV.
Waymo's redacted NHTSA crash report should state the speed at impact and be avail mid-Jan or mid-Feb.
Just watched a Waymo robot creep into a 4-way stop intersection though an older man was already in the crosswalk opposite. It stopped a few feet short of the crosswalk as he walked past it.
Been hearing they've been doing this for some months, but I'd only seen videos, eg:
bsky.app/profile/anic...
Been hearing they've been doing this for some months, but I'd only seen videos, eg:
bsky.app/profile/anic...
Video of a Waymo robot creeping into an intersection while many small children are in the far crosswalk. SF, 9/22/2025 video.
CVC 21950 violation to accelerate towards a pedestrian in a crosswalk, fine & 1 pt, unless you are an uncrewed robot.
OP: tiktok.maryvangeffen
CVC 21950 violation to accelerate towards a pedestrian in a crosswalk, fine & 1 pt, unless you are an uncrewed robot.
OP: tiktok.maryvangeffen
December 9, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Just watched a Waymo robot creep into a 4-way stop intersection though an older man was already in the crosswalk opposite. It stopped a few feet short of the crosswalk as he walked past it.
Been hearing they've been doing this for some months, but I'd only seen videos, eg:
bsky.app/profile/anic...
Been hearing they've been doing this for some months, but I'd only seen videos, eg:
bsky.app/profile/anic...
A billionaire who would rather imagine (and promote) he created a synthetic Mary Poppins than hire any of the so very many wonderful nannies with similar skills, aside from the 5 octave voice of Julie Andrews.
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
December 9, 2025 at 4:43 PM
A billionaire who would rather imagine (and promote) he created a synthetic Mary Poppins than hire any of the so very many wonderful nannies with similar skills, aside from the 5 octave voice of Julie Andrews.
Telecom bricked Porsches:
"When the [Vehicle Tracking System] connection drops, the anti-theft protocol kicks in, cutting fuel delivery and locking down the engine completely.
No telecomm, no go.
Waymo robots need telecomm to a variety of cloud & telops services.
www.autoblog.com/news/all-of-...
"When the [Vehicle Tracking System] connection drops, the anti-theft protocol kicks in, cutting fuel delivery and locking down the engine completely.
No telecomm, no go.
Waymo robots need telecomm to a variety of cloud & telops services.
www.autoblog.com/news/all-of-...
December 8, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Telecom bricked Porsches:
"When the [Vehicle Tracking System] connection drops, the anti-theft protocol kicks in, cutting fuel delivery and locking down the engine completely.
No telecomm, no go.
Waymo robots need telecomm to a variety of cloud & telops services.
www.autoblog.com/news/all-of-...
"When the [Vehicle Tracking System] connection drops, the anti-theft protocol kicks in, cutting fuel delivery and locking down the engine completely.
No telecomm, no go.
Waymo robots need telecomm to a variety of cloud & telops services.
www.autoblog.com/news/all-of-...
I agree w Prof Phil Koopman's latest article on Waymo, as well as his related articles linked within it.
FWIW, Waymo should be around or approaching 150 million uncrewed VMT cumulatively. Waymo's last update was 100 million in early July.
philkoopman.substack.com/p/waymo-lots...
FWIW, Waymo should be around or approaching 150 million uncrewed VMT cumulatively. Waymo's last update was 100 million in early July.
philkoopman.substack.com/p/waymo-lots...
Waymo: Lots happening, but nothing has changed
So much recent news about Waymo:
philkoopman.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I agree w Prof Phil Koopman's latest article on Waymo, as well as his related articles linked within it.
FWIW, Waymo should be around or approaching 150 million uncrewed VMT cumulatively. Waymo's last update was 100 million in early July.
philkoopman.substack.com/p/waymo-lots...
FWIW, Waymo should be around or approaching 150 million uncrewed VMT cumulatively. Waymo's last update was 100 million in early July.
philkoopman.substack.com/p/waymo-lots...
Matches my projection from last summer of Waymo reaching 450k paid rides per week on or about 12/4/2025.
To reach their 2026EOY target of 1 million paid rides per week, Magna will have to increase the rate they install robotics hw in new vehicles from ~6/day to ~10/day in Q1 or else higher later.
To reach their 2026EOY target of 1 million paid rides per week, Magna will have to increase the rate they install robotics hw in new vehicles from ~6/day to ~10/day in Q1 or else higher later.
December 8, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Matches my projection from last summer of Waymo reaching 450k paid rides per week on or about 12/4/2025.
To reach their 2026EOY target of 1 million paid rides per week, Magna will have to increase the rate they install robotics hw in new vehicles from ~6/day to ~10/day in Q1 or else higher later.
To reach their 2026EOY target of 1 million paid rides per week, Magna will have to increase the rate they install robotics hw in new vehicles from ~6/day to ~10/day in Q1 or else higher later.
Waymo privatized another public street as a pickup hub for an event:
Accacia & Ottilia, Daly City, CA
Fred Again show at the Cow Palace ~quarter mile walk away.
Waymo has done this repeatedly north & east of the Cow Palace. Empty robots swarm ~block into neighborhoods.
OP: tiktok.ijustagorl
Accacia & Ottilia, Daly City, CA
Fred Again show at the Cow Palace ~quarter mile walk away.
Waymo has done this repeatedly north & east of the Cow Palace. Empty robots swarm ~block into neighborhoods.
OP: tiktok.ijustagorl
December 8, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Waymo privatized another public street as a pickup hub for an event:
Accacia & Ottilia, Daly City, CA
Fred Again show at the Cow Palace ~quarter mile walk away.
Waymo has done this repeatedly north & east of the Cow Palace. Empty robots swarm ~block into neighborhoods.
OP: tiktok.ijustagorl
Accacia & Ottilia, Daly City, CA
Fred Again show at the Cow Palace ~quarter mile walk away.
Waymo has done this repeatedly north & east of the Cow Palace. Empty robots swarm ~block into neighborhoods.
OP: tiktok.ijustagorl
2 Waymo robots barely or nearly crashed in San Francisco, then more Waymo robots complicated the scene, as they often do.
Roboclot and prob the second Waymo+Waymo crash.
Here are 3 videos of this incident post crash, inc the robots being assisted by humans (prob inc telops).
OP: tiktok.chii_rinna
Roboclot and prob the second Waymo+Waymo crash.
Here are 3 videos of this incident post crash, inc the robots being assisted by humans (prob inc telops).
OP: tiktok.chii_rinna
December 7, 2025 at 2:50 PM
2 Waymo robots barely or nearly crashed in San Francisco, then more Waymo robots complicated the scene, as they often do.
Roboclot and prob the second Waymo+Waymo crash.
Here are 3 videos of this incident post crash, inc the robots being assisted by humans (prob inc telops).
OP: tiktok.chii_rinna
Roboclot and prob the second Waymo+Waymo crash.
Here are 3 videos of this incident post crash, inc the robots being assisted by humans (prob inc telops).
OP: tiktok.chii_rinna
Artificial Impatience as a service.
Too patient was long a main Waymo complaint/anecdote, which reversed as they've purposely increased aggressiveness, triggering a NHTSA investigation of Waymo around school buses/children.
Lifesafety narrows Goldilocks solution windows as AI obscurrs their edges.
Too patient was long a main Waymo complaint/anecdote, which reversed as they've purposely increased aggressiveness, triggering a NHTSA investigation of Waymo around school buses/children.
Lifesafety narrows Goldilocks solution windows as AI obscurrs their edges.
December 6, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Artificial Impatience as a service.
Too patient was long a main Waymo complaint/anecdote, which reversed as they've purposely increased aggressiveness, triggering a NHTSA investigation of Waymo around school buses/children.
Lifesafety narrows Goldilocks solution windows as AI obscurrs their edges.
Too patient was long a main Waymo complaint/anecdote, which reversed as they've purposely increased aggressiveness, triggering a NHTSA investigation of Waymo around school buses/children.
Lifesafety narrows Goldilocks solution windows as AI obscurrs their edges.
Waymo robots have had several documented (by SFFD, SFPD, & CHP) failures on freeways. Some appeared to be the didn't know what/how to do kind. Plus some crashes.
Unknown how much Waymo is allowing fwy driving, eg I have Waymo One access from San Francisco to San Jose but all freeways are excluded.
Unknown how much Waymo is allowing fwy driving, eg I have Waymo One access from San Francisco to San Jose but all freeways are excluded.
These things are dangerous as shit. They started allowing them on the freeway and the very first one I saw on the 10 this week almost caused a pile up because it didn't know how to handle the 10/110 interchange and people were slamming on their brakes while this thing wove in and out of the lane
December 6, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Waymo robots have had several documented (by SFFD, SFPD, & CHP) failures on freeways. Some appeared to be the didn't know what/how to do kind. Plus some crashes.
Unknown how much Waymo is allowing fwy driving, eg I have Waymo One access from San Francisco to San Jose but all freeways are excluded.
Unknown how much Waymo is allowing fwy driving, eg I have Waymo One access from San Francisco to San Jose but all freeways are excluded.
Waymo robot “was not recognizing that it needed to obey the state law of stopping whenever the (busses') red lights were on,” AISD Police Assistant Chief Travis Pickford
20 times, diverse conditions
www.statesman.com/business/tec...
20 times, diverse conditions
www.statesman.com/business/tec...
December 6, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Waymo robot “was not recognizing that it needed to obey the state law of stopping whenever the (busses') red lights were on,” AISD Police Assistant Chief Travis Pickford
20 times, diverse conditions
www.statesman.com/business/tec...
20 times, diverse conditions
www.statesman.com/business/tec...
Looks like Serve didn't give their Chicago sidewalk robots snow tires.
Serve is a spinoff of Uber's acquisition of Postmates. Last quarter their revenue covered 3% of expenses.
OP: tiktok.keencobb
Serve is a spinoff of Uber's acquisition of Postmates. Last quarter their revenue covered 3% of expenses.
OP: tiktok.keencobb
December 6, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Looks like Serve didn't give their Chicago sidewalk robots snow tires.
Serve is a spinoff of Uber's acquisition of Postmates. Last quarter their revenue covered 3% of expenses.
OP: tiktok.keencobb
Serve is a spinoff of Uber's acquisition of Postmates. Last quarter their revenue covered 3% of expenses.
OP: tiktok.keencobb
This is ominous:
Waymo said on Friday it was "continuing to operate" and it believes its software updates have made its vehicles' performance "better than human drivers in this important area."
"better than human drivers" doesn't comply w AV laws anywhere, AFAIK.
www.reuters.com/world/waymo-...
Waymo said on Friday it was "continuing to operate" and it believes its software updates have made its vehicles' performance "better than human drivers in this important area."
"better than human drivers" doesn't comply w AV laws anywhere, AFAIK.
www.reuters.com/world/waymo-...
Waymo to issue recall over self-driving vehicles driving past stopped school buses
Alphabet unit Waymo said Friday it would issue a recall for its self-driving vehicles after Texas officials said they illegally passed school buses at least 19 times since the start of the school year...
www.reuters.com
December 6, 2025 at 2:38 AM
This is ominous:
Waymo said on Friday it was "continuing to operate" and it believes its software updates have made its vehicles' performance "better than human drivers in this important area."
"better than human drivers" doesn't comply w AV laws anywhere, AFAIK.
www.reuters.com/world/waymo-...
Waymo said on Friday it was "continuing to operate" and it believes its software updates have made its vehicles' performance "better than human drivers in this important area."
"better than human drivers" doesn't comply w AV laws anywhere, AFAIK.
www.reuters.com/world/waymo-...
This was posted on x by @davidshepardson.bsky.social who doesn't post here.
Austin ISD has its own police dept w ~150 staff.
We may have to wait for Waymo's official NHTSA recall notice next week to find out if their sw recall for this defect is a 3rd attempt to fix this or the already failed fix.
Austin ISD has its own police dept w ~150 staff.
We may have to wait for Waymo's official NHTSA recall notice next week to find out if their sw recall for this defect is a 3rd attempt to fix this or the already failed fix.
December 6, 2025 at 2:23 AM
This was posted on x by @davidshepardson.bsky.social who doesn't post here.
Austin ISD has its own police dept w ~150 staff.
We may have to wait for Waymo's official NHTSA recall notice next week to find out if their sw recall for this defect is a 3rd attempt to fix this or the already failed fix.
Austin ISD has its own police dept w ~150 staff.
We may have to wait for Waymo's official NHTSA recall notice next week to find out if their sw recall for this defect is a 3rd attempt to fix this or the already failed fix.
"Waymo said it identified the software issue...implemented updates by Nov. 17"
then their robot did it again.
Waymo is "planning to issue a voluntary software recall...next week, Mauricio Peña, chief safety officer at Waymo, told CBS News late Friday."
For their 11/17 non-fix or a new maybe-fix?
then their robot did it again.
Waymo is "planning to issue a voluntary software recall...next week, Mauricio Peña, chief safety officer at Waymo, told CBS News late Friday."
For their 11/17 non-fix or a new maybe-fix?
U.S. expands investigation into Waymo over robotaxis driving around stopped school buses.
U.S. expands investigation into Waymo over robotaxis driving around stopped school buses
Federal regulators are investigating multiple Texas incidents in which the robotaxis drove around stopped school buses.
cbsn.ws
December 5, 2025 at 11:06 PM
"Waymo said it identified the software issue...implemented updates by Nov. 17"
then their robot did it again.
Waymo is "planning to issue a voluntary software recall...next week, Mauricio Peña, chief safety officer at Waymo, told CBS News late Friday."
For their 11/17 non-fix or a new maybe-fix?
then their robot did it again.
Waymo is "planning to issue a voluntary software recall...next week, Mauricio Peña, chief safety officer at Waymo, told CBS News late Friday."
For their 11/17 non-fix or a new maybe-fix?
Another Waymo passenger stuck in a failed robot in the middle of the street, SF Bay area, though prob not SF.
On ave in California, ~2 Waymo robots are stuck w passenger(s) unable to move without human assistance (telops, field rescue driver, police takeover, tow), per CPUC.
OP: tiktok.carlita__00
On ave in California, ~2 Waymo robots are stuck w passenger(s) unable to move without human assistance (telops, field rescue driver, police takeover, tow), per CPUC.
OP: tiktok.carlita__00
December 5, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Another Waymo passenger stuck in a failed robot in the middle of the street, SF Bay area, though prob not SF.
On ave in California, ~2 Waymo robots are stuck w passenger(s) unable to move without human assistance (telops, field rescue driver, police takeover, tow), per CPUC.
OP: tiktok.carlita__00
On ave in California, ~2 Waymo robots are stuck w passenger(s) unable to move without human assistance (telops, field rescue driver, police takeover, tow), per CPUC.
OP: tiktok.carlita__00
Here's the footage of a Waymo robot killing KitKat despite a woman attempting to save the cat and the woman's description of events.
Waymo describe this as the cat darting under their robot. Waymo's redacted NHTSA crash report should be publicly available in ~10 days.
OP: tiktok.nytimes
Waymo describe this as the cat darting under their robot. Waymo's redacted NHTSA crash report should be publicly available in ~10 days.
OP: tiktok.nytimes
December 5, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Here's the footage of a Waymo robot killing KitKat despite a woman attempting to save the cat and the woman's description of events.
Waymo describe this as the cat darting under their robot. Waymo's redacted NHTSA crash report should be publicly available in ~10 days.
OP: tiktok.nytimes
Waymo describe this as the cat darting under their robot. Waymo's redacted NHTSA crash report should be publicly available in ~10 days.
OP: tiktok.nytimes
"Footage obtained by The New York Times of the moment a Waymo car ran over Kit Kat, a beloved San Francisco bodega cat, raises new questions about the company’s safeguards."
Waymo's robots lack situational awareness to an alarming and prob unacceptable extent.
www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
Waymo's robots lack situational awareness to an alarming and prob unacceptable extent.
www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
December 5, 2025 at 2:02 PM
"Footage obtained by The New York Times of the moment a Waymo car ran over Kit Kat, a beloved San Francisco bodega cat, raises new questions about the company’s safeguards."
Waymo's robots lack situational awareness to an alarming and prob unacceptable extent.
www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
Waymo's robots lack situational awareness to an alarming and prob unacceptable extent.
www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
Another Waymo robot w passenger drove into floodwater. OP said the robot drove through it ok. Many ways it could've had a bad outcome.
Jaguar I-Pace has a wading depth of almost 20 inches.
Waymo, not a ride, an adventure.
OP: x.kwuchu
Jaguar I-Pace has a wading depth of almost 20 inches.
Waymo, not a ride, an adventure.
OP: x.kwuchu
December 5, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Another Waymo robot w passenger drove into floodwater. OP said the robot drove through it ok. Many ways it could've had a bad outcome.
Jaguar I-Pace has a wading depth of almost 20 inches.
Waymo, not a ride, an adventure.
OP: x.kwuchu
Jaguar I-Pace has a wading depth of almost 20 inches.
Waymo, not a ride, an adventure.
OP: x.kwuchu
NHTSA sent Waymo a letter regarding their Austin school bus problem, strongly hinting this should be a recall which makes sense as there is no doubt it is a safety defect, ie an unreasonable risk.
I don't think ppl appreciate what a thin margin Waymo has.
static.nhtsa.gov/odi/inv/2025...
I don't think ppl appreciate what a thin margin Waymo has.
static.nhtsa.gov/odi/inv/2025...
December 5, 2025 at 1:22 AM
NHTSA sent Waymo a letter regarding their Austin school bus problem, strongly hinting this should be a recall which makes sense as there is no doubt it is a safety defect, ie an unreasonable risk.
I don't think ppl appreciate what a thin margin Waymo has.
static.nhtsa.gov/odi/inv/2025...
I don't think ppl appreciate what a thin margin Waymo has.
static.nhtsa.gov/odi/inv/2025...
There's another news report w another Waymo rep saying they implemented some unspecified sw change to address their school bus problem. Unclear if he meant the same fix that didn't fix it or a new fix that only time will tell if it fixed it and/or if it caused new problems or side effects.
December 4, 2025 at 11:36 PM
There's another news report w another Waymo rep saying they implemented some unspecified sw change to address their school bus problem. Unclear if he meant the same fix that didn't fix it or a new fix that only time will tell if it fixed it and/or if it caused new problems or side effects.
NHTSA added the 19 Waymo incidents w Austin school buses to their investigation of the first report of this in Atlanta.
IMO, NHTSA should expand this investigation to inc similar Waymo misbehavior/incidents w police & fire vehicles and prob transit as well. All similar defect/fault pattern, AFAICT.
IMO, NHTSA should expand this investigation to inc similar Waymo misbehavior/incidents w police & fire vehicles and prob transit as well. All similar defect/fault pattern, AFAICT.
December 4, 2025 at 6:51 PM
NHTSA added the 19 Waymo incidents w Austin school buses to their investigation of the first report of this in Atlanta.
IMO, NHTSA should expand this investigation to inc similar Waymo misbehavior/incidents w police & fire vehicles and prob transit as well. All similar defect/fault pattern, AFAICT.
IMO, NHTSA should expand this investigation to inc similar Waymo misbehavior/incidents w police & fire vehicles and prob transit as well. All similar defect/fault pattern, AFAICT.
Irony, foreshadowing, or both; a Waymo robot w passenger(s) in the heart of Silicon Valley struggling to pivot, blocking the way:
Kipling St by University Ave, Palo Alto
The nearly 100 year old Varsity Theatre (now a Blue Bottle) can be seen in the background.
OP: tiktok.xo_huizar
Kipling St by University Ave, Palo Alto
The nearly 100 year old Varsity Theatre (now a Blue Bottle) can be seen in the background.
OP: tiktok.xo_huizar
December 4, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Irony, foreshadowing, or both; a Waymo robot w passenger(s) in the heart of Silicon Valley struggling to pivot, blocking the way:
Kipling St by University Ave, Palo Alto
The nearly 100 year old Varsity Theatre (now a Blue Bottle) can be seen in the background.
OP: tiktok.xo_huizar
Kipling St by University Ave, Palo Alto
The nearly 100 year old Varsity Theatre (now a Blue Bottle) can be seen in the background.
OP: tiktok.xo_huizar
California DMV released proposed Autonomous Vehicle regulations today, starting a 15 day public comment period.
If these regulations go through, then uncrewed/driverless trucks >10k lbs will for the first time be legal in California and with a permitting scheme.
www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/vehic...
If these regulations go through, then uncrewed/driverless trucks >10k lbs will for the first time be legal in California and with a permitting scheme.
www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/vehic...
California Autonomous Vehicle Regulations - California DMV
To encourage innovation and promote road safety, the Autonomous Vehicles branch of DMV establishes regulations governing autonomous vehicle testing and deployment on California roads.
www.dmv.ca.gov
December 4, 2025 at 4:12 AM
California DMV released proposed Autonomous Vehicle regulations today, starting a 15 day public comment period.
If these regulations go through, then uncrewed/driverless trucks >10k lbs will for the first time be legal in California and with a permitting scheme.
www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/vehic...
If these regulations go through, then uncrewed/driverless trucks >10k lbs will for the first time be legal in California and with a permitting scheme.
www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/vehic...
Austin schools (AISD) asked Waymo to shutdown during bus pick up & drop off and threatened legal action.
On Nov 5th, Waymo told AISD they'd changed their sw. Within a week AISD recorded 7 more violations. Another in Waymo's recurring pattern of a fix-not-fixing.
www.statesman.com/business/tec...
On Nov 5th, Waymo told AISD they'd changed their sw. Within a week AISD recorded 7 more violations. Another in Waymo's recurring pattern of a fix-not-fixing.
www.statesman.com/business/tec...
Austin ISD asks Waymo to cease operations during bus pick-up, drop-off
Footage from stop-arm cameras reportedly showed Waymo vehicles slowing or stopping for the buses but then proceeding past them, in violation of Texas law.
www.statesman.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Austin schools (AISD) asked Waymo to shutdown during bus pick up & drop off and threatened legal action.
On Nov 5th, Waymo told AISD they'd changed their sw. Within a week AISD recorded 7 more violations. Another in Waymo's recurring pattern of a fix-not-fixing.
www.statesman.com/business/tec...
On Nov 5th, Waymo told AISD they'd changed their sw. Within a week AISD recorded 7 more violations. Another in Waymo's recurring pattern of a fix-not-fixing.
www.statesman.com/business/tec...