user: Q: Google Unveils Its 'Project Fi' Wireless Service

Google Google on Wednesday unveiled its long-awaited wireless service that seamlessly transitions between Wi-Fi and data networks from both T-Mobile and Sprint, including a pricing plan that offers a key ability to get reimbursed for unused data.

The service, called Project Fi, is currently invite-only, and users need a Nexus 6 phone to use it. Its size suggests it doesn’t expect to be a major competitor to services like AT&T and Verizon, just like how its Google Fiber project has remained more of an experiment. But it hints at the ways Google hopes to restructure the wireless industry and consumer options, stringing together existing networks and Wi-Fi connectivity into one service.

Project Fi’s pricing plan is simple: $20 per month for voice, text, Wi-Fi tethering, plus $10 per gigabyte of data in the U.S. and abroad. But more importantly, customers will only pay for the data they use and will be credited with what’s left over. Many traditional mobile carriers make users pay upfront for data that expires at the end of each billing cycle, though AT&T and T-Mobile have started experimenting with rollover data.

The service also charges the same data rate across international markets, which could attract travelers but might leave Google eating costs when users are in countries with much higher data prices.

Google’s Project Fi announcement highlights its flexibility. Users automatically bounce from one connection to another, depending on whatever’s best at their location — Wi-Fi, one network or maybe another. The company said it scans for open Wi-Fi hotspots and then uses encryption to keep users’s data secure. The service also bounces around between devices, letting users talk and text on smartphones, tablets and laptops.

“Wherever you’re connected to Wi-Fi—whether that’s at home, your favorite coffee shop or your Batcave—you can talk and text like you normally do,” wrote Nick Fox, Google’s vice president of communication products. “If you leave an area of Wi-Fi coverage, your call will seamlessly transition from Wi-Fi to cell networks so your conversation doesn’t skip a beat.”

The service is restricted to Nexus 6 for now because the phone “works with our unique SIM that lets you access multiple networks and has a state-of-the-art cellular radio tuned to work with different network types,” Google said.

T-Mobile president and CEO John Legere called the partnership with Google “a no-brainer” and said the two companies share the same customer-first vision.

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Q: Uber moves self-driving cars from California to Arizona

A fleet of self-driving Uber cars left for Arizona on Thursday after they were banned from California roads over safety concerns.

The announcement came after Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey took to social media on Wednesday and Thursday touting Arizona as an alternative to California for the ride-hailing company to test out its self-driving cars.

Ducey, a Republican, sent tweets advertising Arizona's friendly business environment, saying Uber should ditch California for the Grand Canyon state.

Uber said in a statement that it had shipped its cars to Arizona and will be expanding its self-driving pilot program in the next few weeks. The company hasn't announced a date when the cars will be tested, nor did it provide details about how many cars were included. Uber previously had 16 self-driving cars registered in California.

"Arizona welcomes Uber self-driving cars with open arms and wide open roads. While California puts the brakes on innovation and change with more bureaucracy and more regulation, Arizona is paving the way for new technology and new businesses," Ducey said in a written statement.

Ducey spokesman Daniel Scarpinato said the governor has been a strong supporter of driverless car technology and new business models, signing in August 2015 an executive order supporting the testing of such cars in Arizona.

Uber faced immediate backlash after it launched its California testing in San Francisco last week.

The California Department of Motor Vehicles had threatened legal action if Uber kept the cars on the road, saying they needed the same special permit as the 20 other companies testing self-driving technology in California.

Uber said it doesn't need that permit because the cars are not sophisticated enough to continuously drive themselves. Still, the company promotes the cars as "self-driving."

The ride-hailing company and state regulators negotiated for a week, but Uber pulled its cars off California roads Wednesday after state officials announced they would revoke the vehicle registrations of all 16 self-driving cars.

The DMV said the registrations for the vehicles were wrongly issued because they were not properly marked as test vehicles. It invited Uber to seek a permit so their vehicles could operate legally in California — an offer the company said it did not plan to accept.

Uber said on Wednesday it was looking for other places to test out the cars but remained 100 percent committed to California and would redouble its efforts "to develop workable statewide rules."

Ducey called California's rules "over-regulation." It's unclear which if any regulations exist in Arizona that would apply to the testing of self-driving cars. The executive order Ducey signed last year calls for the state's public safety and transportation departments to take steps toward allowing for the testing of self-driving cars.

"This is about economic development, but it's also about changing the way we live and work. Arizona is proud to be open for business. California may not want you, but we do," he said in a statement.
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assistant: A fleet of self-driving Uber cars left for Arizona on Thursday after they were banned from California roads over safety concerns.