Maybe it's just FOMO, but it seems like every internet company wants to be in the car business these days, and Japan's DeNA is no exception. The app maker's automotive wing had a special event in Tokyo today (via Reuters) to reveal its first self-driving vehicle, a 12-person bus which will begin operating in Japan's Chiba prefecture at a shopping center next month. DeNA is probably a familiar name for TechCrunch readers, but the company's highlight moment to date might be its selection as Nintendo's partner in bringing its iconic gaming characters and brands to mobile devices. DeNA has had an automotive business for a while now, though, and now it's launching its first production vehicle in partnership with French driverless tech company EasyMile, which makes the EZ10 Robot Shuttle currently being trialled in a number of global projects. The EasyMile EZ10 can hit a max of 40km or around 25 miles per hour, and employs a variety of sensors, cameras, GP and other systems in order to operate. It's not a full-featured city dweller, though; EasyMile's vehicles are designed specifically for use in private environments, where they don't have to contend with the added complexity of human traffic.

Darktrace, a cybersecurity startup that uses machine learning to detect threats, announced Wednesday that it had raised 65 million to continue with its plans for global expansion. The company's software helps IT leaders see emerging threats on computer networks in real time. The company was founded in 2013, and has grown rapidly. At last count, Darktrace boasted 300 employees and more than 1,000 deployments of its Enterprise Immune System technology. What's more interesting, perhaps, is how it works.

DeNA Co., best known as a mobile video game maker, said on Thursday it will launch a driverless bus service at a park in Chiba Prefecture from next month. The Tokyo-based firm said it has partnered with EasyMile S.A., a French startup that manufactures self-driving buses. There are not many firms that can provide "completely driverless vehicles that can be used for actual services," said Hiroshi Nakajima, who heads DeNA's automotive business, explaining why his company chose to partner with EasyMile. DeNA's new service will employ the company's EZ10 bus, an electric vehicle that can accommodate 12 people. The limited-time service, dubbed Robot Shuttle, will begin on a yet-to-be-determined date in August inside the 21,000 sq.-meter Toyosuna Park in Chiba's Makuhari district, adjacent to vast Aeon shopping complex.

The complex passenger flows, demanding identification challenges and pressure-filled security conditions that are inherent in border control make the arena appear an interesting prospect for artificial intelligence-based solutions that can revolutionise critical processes. Machine-learning technologies being developed could identify risk patterns at speeds way beyond humans' capacity, and when tied with the powerful security offered by biometrics, AI's potential to disrupt the world of borders expands even further. What then is the future for the border guard? Will their decades of document security expertise and nuanced instincts be made rendered obsolete by a'border bot'? Planet Biometrics caught up with Cyrille Bataller, Artificial Intelligence lead at Accenture, to learn about his team's AI initiatives for borders and about his views on the importance of a "people-first" approach.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is reportedly investigating whether Tesla Motor's autopilot feature was engaged during a non-fatal July 1 crash – what would be the agency's second inquiry into the automaker's self-driving technology in as many weeks.

Company calls Fortune's story "fundamentally incorrect." Tesla said it did no wrong by waiting to disclose the fatal accident involving a car with its semi-autonomous software from May. And it's doubling down on the claim that its system remains,…

Last week, Tesla admitted that it is under investigation from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration for what is believed to be the first fatality in a vehicle operating in self-driving mode.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is reportedly investigating whether Tesla Motor's autopilot feature was engaged during a non-fatal July 1 crash – what would be the agency's second inquiry into the automaker's self-driving technology in as many weeks. The wreck involved a Tesla Model X in Pennsylvania. Last week, the agency disclosed a separate investigation into a fatal crash in Florida in May that involved a Tesla Model S. The driver in that collision was using Tesla's assisted driving feature at the time of the incident, which helps motorists steer and stay in lanes. The electric car manufacturer said Wednesday in a prepared statement that it received a message from the vehicle's computer July 1 indicating a crash had occurred, but more detailed logs were never transmitted. "We have no data at this point to indicate that Autopilot was engaged or not engaged," a Tesla spokesperson said in a statement.

On 7 May, a Tesla Model S was involved in a fatal accident in Florida. At the time of the accident, the vehicle was driving itself, using its Autopilot system. The system didn't stop for a tractor-trailer attempting to turn across a divided highway, and the Tesla collided with the trailer. In a statement, Tesla Motors said this is the "first known fatality in just over 130 million miles [210 million km] where Autopilot was activated" and suggested that this ratio makes the Autopilot safer than an average vehicle. Early this year, Tesla CEO Elon Musk told reporters that the Autopilot system in the Model S was "probably better than a person right now."

Tesla's Autopilot feature might be a bigger problem than the company realizes. A Detroit art gallery owner informed police that he had his 2016 Tesla Model X in Autopilot mode when it crashed and rolled over on the Pennsylvania Turnpike last Friday, as reported by the Detroit Free Press on Wednesday morning. Although the Model X driver, Albert Scaglione, and his son-in-law, Tim Yanke, both survived Friday's crash, which occurred just over 100 miles east of Pittsburgh, the scope of scrutiny on Tesla's Autopilot mode is likely to only grow. Thus far, Tesla released a statement to Electrek, saying that it currently has "no data to suggest that Autopilot was engaged at the time of the incident" and that "until the customer responds, we are unable to further investigate." According to the Free Press, a Pennsylvania State Police report from Friday's scene noted that the Model X hit a guard rail "off the right side of the roadway" and "it then crossed over the eastbound lanes and hit the concrete median," tumbling onto its roof in the middle eastbound lane.