Waymo opens Nashville robotaxi rides to teenagers
Waymo is allowing teenagers aged 13 to 17 to use its robotaxi service in Nashville as the Alphabet-owned company expands to a new group of riders. Nashville is the second city to offer Waymo…
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San Francisco sues Trump Media over paid early access to Trump posts
San Francisco is suing Trump Media & Technology Group, the parent company of Truth Social, over Truth API, a service that sells selected customers early access to posts by President Donald Trump and other…
Texas and California tighten rules for AI data centers
Texas and California have introduced new rules that make AI data centers harder to build and give local communities more control over their effects. Texas Governor Greg Abbott expanded the reach of a de…
Breakthrough Energy backs 21 startups targeting energy’s future
Breakthrough Energy, the climate-focused investment organization associated with Bill Gates, is backing 21 early-stage startups through the 6th cohort of its Breakthrough Energy Fellows program. The program comes as elec
Meta deal backs MacroCycle’s first plastics recycling plant
Plastics recycling startup MacroCycle says a new agreement with Meta will help accelerate development of its first commercial plant. The three-year-old company, based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, says its process removes
Meta opens UK workforce to Prospect union ahead of 2026 deadline
Meta has agreed to give Prospect union access to all 5,000 of its UK employees, allowing the union to discuss membership and recruit workers. The agreement comes ahead of an October 2026 deadline for…
Trump’s drone tariffs push US supply chains toward domestic production
Drone technology has advanced rapidly over the last five years, supporting sports coverage, wildfire tracking and deliveries while also expanding its use as a warfighting tool. High-precision first-person view (FPV) dron
Musk pitches Hyperloop between Austin and San Antonio
Elon Musk says his tunneling startup, The Boring Company, is working on “a simple precursor Hyperloop” between Austin and San Antonio. He claims the project could reduce the journey between the two cities to…
Snap takes $2,195 Specs glasses into the enterprise market
TechRadar reports that Snap is taking its augmented-reality Specs glasses into the enterprise market through partnerships with Nvidia, Salesforce and Amazon Web Services (AWS). The glasses cost $2,195. Snap wants busines
NHTSA and SAE Launch Initiative for Autonomous-Vehicle Safety Standards
Autonomous-vehicle developers, regulators and the public still lack a standard way to determine when self-driving technology is safe enough for roads. Companies currently answer that question largely through their own te
