Tesla starts testing robotaxis in Austin with no safety driver; also, Netflix responds to concerns about WBD deal
It's one of the last big steps before the company can truly claim it's operating a robotaxi service, and start to take on Waymo.Industry
Also, concerns over Netflix acquiring Warner Bros has led executives to address fears regarding jobs and theatrical releases.
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OK, what’s going on with LinkedIn’s algo?
TechCrunch's Dominic-Madori Davis writes about women who ran an experiment to see if LinkedIn's new algo was being sexist and thought they proved it. But experts say there's more complexity involved.
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Data center boom bad news for other infrastructure projects; plus, a data breach at 700Credit affects nearly 6 million, and Microsoft buys 3.6M metric tons of carbon removal from bioenergy plant
-Improvements to roads, bridges, and other infrastructure could take a hit as data center construction accelerates. That’s according to a report from Bloomberg.
-At least 5.6 million people had their names, addresses, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers stolen in a data breach at Seven Hundred Credit, a company that runs credit checks and identity verification services for auto dealerships across the US.
Microsoft announced Thursday it would buy 3.6 million carbon removal credits from a biofuels plant in Louisiana owned by C2X.
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Zevo wants to add robotaxis to its car-share fleet; plus, Reddit argues it isn’t like other social platforms
As robotaxi adoption continues, wild ideas like personal ownership and renting them out are starting to pop up again.
Also, Reddit, one of the world's largest social platforms, is arguing that it doesn't meet the definition of "social media platforms" as it seeks to overturn Australia's law banning children under 16 years of age from social media.
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Google launched its deepest AI research agent yet — on the same day OpenAI dropped GPT-5.2
For the first time, developers can embed Google's Deep Research tool, based on Gemini 3 Pro, into their own apps.
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