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Fully autonomous cars are here. In a handful of cities across the US and China, robotaxis are transporting human passengers around town, but with no human behind the wheel.Loyal Listener Amberish wrote in to More or Less to ask about a couple of safety statistics he'd seen regarding these self-driving cars on social media. These claimed that Waymo self-driving taxis were five times safer than human drivers in the US, and that Tesla's self-driving cars are 10 times safer. But, are these claims true? We speak to Mark MacCarthy, a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution Center for Technology Innovation, to find out.If you've seen some numbers you think we should look at, email the team: moreorless@bbc.co.ukPresenter: Lizzy McNeill Producer: Nicholas Barrett Series producer: Tom Colls Production co-ordinator: Brenda Brown Sound mix: Neil Churchill Editor: Richard Vadon

This week on Autonomy Markets, Grayson Brulte and Walter Piecyk marked the one-year anniversary of Autonomy Markets and discussed the reignited debate between LiDAR and vision-only after comments made by Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi during an interview. During the interview, Mr. Khosrowshahi stated that in the short term, a combination of camera, LiDAR, and radar is the “right solution,” noting that all of Uber's current partners use this combination. This statement prompted a response from Elon Musk, who argued via a post on X that LiDAR and radar actually reduce safety due to “sensor contention” and reaffirmed Tesla's commitment to a camera-only system. Beyond the technical debate, Grayson and Walt discussed Tesla's expanded Robotaxi service in Austin and the growing opposition to a potential Waymo deployment in New York City.Episode Chapters0:00 One-Year Anniversary of Autonomy Markets2:14 Dara Khosrowshahi Reignites LiDAR vs Vision-Only Debate9:24 Elon Musk's LiDAR Rebuttal 11:49 What if Tesla Embraced LiDAR?14:29 Robotaxi Expands in Austin, Once Again18:14 Traffic Fatalities 20:32 Waymo Begins Testing in New York City26:06 Boring Company is Testing FSD Supervised in Las Vegas29:07 Stellantis Shuts Down Internal ADAS Development Program31:28 Next WeekRecorded on Thursday, August 28, 2025--------About The Road to AutonomyThe Road to Autonomy provides market intelligence and strategic advisory services to institutional investors and companies, delivering insights needed to stay ahead of emerging trends in the autonomy economy™. To learn more, say hello (at) roadtoautonomy.com.Sign up for This Week in The Autonomy Economy newsletter: https://www.roadtoautonomy.com/ae/See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Popzara.com. Nathan Evans, Managing Editor.Throughout Popzara you'll find views on gaming, movies, technology, cultural icons and so much more. Reviews and previews, in-depth analyses, opinion pieces, conversations, and a regularly updated Podcast keep things interesting and always entertaining. Our diverse editorial staff is committed to bringing this cornucopia of editorial goodness in fair-minded and positive ways, with minimal snark and maximum fun. A little bit of everything for the discriminating reader and curious listener is what you'll find at Popzara.Topics:https://www.pcworld.com/article/2893466/holy-crap-roblox-hits-45-million-concurrent-players-beating-steam.htmlhttps://www.gameshub.com/news/news/shinobi-art-of-vengeance-returns-2799329https://www.tomsguide.com/gaming/xbox/microsoft-is-making-it-even-easier-and-cheaper-to-stream-games-via-game-pass-everything-you-need-to-knowhttps://www.theverge.com/news/767522/microsoft-word-automatic-document-save-cloud-defaulthttps://www.engadget.com/social-media/early-blogging-service-typepad-is-shutting-down-for-good-130033731.htmlhttps://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/waymo-gets-the-green-light-to-test-in-new-york-city-everything-to-know-about-the-robotaxihttps://www.techspot.com/news/109248-taco-bell-slows-down-ai-drive-thru-push.htmlhttps://www.engadget.com/mobile/tablets/kobo-ereaders-are-swapping-out-pocket-for-instapaper-190615508.htmlCheck out more stories from ComputerAmerica.com!

President Trump announced this week that the U.S. government, in a highly unusual deal, had agreed to take a 10 percent stake in the chip maker Intel, and that he was considering similar investments in other companies. We discuss why Trump cares so much about Intel, what the government is trying to accomplish with this deal, and how people in Silicon Valley and elsewhere are reacting. Then Waymo's co-chief executive Tekedra Mawakana joins us in the studio to discuss the company's strategy for expanding its driverless car service to Miami, D.C. and the snowy Northeast. And finally, we introduce a new segment where we run through the most surprising technology projects the Trump family is getting involved in.Guests:Tekedra Mawakana, co-chief executive of Waymo.Additional Reading: Intel Agrees to Sell U.S. a 10% Stake in Its BusinessFirst Lady Melania Trump Launches Nationwide Presidential AI Challenge We want to hear from you. Email us at hardfork@nytimes.com. Find “Hard Fork” on YouTube and TikTok. Unlock full access to New York Times podcasts and explore everything from politics to pop culture. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

Bradley Jay Fills in on NightSideAs of January 31, 2026, annual car inspections will no longer be mandatory in the state of New Hampshire. Is this relief from the heavy hand of government or a public safety nightmare? Would you get your car inspected if you didn't have to? Craig Fitzgerald, Automotive Editor with DCI Marketing, and former auto editor with Hemmings, The Boston Globe, and GateHouse Media, joined Bradley to discuss the pros and cons of New Hampshire's decision to strike mandatory inspection as well as Waymo testing self-driving vehicles in Boston.

Bradley Jay Fills in on NightSideAs of January 31, 2026, annual car inspections will no longer be mandatory in the state of New Hampshire. Is this relief from the heavy hand of government or a public safety nightmare? Would you get your car inspected if you didn't have to? Craig Fitzgerald, Automotive Editor with DCI Marketing, and former auto editor with Hemmings, The Boston Globe, and GateHouse Media, joined Bradley to discuss the pros and cons of New Hampshire's decision to strike mandatory inspection as well as Waymo testing self-driving vehicles in Boston.

SpaceX success with Starship Flight Ten! ASU's Dr. Steven Polzin reports that As Travel Changes so Must Transportation Governance. Plus the latest developments on Waymo, Tesla and more. Join Princeton's Alain Kornhauser and co-host Fred Fishkin for episode 397 of Smart Driving Cars!

Open Source bi-weekly convo w/ Bill Gurley and Brad Gerstner on all things tech, markets, investing & capitalism. This week, they dive deep into China's explosive innovation across AI and EVs, the rise of open-source models, lessons for U.S. competitiveness, the real story on tariffs and trade—and what America must do to win the global tech race. Enjoy another episode of BG2!Timestamps:(00:00) Intro(01:20) OpenAI, Anthropic, Private Market Overheating(03:30) China's Role in the Global Tech Order(04:50) Why Bill Went to China(06:40) Dan Wang's Breakneck: Engineers vs Lawyers(10:30) Xiaomi, BYD, and Auto Innovation(14:00) Factory Productivity, Automation, and the Jobs Debate(15:20) Open Source Model Culture in China(19:30) Can the US Compete Without Reform?(23:30) Tariffs, Trade Deals, and a Path to Cooperation(28:00) Waymo, Baidu, and Cost Innovation(33:00) Is China Winning Global Trade?(36:30) Debunking the Subsidy Narrative(38:30) What the CEOs Who Visit China Actually Say(41:30) China's AI Ecosystem: DeepSeek, Qwen, Alibaba Cloud(44:00) Open Source in China and the US: Strategic Choices(48:00) VC Pullback from China & What's Still Happening on the Ground(53:00) China's New K-Visa vs US Skilled Immigration Policies(56:30) Gurley: Read Dan Wang's Breakneck, Watch the Ground Game(01:03:00) VC Pullback from ChinaShow Notes:Open Source Development in China https://merics.org/sites/default/files/2021-05/MERICS%20Primer%20Open%20Source%202021_0.pdfLei Jun 2024 Annual Speech: https://www.youtube.com/live/l5f3wvLwLXYProduced by Dan ShevchukMusic by Yung SpielbergAvailable on Apple, Spotify, www.bg2pod.comFollow:Brad Gerstner @altcap https://x.com/altcapBill Gurley @bgurley https://x.com/bgurleyBG2 Pod @bg2pod https://x.com/BG2Pod

A Note from JamesWhat does it take to make a discovery that changes the world? Think about landing on the moon — a true moonshot. Along the way, countless technologies were invented that reshaped life back on Earth.My guest today, Astro Teller, has been part of that same kind of world-changing work. At X — Alphabet's Moonshot Factory — he's led projects that gave us self-driving cars, Google Brain, drone delivery, augmented reality with Google Glass, and much more. We even talk about quantum computing, drones that bring your groceries to your backyard, and the mindset it takes to believe in something that once sounded like science fiction.Astro and I first crossed paths when I visited Google X back in 2012 or 2013. He was on this podcast in 2015, and now, ten years later, he's back to talk about his own show — The Moonshot Podcast — and the latest bold projects that could shape our future.Episode DescriptionAstro Teller, Captain of Moonshots at Alphabet's X, joins James to share how impossible-sounding ideas become real. From Waymo's self-driving cars to Wing's drones, from the birth of Google Brain to breakthroughs in quantum networking and modernizing electric grids, Astro explains the engineering mindset that drives innovation.This episode goes beyond technology — it's about how to think like a moonshot maker. You'll hear how X chooses projects, why systems engineering often matters more than pure science, and how to break down massive problems into solvable steps.What You'll LearnThe three elements that define a true moonshot at X.Why self-driving cars succeeded not because of new science, but because of paradigm-shifting systems engineering.How Google Brain kickstarted the modern AI revolution by betting on scale when neural nets were out of fashion.Why Wing's drone delivery service may soon feel as ordinary as rideshare apps.How Project Tapestry is mapping and optimizing the electric grid to cut connection times from years to days.The promise (and risks) of quantum networking, quantum sensing, and the looming “Q-Day” when current cryptography could break.Why empathy is crucial for workers displaced by new technologies.Timestamped Chapters[01:00] A Note from James[04:00] Inside Alphabet's Moonshot Factory (X)[06:00] Defining moonshots: problem, radical solution, breakthrough tech[08:00] Waymo and the hidden challenges of self-driving cars[13:00] Safety, comfort, and the “body language” of cars[17:00] Google Brain and the rebirth of neural networks[20:00] Cats, YouTube, and AI's first big proof point[23:00] Wing: drones delivering groceries like magic[29:00] Moonshot mindset vs. the Apollo mission[31:00] How X evaluates and selects moonshots[34:00] Breakthroughs behind Waymo and simulation at scale[39:00] What if every car was autonomous?[40:00] Project Tapestry: modernizing the electric grid[45:00] Mapping PJM and national-scale grids[46:00] Lessons from Google Glass: too early, or misframed?[48:00] The future of AR glasses and AI assistants[51:00] Why X left longevity research to Calico and Verily[52:00] Quantum computing, networking, and sensing explained[57:00] The coming “Q-Day” and what it means for security[59:00] AI, jobs, and the importance of empathy[61:00] Closing thoughts and Astro's Moonshot PodcastAdditional ResourcesThe Moonshot Podcast with Astro Teller (YouTube)X, the Moonshot FactoryWaymo (Self-Driving Cars)Wing (Drone Delivery)Google BrainProject Tapestry – Grid ModernizationPJM Interconnection (Eastern US Grid)Calico (Alphabet's Longevity Research)Verily Life SciencesSandbox AQ (Quantum & AI)Carnegie Mellon University School of Computer ScienceSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Stephen Nessen, transportation reporter for the WNYC and Gothamist newsroom, talks about the news that the NYC DOT approved a pilot program to test Waymo's driverless cars in the city.

A street advocacy group is calling on the city to revoke approval for a pilot program that'll allow a self-driving taxi company to test out their cars in Manhattan and Brooklyn. Plus, federal judges have formally appointed Joseph Nocella Jr. as U.S. attorney for New York's Eastern District. Meanwhile, a nonprofit housing group wants to build an affordable housing complex in the South Bronx. And finally, immigrants across New York City want safer, better paying jobs but they face a major hurdle: building digital skills.

Hey,Waymo looks like the winner in self-driving.It's fully autonomous. Ultra-precise. Barely crashes.But Waymo's success is an illusion.And Tesla is set to leapfrog them.Not by building the best tech, but by deploying it the smartest.Waymo is expanding city by city.Its cars are packed with sensors. Each road is pre-mapped.It's safe, but slow and expensive.Tesla is moving much faster.They've already shipped over 500,000 semi-autonomous cars globally.Those vehicles are collecting billions of real-world miles, training a system that learns on the fly.No lidar. No pre-mapping. Just cameras, neural nets, and fast iteration.Tesla sends out new software every few weeks.The goal?One update that turns millions of Teslas into robotaxis overnight.Elon says they're 2–3 years from making that happen.But the deeper story isn't just about Tesla's strategy.It's the pattern — the same playbook Elon's used for rockets, electric vehicles, AI, and now robotaxis.Four founder lessons from Elon's approach:* Solve problems in the right order: Elon always seems to ask: What's the one constraint that, if solved, makes everything else easier? With self-driving, Elon didn't start with full autonomy. He started by solving the real blocker: distribution. Deploy semi-autonomous cars first, then farm real-world training data at scale to improve the product.* Find the non-obvious solution to the obvious problem: If everyone agrees on an approach, Elon will almost always do the opposite. At SpaceX, the big barrier was cost. Most people assumed the solution was better spacecraft. But Elon bet on reusable rockets instead — and changed the economics of space entirely.* Build for tomorrow's constraints: Elon doesn't care about being right today. He cares about being right in the end. With EVs, he didn't listen to early skeptics and wait for battery breakthroughs or charging networks. He built an electric sports car people wanted — then let infrastructure follow demand.* Turn users into advocates: This is a similar play to Airbnb and Uber: Build something people love and profit from, and they'll fight to protect it. Elon's version? He wants your Tesla to become your side hustle, earning money as a robotaxi while you sleep. Owners won't just want autonomy — they'll lobby for it.Tesla's robotaxi plan might be Elon's biggest bet yet, and the one that proves the pattern works at global scale.I break down the full strategy here:Chapters(00:35) Why Waymo seems unstoppable(01:46) Tesla's dropout advantage(02:38) How Tesla hacked the liability problem(03:20) The four-move checkmate to autonomy(04:28) Your Tesla's secret side hustle(05:38) Elon's genius failure formulaTranscriptTesla has got a massive problem with its self-driving tech, but no one is talking about what happens when they fix this issue because Waymo success is an illusion. And Tesla is on track to leapfrog them with a strategy to deploy a fleet of Robotaxis in every city around the world, all within the next three years made possible by Elon's playbook. That's continuously defied the odds and skeptics.First, let me introduce you to who everyone thinks is the market leader. Imagine you're in downtown San Francisco, you open an app, tap a button, and a car glides up. No driver, just empty seats waiting for you. That's Waymo. It started inside Google back in 2009. Today it's also live in cities like Austin and Phoenix.Each car is a rolling super sensor, 29 cameras plus lidar and radar. It fires millions of laser pulses every second to build a 3D model of the street. It can see shapes, judge distances, and track movement faster than any human.But the real magic isn't the hardware, it's the prem mapping. Before a single passenger steps in Waymo vans have already driven those same roads hundreds of times, recording every traffic light, curb, and road marking. When a Waymo robot taxi hits the road, it's not just reacting, it's cross-checking live data against a blueprint. It's like deja vu for robots. The results are hard to argue with. Waymo has only been at fault in one crash since launch. It's now handling 250,000 rides per week on paper. Waymo looks like it's already won the race, but the question isn't does it work? It's how fast can they take this global? That's where things get interesting.In the opposite corner, there's Tesla, no lidar, no radar. Just nine cameras worth a thousand dollars. Instead of custom mapping cities,Tesla's cars, figure it out on the fly. It's like dropping someone in Rome and telling them to drive. Tesla calls it vision-based ai.It's a system relying only on cameras and neural nets to interpret the world. Unlike Waymo's cautious rollout, Tesla ships over there updates to users every few weeks. All while collecting billions of miles of real world footage.At first glance, Waymo's Tech looks superior. Cameras have less rain than lidar. They struggle in rain fog or at night. To be fair, this isn't apples to apples. Waymo's are fully driverless. Teslas are still semi-autonomous, but that's the point. Waymo's a valedictorian who studied too hard. Tesla's a dropout who's already making money.So how is Tesla getting away with it? The answer is liability hacking. Since Tesla's system is still semi-autonomous, it's classified as driver assistance.That means the human behind the wheel is still legally responsible. If something goes wrong, it's your fault. Most of the time it's not Tesla. If Tesla had gone the Waymo route, they'd be on the hook for every crash. But by offloading liability to the driver with partial autonomy, Tesla gets to avoid approvals, delays, and lawsuits that's not just clever legal work. It's what unlocks Tesla's biggest advantage in ai, real world data at scale.Waymo's launching like NASA, slow, precise, and expensive. Tesla's doing it like SpaceX, ship fast, then learn from failure.. Here's Tesla's four step strategy.One, deploy semi-autonomous vehicles. There are already 500,000 on the road. Two, collect billions of miles of real world data. Three, train the AI on edge cases.Lab testing. Can't replicate four. Flip the switch instantly upgrading the entire fleet overnight via software update. That's 6 million Teslas turned into fully autonomous vehicles.Right now Tesla is deep into steps two and three, but step four won't happen until they hit an AI safety threshold. This is where governments agree. Tesla's AI is statistically safer than a human driver. Tesla estimates it'll take about 6 billion miles of data to clear that bar.This year, a model Y delivered itself to a customer. The robotaxis went live in Austin, already covering more ground than Waymo's service. And their semi-autonomous fleet has logged 3.6 billion miles at this pace. They're two to three years away from flipping the switch and leaving everyone else behind.But will the public trust Tesla's technology?Elon's end game isn't owning a fleet. He wants you and your car to become the fleet. Tap a button and your Tesla joins. A pool of robo taxis making money while you sleep. Think Uber, but you don't have to drive the car.It could turn every Tesla into an appreciating asset, justifying higher margins, pricing power, and long-term valuation..This is Elon's master stroke. When autonomy arrives, millions of Tesla owners will have money riding on it. They'll advocate for regulatory approval, maybe not out of belief, but out of profit.. It's the same playbook. Uber and Airbnb used. Build something people love and earn from, then regulators will have little choice, but to legalize it, wall Street gets it. Tesla's $800 billion. Valuation assumes autonomy works. If it fails, that value disappears. But investors aren't just betting on autonomy, they're betting on a story they've already seen.Tesla's Robotaxis strategy follows a pattern Elon has used before. Look at SpaceX critic said he couldn't build better rockets than nasa, but that was never the point. He made space exploration cheaper by creating reusable rockets.After years of blowing them up and learning. SpaceX now handles 80% of the world's payload. It's the same with electric cars. Elon didn't care that batteries were weak or charging took too long. He bet that if he built a car, people want it, the infrastructure would follow demand. That's why Tesla started with a hundred thousand dollars sports car, not a budget sedan.Elon's pattern is that his companies look like expensive failures until they suddenly work. His Robo Taxii strategy is the same play. Waymo might beat Tesla in precision, but Tesla's betting it can beat everyone in distribution. There are four things founders can learn from Elon's approach. One, solve problems in the right order. What's the constraint that if solved, makes everything else easier? Two, find a non-obvious solution to the obvious problem.When everyone agrees on an approach, Elon does the opposite. Three, build for tomorrow's constraints. Elon doesn't care about being right today. He cares about being right in the end. Four, turn customers into advocates. When they love what you build, they'll fight for it. But most importantly, sometimes you just have to lock in, block out the noise and build.Consensus creates comfort while conviction builds empires.Hiten=)Hiten Shah is free today. But if you enjoyed this post, you can tell Hiten Shah that their writing is valuable by pledging a future subscription. You won't be charged unless they enable payments. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.hiten.show

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You should buy a faster CPU The Trump-Intel deal is official Trump signals fourth delay of TikTok ban Trump to tap Airbnb co-founder as first government design chief Meet Macrohard, Elon Musk's AI simulation of Microsoft Google announces Pixel 10 lineup with heavy AI integration Gemini for Home is Google's biggest smart home play in years Copilot app gets a glowup, new features, for Windows 11 Apple explores using Google Gemini AI to power revamped Siri Bluesky blocks service in Mississippi over age assurance law 4chan will refuse to pay daily online safety fines, lawyer tells BBC Sports streaming enters a bold new era Waymo can now test its self-driving vehicles in New York City Oura secures decisive legal victory with ITC patent ruling T-Mobile claimed selling location data without consent is legal—judges disagree Developer gets prison time for sabotaging former employer's network with a 'kill switch' Nonprofit search engine Ecosia offers $0 for control of Chrome Perplexity's Comet AI browser tricked into buying fake items online Agentic browser security: indirect prompt injection in Perplexity Comet New zero-day startup offers $20 million for tools that can hack any smartphone YouTuber Mark Rober is getting a Netflix series German court revives case that could threaten ad blockers Satya Nadella says Microsoft must move beyond Bill Gates' software factory vision More frozen shrimp recalled for possible radioactive contamination Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Daniel Rubino and Paris Martineau Download or subscribe to This Week in Tech at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: zscaler.com/security expressvpn.com/twit canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT smarty.com/twit helixsleep.com/twit

You should buy a faster CPU The Trump-Intel deal is official Trump signals fourth delay of TikTok ban Trump to tap Airbnb co-founder as first government design chief Meet Macrohard, Elon Musk's AI simulation of Microsoft Google announces Pixel 10 lineup with heavy AI integration Gemini for Home is Google's biggest smart home play in years Copilot app gets a glowup, new features, for Windows 11 Apple explores using Google Gemini AI to power revamped Siri Bluesky blocks service in Mississippi over age assurance law 4chan will refuse to pay daily online safety fines, lawyer tells BBC Sports streaming enters a bold new era Waymo can now test its self-driving vehicles in New York City Oura secures decisive legal victory with ITC patent ruling T-Mobile claimed selling location data without consent is legal—judges disagree Developer gets prison time for sabotaging former employer's network with a 'kill switch' Nonprofit search engine Ecosia offers $0 for control of Chrome Perplexity's Comet AI browser tricked into buying fake items online Agentic browser security: indirect prompt injection in Perplexity Comet New zero-day startup offers $20 million for tools that can hack any smartphone YouTuber Mark Rober is getting a Netflix series German court revives case that could threaten ad blockers Satya Nadella says Microsoft must move beyond Bill Gates' software factory vision More frozen shrimp recalled for possible radioactive contamination Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Daniel Rubino and Paris Martineau Download or subscribe to This Week in Tech at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: zscaler.com/security expressvpn.com/twit canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT smarty.com/twit helixsleep.com/twit

You should buy a faster CPU The Trump-Intel deal is official Trump signals fourth delay of TikTok ban Trump to tap Airbnb co-founder as first government design chief Meet Macrohard, Elon Musk's AI simulation of Microsoft Google announces Pixel 10 lineup with heavy AI integration Gemini for Home is Google's biggest smart home play in years Copilot app gets a glowup, new features, for Windows 11 Apple explores using Google Gemini AI to power revamped Siri Bluesky blocks service in Mississippi over age assurance law 4chan will refuse to pay daily online safety fines, lawyer tells BBC Sports streaming enters a bold new era Waymo can now test its self-driving vehicles in New York City Oura secures decisive legal victory with ITC patent ruling T-Mobile claimed selling location data without consent is legal—judges disagree Developer gets prison time for sabotaging former employer's network with a 'kill switch' Nonprofit search engine Ecosia offers $0 for control of Chrome Perplexity's Comet AI browser tricked into buying fake items online Agentic browser security: indirect prompt injection in Perplexity Comet New zero-day startup offers $20 million for tools that can hack any smartphone YouTuber Mark Rober is getting a Netflix series German court revives case that could threaten ad blockers Satya Nadella says Microsoft must move beyond Bill Gates' software factory vision More frozen shrimp recalled for possible radioactive contamination Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Daniel Rubino and Paris Martineau Download or subscribe to This Week in Tech at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: zscaler.com/security expressvpn.com/twit canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT smarty.com/twit helixsleep.com/twit

Israeli/Ukranian-style bolt from the blue drone attacks freak out Eric. I don't buy Silicon Shield. Lessons from Waymo on about the future of warfare. Intertextual analysis of the Mick Ryan interview. Fed Supernova, which is a terrible name for a conference, and counterintelligence. Has John Bolton taken enough Ls already? I guess not. Guests include: Tony Stark, Army vet who writes https://www.breakingbeijing.com/ Justin McIntosh, former Green beret who writes https://justinmc.substack.com/ Eric Robinson, lawyer and Army vet who spent time in OSC, JSOC and the NCTC Outtro Music: Bach, Chris Thile, Partita 1 in B Minor 1002: VI. Double https://open.spotify.com/track/780bh3MspPK19jVDD7EIKu?si=4809af67eda34c38 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You should buy a faster CPU The Trump-Intel deal is official Trump signals fourth delay of TikTok ban Trump to tap Airbnb co-founder as first government design chief Meet Macrohard, Elon Musk's AI simulation of Microsoft Google announces Pixel 10 lineup with heavy AI integration Gemini for Home is Google's biggest smart home play in years Copilot app gets a glowup, new features, for Windows 11 Apple explores using Google Gemini AI to power revamped Siri Bluesky blocks service in Mississippi over age assurance law 4chan will refuse to pay daily online safety fines, lawyer tells BBC Sports streaming enters a bold new era Waymo can now test its self-driving vehicles in New York City Oura secures decisive legal victory with ITC patent ruling T-Mobile claimed selling location data without consent is legal—judges disagree Developer gets prison time for sabotaging former employer's network with a 'kill switch' Nonprofit search engine Ecosia offers $0 for control of Chrome Perplexity's Comet AI browser tricked into buying fake items online Agentic browser security: indirect prompt injection in Perplexity Comet New zero-day startup offers $20 million for tools that can hack any smartphone YouTuber Mark Rober is getting a Netflix series German court revives case that could threaten ad blockers Satya Nadella says Microsoft must move beyond Bill Gates' software factory vision More frozen shrimp recalled for possible radioactive contamination Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Daniel Rubino and Paris Martineau Download or subscribe to This Week in Tech at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: zscaler.com/security expressvpn.com/twit canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT smarty.com/twit helixsleep.com/twit

We would love to hear your feedback!The gig economy landscape is rapidly transforming with technological advancements and policy changes affecting both drivers and customers alike.Ep 265 News Links• Waymo autonomous vehicles are gaining popularity in Atlanta, where riders cancel multiple human drivers to secure a driverless experience• Amazon is eliminating backdoor and side door deliveries by August 2025 to enhance driver safety• $175 million settlement for rideshare drivers in Massachusetts, guaranteeing $33.48/hour minimum pay for active driving time• Tesla is offering $33/hour positions for robo-taxi safety coordinators as they expand autonomous vehicle testing• Amazon is launching its "most significant grocery expansion ever" with same-day fresh food delivery to over 1,000 cities• Drone delivery is facing economic challenges at $1,350 per delivery compared to $2 for traditional vehicle delivery• DoorDash is partnering with Ace Pickleball Club as their official delivery platform and championship sponsorJoin us on Patreon for bonus content and become part of our Telegram community, where you can connect with fellow gig workers nationwide.Support the showEverything Gig Economy Podcast Related: Download the audio podcast Newsletter Octopus is a mobile entertainment tablet for your riders. Earn 100.00 per month for having the tablet in your car! No cost for the driver! Want to earn more and stay safe? Download Maxymo Love the show? You now have the opportunity to support the show with some great rewards by becoming a Patron. Tier #2 we offer free merch, an Extra in-depth podcast per month, and an NSFW pre-show https://www.patreon.com/thegigeconpodcast The Gig Economy Podcast Group. Download Telegram 1st, then click on the link to join. TikTok Subscribe on Youtube

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- U.S. and EU Could Share Auto Regs - Why Global Auto Regs Have Never Happened - Porsche Dumps Plans to Make Batteries - Mercedes Pension Dumps Nissan Stock - Tesla Goes with DeepSeek In China, Not Grok - Renault Refresh of The Kiger - Ram Returns to NASCAR Truck Series, Can Cup Be Far Behind? - Waymo Starts Testing in NYC - Audi Refresh of The Q3 - Audi Drops Lower Trims of A7  - Autoline Poll on Future of EV Startups

Israeli/Ukranian-style bolt from the blue drone attacks freak out Eric. I don't buy Silicon Shield. Lessons from Waymo on about the future of warfare. Intertextual analysis of the Mick Ryan interview. Fed Supernova, which is a terrible name for a conference, and counterintelligence. Has John Bolton taken enough Ls already? I guess not. Guests include: Tony Stark, Army vet who writes https://www.breakingbeijing.com/ Justin McIntosh, former Green beret who writes https://justinmc.substack.com/ Eric Robinson, lawyer and Army vet who spent time in OSC, JSOC and the NCTC Outtro Music: Bach, Chris Thile, Partita 1 in B Minor 1002: VI. Double https://open.spotify.com/track/780bh3MspPK19jVDD7EIKu?si=4809af67eda34c38 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

- U.S. and EU Could Share Auto Regs - Why Global Auto Regs Have Never Happened - Porsche Dumps Plans to Make Batteries - Mercedes Pension Dumps Nissan Stock - Tesla Goes with DeepSeek In China, Not Grok - Renault Refresh of The Kiger - Ram Returns to NASCAR Truck Series, Can Cup Be Far Behind? - Waymo Starts Testing in NYC - Audi Refresh of The Q3 - Audi Drops Lower Trims of A7  - Autoline Poll on Future of EV Startups

You should buy a faster CPU The Trump-Intel deal is official Trump signals fourth delay of TikTok ban Trump to tap Airbnb co-founder as first government design chief Meet Macrohard, Elon Musk's AI simulation of Microsoft Google announces Pixel 10 lineup with heavy AI integration Gemini for Home is Google's biggest smart home play in years Copilot app gets a glowup, new features, for Windows 11 Apple explores using Google Gemini AI to power revamped Siri Bluesky blocks service in Mississippi over age assurance law 4chan will refuse to pay daily online safety fines, lawyer tells BBC Sports streaming enters a bold new era Waymo can now test its self-driving vehicles in New York City Oura secures decisive legal victory with ITC patent ruling T-Mobile claimed selling location data without consent is legal—judges disagree Developer gets prison time for sabotaging former employer's network with a 'kill switch' Nonprofit search engine Ecosia offers $0 for control of Chrome Perplexity's Comet AI browser tricked into buying fake items online Agentic browser security: indirect prompt injection in Perplexity Comet New zero-day startup offers $20 million for tools that can hack any smartphone YouTuber Mark Rober is getting a Netflix series German court revives case that could threaten ad blockers Satya Nadella says Microsoft must move beyond Bill Gates' software factory vision More frozen shrimp recalled for possible radioactive contamination Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Daniel Rubino and Paris Martineau Download or subscribe to This Week in Tech at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: zscaler.com/security expressvpn.com/twit canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT smarty.com/twit helixsleep.com/twit

“El Mayo” Zambada se declara culpable en EU y llama a la paz en Sinaloa  Abandonan a recién nacido en baños del Metro UAM-I; autoridades investigan  Taxistas de Nueva York amenazan con paro total por pruebas de robotaxisMás información en nuestro Podcast

You should buy a faster CPU The Trump-Intel deal is official Trump signals fourth delay of TikTok ban Trump to tap Airbnb co-founder as first government design chief Meet Macrohard, Elon Musk's AI simulation of Microsoft Google announces Pixel 10 lineup with heavy AI integration Gemini for Home is Google's biggest smart home play in years Copilot app gets a glowup, new features, for Windows 11 Apple explores using Google Gemini AI to power revamped Siri Bluesky blocks service in Mississippi over age assurance law 4chan will refuse to pay daily online safety fines, lawyer tells BBC Sports streaming enters a bold new era Waymo can now test its self-driving vehicles in New York City Oura secures decisive legal victory with ITC patent ruling T-Mobile claimed selling location data without consent is legal—judges disagree Developer gets prison time for sabotaging former employer's network with a 'kill switch' Nonprofit search engine Ecosia offers $0 for control of Chrome Perplexity's Comet AI browser tricked into buying fake items online Agentic browser security: indirect prompt injection in Perplexity Comet New zero-day startup offers $20 million for tools that can hack any smartphone YouTuber Mark Rober is getting a Netflix series German court revives case that could threaten ad blockers Satya Nadella says Microsoft must move beyond Bill Gates' software factory vision More frozen shrimp recalled for possible radioactive contamination Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Daniel Rubino and Paris Martineau Download or subscribe to This Week in Tech at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: zscaler.com/security expressvpn.com/twit canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT smarty.com/twit helixsleep.com/twit

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This week on Autonomy Markets, Grayson Brulte and Walter Piecyk discuss the significant operational challenges Waymo and Uber are currently experiencing in Atlanta and Nuro's Series E round.Waymo's launch in Atlanta has gone anything but smooth. A shortage of vehicles and frequent rider pairing issues on Uber have sparked negative local media coverage, with Fox 5 Atlanta even publishing a guide on how to improve your chances of getting a Waymo ride. The Atlanta launch has raised questions about the long-term future of Uber and Waymo's partnership. While Waymo and Uber are facing vehicle supply issues in Atlanta, Nuro successfully closed a Series E round led by Uber that raised $203 million at a valuation of $6 billion.Episode Chapters0:00 Robots2:42 Nuro Series E4:54 Delivery Robots Part 16:11 Fleet Management 9:24 Delivery Robots Part 214:26 Waymo on Uber in Atlanta 21:15 Status of Waymo and Uber's Relationship 26:58 Helm.ai Honda Expand Partnership 32:21 Alibaba's Autonomous Driving IPO34:16 Baidu Apollo Go36:35 Tesla FSD in Japan38:46 Cybercab39:32 Next WeekRecorded on Thursday, August 21, 2025--------About The Road to AutonomyThe Road to Autonomy provides market intelligence and strategic advisory services to institutional investors and companies, delivering insights needed to stay ahead of emerging trends in the autonomy economy™. To learn more, say hello (at) roadtoautonomy.com.Sign up for This Week in The Autonomy Economy newsletter: https://www.roadtoautonomy.com/ae/See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Plus: TikTok to lay off hundreds of U.K. content moderators in AI push. And ESPN and MLB are closing in on a three-year streaming deal worth around $1.65 billion. Julie Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When Meta selected a site in Louisiana for its largest data center to date, it signed a deal with Entergy to power the site with three massive natural gas power plants. Earlier this week a state regulator approved Entergy's plans. The power plants are expected to come online in 2028 and 2029, and at full strength, they'll generate 2.25 gigawatts of electricity. Ultimately, the AI data center could draw 5 gigawatts of power as it's expanded. The power plant project has been controversial among Louisianans.  Waymo has been granted a permit to test its autonomous vehicles in New York City, the first such approval granted by the city. The company told TechCrunch it plans to start testing “immediately.” And a former software developer has been sentenced to four years in prison for sabotaging his former employer's network after leaving the company. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After listening to him for many years, I'm honored to have Herbert Ong of  ⁨@BrighterwithHerbert⁩ on the show!Other than being a T$LA investor, he has also founded 3 companies, awarded the Thomson Reuters Healthcare Star Performance Excellence Award in 2007, and was the Head Product Manager who built and launched CareDiscovery (used by the majority of US hospitals). Watch the incredible episode on YoutubeEPISODE HIGHLIGHTS[00:00-07:14] Why Tesla? The S-Curve of Innovation[07:15-08:11] Diversifying Beyond Tesla[08:12-12:00] Growth vs. Value Investing[12:01-6:02] The Data Edge: Tesla's  Advantage[16:01-20:00] Robotaxis: The Economic Case[20:01-23:36] Optimus: The Next Layer of AI[23:37-27:54] Real-World Data: The Key to AGI[27:55-32:03] Glipse of the Age of Abundance[32:04-38:09] Solar farms? Global Energy Shifts[38:10-44:45] Utopia or Dystopia? The AI Future[44:46-48:00] Should we be afraid?[48:01-51:47] A Holodeck FutureSpecial Mentions:Elon Musk, Tesla AI, EVs, robotaxi, Optimus, Waymo, AppleTony Seba, Ray Kurzweil, Gary Black, AIM Free Book: The Singularity is Near, predicting AGI by 2029.Any questions?*** Start taking action right NOW!

In this episode, Sloan Dean returns to share a new perspective on artificial intelligence in hospitality. While AI is often framed around efficiency and cost-cutting, Sloan points to lessons from outside the industry -- like his experience with Waymo -- that show how AI can actually enhance the customer experience and create pricing power. He explores what this could mean for hotel operations, guest interactions, and the future of luxury hospitality. Listeners will come away with a new way of thinking about AI: not just as a tool for savings, but as an opportunity to elevate service and grow demand.Resources:Not Done with Sloan Dean AI Psychosis & Humanity in Hospitality Leadership - Sloan DeanNot Done: Sloan Dean After Remington - How He's Betting on Himself and What's NextMore episodes with Sloan A few more resources: If you're new to Hospitality Daily, start here. You can send me a message here with questions, comments, or guest suggestions If you want to get my summary and actionable insights from each episode delivered to your inbox each day, subscribe here for free. Follow Hospitality Daily and join the conversation on YouTube, LinkedIn, and Instagram. If you want to advertise on Hospitality Daily, here are the ways we can work together. If you found this episode interesting or helpful, send it to someone on your team so you can turn the ideas into action and benefit your business and the people you serve! Music for this show is produced by Clay Bassford of Bespoke Sound: Music Identity Design for Hospitality Brands

On this episode of The Adam Carolla Show, comedian Greg Fitzsimmons stops by the studio! They kick things off with Greg talking about how America's growing civil discourse could one day spark another civil war, before Adam recaps his weekend vintage car race at Laguna Seca. Greg talks about finally ditching his Prius for a Mustang and why he can't stand Waymo cars, while Adam shares wild footage from his race and dives into the intricacies of competitive racing. Adam also talks about going on Rick Caruso's massive 214-foot superyacht, detailing the insane amount of work and money it takes to keep it fully operational.In the news, comedian Rudy Pavich joins to break down some viral headlines, starting with a wild brawl between Jaguars and Saints fans during a preseason game in New Orleans that's now making the rounds online. Then, they turn to the latest over-the-top product from Kim Kardashian's SKIMS: the $48 Seamless Sculpt Face Wrap, a collagen-infused compression garment that claims to shape the jawline and chin. The crew can't help but poke fun at the idea of a “face bra” and discuss society's obsession with cutting corners when it comes to health and fitness. FOR MORE WITH GREG FITZSIMMONS: INSTAGRAM: @gregfitzsimmonsTWITTER: @gregfitzshowWEBSITE: www.gregfitzsimmons.comFOR MORE WITH RUDY PAVICH:INSTAGRAM: @rudy_pavichWEBSITE: www.rudypavichcomedy.comThank you for supporting our sponsors:BetOnlineHydrow.com - use code ADAM MASAChips.com/CAROLLAListen now to the Life Kit podcast from NPR.oreillyauto.com/ADAMPluto.tvLIVE SHOWS: August 29 - Provo, UTAugust 31 - Torrance, CA (2 shows)September 6 - Charlotte, NC (2 shows)September 12-13 - El Paso, TX (4 Shows)Want to listen ad-free? You can now get the podcast without interruptions on Apple Podcasts and Spotify! Just subscribe on Apple Podcasts or Support us on Patreon to unlock the ad-free Spotify feed.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The conversation surrounding artificial intelligence in the US is hard to avoid right now. Powerful companies like Nvidia are making AI chips, doctors are using AI to revolutionize and enhance healthcare, and companies like Waymo have implemented the technology in self-driving cars. But even with all these advances, concerns continue to grow over how children are using AI. Reports about chatbots engaging children in "sensual" conversations have led to amplified concerns. However, others have found that students and teachers alike are using AI to complete schoolwork and create class assignments. For more information about the intersection of AI and America's children, we spoke with Lila Shroff, Assistant Editor at The Atlantic.And in headlines, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy spruces up for his White House visit, President Donald Trump rants about the evil that is mail-in ballots, and MSNBC is changing its name to MS NOW.Show Notes:Check out Lila's work – theatlantic.com/author/lila-shroff/Call Congress – 202-224-3121Subscribe to the What A Day Newsletter – https://tinyurl.com/3kk4nyz8What A Day – YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/@whatadaypodcastFollow us on Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/crookedmedia/For a transcript of this episode, please visit crooked.com/whataday

ICYMI: Hour One of ‘Later, with Mo'Kelly' Presents – A look at the most relaxing cities in the world AND Waymo's rapid expansion city after city…PLUS – Mo' is going on vacation - on KFI AM 640…Live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app & YouTube @MrMoKelly

Shoot us a Text.Episode #1124: Today we break down the latest Fixed Ops Golden Metrics, showing where service departments are winning and where there's room to grow. We also look at how dealer inventory has returned to pre-tariff “normal” levels, and why Atlantans are playing cancellation games just to ride in a Waymo robotaxi.The Fixed Ops Golden Metrics 2025 report from Reynolds and Reynolds highlights how service departments are stacking up in hours, labor rates, and RO profits—plus the big gains from technician efficiency tools.Dealers are grouped two ways—by urban classification (Major Urban, Metro, Community, Rural) and by 5 volume classes based on monthly customer-pay ROs: Class 1: 1,200.High-volume Class 5 stores topped 3,000 hrs/month. Major Urban averaged 1,613 hrs/month vs. Rural at 490. Major Urban led profit per RO at $414, Rural just $225. Class 1 averaged $400, dropping to $243 in Class 5.Using recommendation software added +0.5 hrs/RO, +$18 ELR, and +$62 profit/RO—worth $9K more profit/month for a 150-RO store.After months of tariff shocks and supply swings, dealer lots look familiar again. The average automaker now has a 73-day supply of new cars — right on the industry's long-term target.Lots once ran as high as 89 days of supply during early tariff panic.Inventories plunged to 66 days when 25% tariffs first hit but have since recovered.Despite costs, prices rose just 1.5% YoY as automakers and dealers absorbed tariffs.Some brands buck the trend: Toyota/Lexus are tight with just over a month of supply, while Ram and Land Rover sit on four months' worth.Waymo has expanded beyond its California and Arizona roots, bringing robotaxis to Atlanta. But there's a catch: you can only hail one through Uber, and it's not guaranteed.Riders can select “Prefer Waymo” in the Uber app, but often get matched with human drivers.Some Atlantans cancel ride after ride—one reporting 20 cancellations on average—just to snag a Waymo.Waymo has only dozens of vehicles in the city now, with plans to grow to hundreds in coming years.Riders can improve their odds by staying inside the 65-square-mile service zone, avoiding highways, and riding outside peak times.As one rider put it, “The fact that it's so challenging to get has turned it into a game.”0:00 Intro with Paul J Daly and Kyle Mountsier1:08 We'll be at the NAMAD Annual Meeting next week1:45 Webinar on Dealer Reputation Tomorrow2:26 Fixed Ops Golden Metrics from Reynolds and ReynoldsJoin Paul J Daly and Kyle Mountsier every morning for the Automotive State of the Union podcast as they connect the dots across car dealerships, retail trends, emerging tech like AI, and cultural shifts—bringing clarity, speed, and people-first insight to automotive leaders navigating a rapidly changing industry.Get the Daily Push Back email at https://www.asotu.com/ JOIN the conversation on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/company/asotu/

David Welch, Detroit Bureau Chief, Bloomberg joined Grayson Brulte on The Road to Autonomy podcast to discuss GM's renewed interest in autonomous vehicles.From robotaxis to personally owned autonomous vehicles, GM is once again preparing to enter the autonomous vehicle. This time in a initiative led by Chief Product Officer Sterling Anderson, GM is focusing on developing personally owned autonomous vehicles. Despite the shift in strategy, GM faces significant hurdles. The company must rebuild trust with the tech community to attract top talent after Cruise's high-profile failures. At the same time, the company continues to face intense competition from Tesla, whose rapidly advancing Full Self-Driving (FSD) system raises questions about whether GM can develop a competitive system in-house or if it will need to license technology from Waymo, Wayve, or Nuro.GM's return to autonomy opens the door to many questions. Questions that will only be answered in the years ahead.Episode Chapters0:00 GM Once Again Enters the Autonomy Market4:07 Can Sterling Anderson Revive GM's Autonomy Ambitions? 6:36 GM's “New” Autonomy System9:16 Super Cruise Subscription Revenue 10:37 Tesla13:48 Does GM Have to License?14:49 Rebuilding Trust18:26 Would GM ever do a Waymo Deal?20:04 Licensing + Data23:51 Timeline26:43 Pricing Autonomy32:41 Ford34:22 Where Does GM Ultimately Go?Recorded on Monday, August 10, 2025--------About The Road to AutonomyThe Road to Autonomy provides market intelligence and strategic advisory services to institutional investors and companies, delivering insights needed to stay ahead of emerging trends in the autonomy economy™. To learn more, say hello (at) roadtoautonomy.com.Sign up for This Week in The Autonomy Economy newsletter: https://www.roadtoautonomy.com/ae/See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Tesla's Robotaxis are here, and Waymo just expanded its footprint in town from covering 37 square miles to covering 90. But it's not like autonomous vehicles here are anything new — a decade ago, this is where the first fully autonomous car ride took place, and then-Mayor Steve Adler declared Austin the “Kitty Hawk of driverless cars.” Today's guest, Dan Weinstock, has been riding in Waymos since he got approved to ride from an insider waiting list late last year. Since then, he's taken dozens of rides. As the fleet of autonomous taxis in town increases, we revisit our conversation with Dan to see if he can convince host Nikki DaVaughn to take one.  This episode originally aired on April 2, 2025Want some more Austin news? Then make sure to sign up for our Hey Austin newsletter.  Plus, we're doing our annual survey to learn more about our listeners. We'd be grateful if you took the survey at citycast.fm/survey—it's only 7 minutes long. You'll be doing us a big favor. Plus, anyone who takes the survey will be eligible to win a $250 Visa gift card–and City Cast Austin swag. Follow us @citycastaustin You can also text us or leave a voicemail.  Interested in advertising with City Cast? Find more info HERE 

We would love to hear your feedback!The gig economy landscape continues to evolve with DoorDash reaching a $100 billion valuation and expanding globally through strategic acquisitions.• DoorDash overcharged a California bakery by applying a 30% commission instead of the contracted 13% for eight years, resulting in over $100,000 in excess charges• Disturbing videos show children as young as 10 delivering packages for Amazon Flex and DoorDash drivers, raising serious safety concerns• DoorDash is testing drone delivery programs, hiring workers at $18/hour to transport food from restaurants to drone loading stations• Walmart Spark is implementing geo-fencing to prevent drivers from camping out in store parking lots, with no offers sent to drivers within 150 feet of pickup areas• A rapper stranded with car trouble was driven 10 hours to his show by an Uber driver after their vehicle hit an object on the highway, puncturing the gas tank• Waymo autonomous vehicles continue to experience issues, with a recent video showing one making an illegal left turn at a right-turn-only intersectionJoin our Patreon at patreon.com/thegigeconpodcast for ad-free episodes and exclusive content. Connect with other gig workers in our Telegram group to share experiences and tips from the road.Support the showEverything Gig Economy Podcast Related: Download the audio podcast Newsletter Octopus is a mobile entertainment tablet for your riders. Earn 100.00 per month for having the tablet in your car! No cost for the driver! Want to earn more and stay safe? Download Maxymo Love the show? You now have the opportunity to support the show with some great rewards by becoming a Patron. Tier #2 we offer free merch, an Extra in-depth podcast per month, and an NSFW pre-show https://www.patreon.com/thegigeconpodcast The Gig Economy Podcast Group. Download Telegram 1st, then click on the link to join. TikTok Subscribe on Youtube

This week on Autonomy Markets, Grayson Brulte and Walter Piecyk discuss GM's sudden return to autonomous vehicles, Waymo's growing supply constraints, and the launch of Tensor Auto.A few months after shutting down Cruise, GM is once again re-entering the autonomous vehicle market, but this time with a twist. This time around the company will be focusing on developing personally-owned autonomous vehicles instead of robotaxis. This is GM's third attempt at autonomy, raising questions about whether the company can regain the trust of engineers and the broader industry after repeatedly abandoning past efforts. While GM prepares for another autonomy reboot, Waymo continues to grapple with supply constraints. And then there is a new entrant to the autonomy markets, Tensor Auto (formerly Auto X) which is planning to launch a personally owned autonomous vehicle featuring 37 cameras, manufactured by VinFast. In corporate moves, Uber Freight CEO Lior Ron has left the company to become COO of Waabi in a surprising move that has drawn significant industry attention.Episode Chapters0:00 GM's Revised Autonomy Plans11:31 Ford's Continued Autonomy Disdain14:37 Where is Toyota?16:06 Waymo's Supply Constraints 20:37 Waymo in Atlanta 24:27 Is Waymo Expanding too Fast?25:25 Tesla FSD29:43 Robotaxi's Upcoming Public Launch 33:19 Tesla Eyes NYC Robotaxi Expansion 35:02 Tensor Auto43:20 Uber Freight / Waabi 52:47 Next WeekRecorded on Friday, August 15, 2025--------About The Road to AutonomyThe Road to Autonomy provides market intelligence and strategic advisory services to institutional investors and companies, delivering insights needed to stay ahead of emerging trends in the autonomy economy™. To learn more, say hello (at) roadtoautonomy.com.Sign up for This Week in The Autonomy Economy newsletter: https://www.roadtoautonomy.com/ae/See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

on todays show, driverless taxis, Waymo, Tesla, LIDAR, radar, autonomous cars, AI, Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, stablecoin, dopamine, TikTok, voter fraud, National Guard.

After two months of denied access, Rep. Brad Sherman tours LA’s secretive ICE facility, raising questions about masked raids, detainee living conditions, and oversight rights.  Matt, 19, got hormones and surgery through CHLA. After the hospital ended its gender-affirming care, he turned to a new clinic but is considering leaving the U.S.   By now, you or someone you know has probably ridden a Waymo in LA. What lies ahead for the company, its rivals, human ride-share drivers, and customers? Around 160,000 Americans still receive dial-up internet. AOL is ending the service. KCRW takes a trip down the memory superhighway.

This week's guest is Brooke Hopkins, Founder of Coval, a company building automated testing infrastructure for AI agents starting with voice and chat assistants. We unpack her journey from studying in Abu Dhabi to leading simulation infrastructure at Waymo, where she helped ensure autonomous vehicles could operate safely at scale. Brooke shares how that experience shaped Coval's approach to agent evaluation, why voice is the hardest modality to test, and what it means to simulate human-to-agent interactions in a way that actually reflects user intent.Episode Chapters:1:54 - Abu Dhabi for college4:06 - Searching for engineering challenges5:08 - Joining Waymo9:00 - Scaling simulations10:17 - Balancing cost, latency, and signal14:40 - Starting with voice18:16 - Building evals23:44 - Persona surprises26:50 - MCP 27:15 - AI operating system for conversational workflows32:28 - Voice to voice 35:55 - Quick fire roundAs always, feel free to contact us at partnerpathpodcast@gmail.com. We would love to hear ideas for content, guests, and overall feedback.This episode is brought to you by Grata, the world's leading deal sourcing platform. Our AI-powered search, investment-grade data, and intuitive workflows give you the edge needed to find and win deals in your industry. Visit grata.com to schedule a demo today.Fresh out of Y Combinator's Summer batch, Overlap is an AI-driven app that uses LLMs to curate the best moments from podcast episodes. Imagine having a smart assistant who reads through every podcast transcript, finds the best parts or parts most relevant to your search, and strings them together to form a new curated stream of content - that is what Overlap does. Podcasts are an exponentially growing source of unique information. Make use of it! Check out Overlap 2.0 on the App Store today.

Want better results from AI tools? Get the Advanced Prompt Engineering guide: https://clickhubspot.com/mgv Episode 71: What if you could turn your Figma designs into fully functioning apps—just by asking? Host Nathan Lands (https://x.com/NathanLands) is joined by David Kossnick (https://x.com/DKossnick), a key leader at Figma working on the cutting edge of AI-powered design tools. David is part of the team behind Figma Make, Figma's groundbreaking new tool that takes your sketches, mockups, or even simple prompts and instantly transforms them into interactive, code-backed applications. In this episode, David demonstrates how Figma Make builds real apps—like dashboards, games, and data-powered prototypes—right before your eyes. The discussion goes deep into Figma's AI journey: from their first AI-powered features to the vision for democratizing software creation in a truly collaborative, multiplayer environment. Whether you're a designer, entrepreneur, or just someone with big ideas, this episode is a glimpse into the AI-native future of how products will be built. Check out The Next Wave YouTube Channel if you want to see Matt and Nathan on screen: https://lnk.to/thenextwavepd — Show Notes: (00:00) Multiplayer Code-Generating Dashboard Tool (04:29) Collaborative Project Creation with Supabase (09:29) Prompt Management Overview (10:46) Emerging Interactive Design Space (14:57) Designing with AI: Complement, Not Replace (18:24) Figma: A Collaborative Design Hub (22:42) Empowering Designers with New Superpowers (25:35) Future of Design and Innovation (28:37) AI's Impact on Future Society (29:48) AI's Future in Healthcare (33:19) Figma AI's Exciting Future — Mentions: David Kossnick: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidkossnick Figma: https://www.figma.com/ Figma Make: https://www.figma.com/make/ Supabase: https://supabase.com/ Claude: https://claude.ai/ Waymo: https://waymo.com/ Duolingo: https://www.duolingo.com/ Get the guide to build your own Custom GPT: https://clickhubspot.com/tnw — Check Out Matt's Stuff: • Future Tools - https://futuretools.beehiiv.com/ • Blog - https://www.mattwolfe.com/ • YouTube- https://www.youtube.com/@mreflow — Check Out Nathan's Stuff: Newsletter: https://news.lore.com/ Blog - https://lore.com/ The Next Wave is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by Hubspot Media // Production by Darren Clarke // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano

What if your tools shared context like your team does?This week on Grit, Shishir Mehrotra shares how the Coda and Grammarly collaboration unlocks context as a “superpower,” reflects on his early days at Google and YouTube, and hints at a future where tools anticipate intent and amplify how we work.He also shares how this paves the way for agent-based workflows and AI-native communication, beginning with Superhuman's email experience.Guest: Shishir Mehrotra, co-founder of Coda and CEO of GrammarlyConnect with ShishirXLinkedInChapters: 00:00 Trailer01:24 Introduction02:09 Zoo vs safari12:02 A TV ahead of its time21:25 Product decisions31:25 The data behind the algorithm37:26 The AI native productivity suite48:06 Agents are digital humans57:55 Pressure trade-off1:12:50 Insulated from judgment1:25:19 Who Grammarly is hiring1:25:51 What “grit” means to Shishir1:29:30 OutroMentioned in this episode: YouTube, Ray William Johnson, Spotify, Twitch, MTV, Chris Cox, Facebook, TikTok, Google TV, Centrata, Google Chrome, Android, Gmail, Microsoft, Super Bowl, Mosaic, Panasonic, Sony, Susan Wojcicki, Rishi Chandra, Apple TV, Amazon Firestick, Comcast, LoudCloud (Opsware), Quest Communications, AT&T Southwestern Bell, Salar Kamangar, Patrick Pichette, Eric Schmidt, OpenAI ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Mark Zuckerberg, Meta Platforms, Sundar Pichai, Larry Page, Sergey Brin, Hamilton, Reid Hoffman, Sam Altman, Tesla, Waymo, Airtable, Notion, Max Lytvyn, Alex Shevchenko, Superhuman, Duolingo, Luis von Ahn, Khan Academy, MrBeast, Facebook Messenger, Snap (Snapchat), WhatsApp, Google+, Meta LLaMa, Satya Nadella, Tim Cook, Daniel GrossConnect with JoubinXLinkedInEmail: grit@kleinerperkins.comLearn more about Kleiner Perkins

 What if your marriage license came with an expiration date?In this hilarious and thought-provoking episode of The JB and Sandy Show, the crew dives into everything from high-end cowboy boots to unconventional marriage advice. It's a wild ride through Austin culture, relationship real talk, and the quirks that make Texas, well… Texas. The show kicks off with the Boot Wars heating up on South Congress. Lucchese drops a bombshell with their new University of Texas Longhorn boots, complete with ostrich leather and burnt orange flair—leaving Tacovas and their Chili's collab looking a little “chumpy.” Trisha breaks down the styles, prices, and why these boots are about to take over DKR Stadium. Then it's all about showing off Austin to out-of-town radio hosts during a national conference. From Terry Black's BBQ to Waymo self-driving Ubers, and even a guy who didn't know what a tamale was, the team shares laugh-out-loud stories of culture shock and local pride. Finally, the conversation turns personal as Sandy and Trisha reveal their long-standing idea of a “marriage lease”—a concept now echoed by none other than Christie Brinkley. Should marriages be renewable every 5 years? The crew debates the pros, cons, and what their daughter thinks of the whole thing.

It's a big ol' update episode with just Kelly and Lizz today! First, the renovation at Lizz's house is moving right along. You could basically call her a general contractor, but please don't for legal reasons. But that isn't the only big news in the St. John household as Lizz is about to join the minivan mom family. What car is she driving now? Speaking of new cars, Kelly is starting to get the new car itch. She's been in her current ride for over 18 months, a record for her. What should she pick up next?  Since they are on the topic of cars and car seats, there is some DRAMA in the car seat community and Kelly needs to get some things off her chest. A new Evenflo car seat has a lot of people talking. Is it just a cash grab? It opens up a lot of talk about car seat safety tests and why the public doesn't get more information on the results.  Kelly is on her hostess grind and shares tips on how to become the perfect hostess. This leads Kelly and Lizz to talk about their upcoming Thawgust and they need your help! Got a recipe to submit? They want to hear it!  It's been a while and there is so much to break down in Industry News. First, there is no stopping Waymo as they are set to invade Dallas shortly with plans to expand further in the next year. Mary Kay is still giving their biggest associates cars and it's about to go all electric. A woman got revenge after her car got repossessed in the most sneaky way. Finally, one of Britney Spears' cars is about to go up for auction and might snatch a pretty penny.  Today's episode is brought to you by ⁠⁠Clean Simple Eats⁠⁠. Use code 'Carpool20' at checkout to get 20% off your order and free shipping. ⁠⁠CleanSimpleEats.com

Are you still off sugar? It's our friend Julia Garner. Witch energy, Waymo advocacy, pretending to be good at stuff, and feeling uncomfortable to feel comfortable. Failure is a friend of the clown… on an all-new SmartLess. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of SmartLess ad-free and a whole week early. Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus.