So why are we still letting humans drive? And Google letting Gemini write headlines isn’t going so well.
Starring Tom Merritt and Sarah Lane.
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Show Notes
Uber Teams with Avride to Offer Robotaxi Rides in Dallas in Latest Expansion – Bloomberg
Waymo’s testing AVs in four more cities, including Philly
Opinion | The Medical Case for Self-Driving Cars – The New York Times
Waymo’s Self-Driving Cars Are Suddenly Behaving Like New York Cabbies – WSJ
The ’Mad Men’ 4K Stream on HBO Max Had All Sorts of Problems
Mad Men’s 4K debut botched by HBO Max streaming episode with visible crewmembers – Ars Technica
India revokes order to preload smartphones with state-owned security app | India | The Guardian
Amazon Fire TV Uses AI to Let Users Describe Movie Scenes
Google is Testing AI Mode Integration Into Search Results
Google is replacing Discover news headlines with laughably awful AI titles
Google Discover is testing AI-generated headlines and they aren’t good
Anthropic taps IPO lawyers as it races OpenAI to go public
YouTube Set to Comply With Australia’s Under-16s Ban – Bloomberg
Spotify Wrapped 2025 adds its first multiplayer feature with ‘Wrapped Party’ | TechCrunch
Spotify Wrapped Top 50 Podcasts of 2025 Unveiled
Bending Spoons agrees to buy Eventbrite for $500M to revive stalled brand | TechCrunch
Google’s new ‘Call Reason’ feature tells you why someone’s calling- Android Authority
Google quietly restores Screen-off Fingerprint Unlock on Pixels
A little-known Chinese company nearly landed a rocket from space on its first try – Ars Technica
Linux usage on Steam hits a record high for the second month in a row | The Verge
The hunt for copper to wire the AI boom
Mirumi the furry companion robot is now available on Kickstarter | The Verge