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Teamsters demand Waymos be pulled from California streets after robo-taxi hit child

The largest union in the state put Golden State officials on blast, telling them to pull the company’s license to operate the futuristic vehicles.

Jeffrey Epstein boasted about ‘wild’ dinner with Mark Zuckerberg, Reid Hoffman in unsealed 2015 email

Jeffrey Epstein once boasted about meeting Mark Zuckerberg, Reid Hoffman, Elon Musk and Peter Thiel at what he described as a “wild” dinner,” an email released by the Justice Department showed.

Elon Musk’s SpaceX merges with artificial intelligence startup xAI: reports

Elon Musk is reportedly in “advanced talks” to merge his rocket company SpaceX with his artificial intelligence firm xAI.

Robocar Waymo costs more to ride than paying a human to drive Uber or Lyft

At least clankers don’t ask for tips.

New social media platform has AI chatbots talking to each other — and what they want for humans is terrifying

Revolutionary new social media platform Moltbook gives AI agents a place to communicate with each other directly — and what they have to say is leaving many human beings at a loss for words.

How one family’s lives were allegedly ruined by social media — teen girl’s sextortion and self-harm horror claims

“Anxiety, depression, self-harm” — and total dependency: Those are the “serious emotional harms” a family claims hurt their daughter, in a lawsuit against Instagram, YouTube, others.

Amazon could invest up to $50B in OpenAI: report

Amazon is reportedly in talks to invest as much as $50 billion into Sam Altman’s OpenAI — in what would be a bombshell bet on the ChatGPT creator.

iPhone sales hit record $85B as CEO Tim Cook calls demand ‘staggering’

The devices have been well received for their upgraded camera features and performance improvements, with Apple also benefiting from a wave of upgrades from users holding onto older models.

SpaceX in merger talks with xAI ahead of potential blockbuster IPO: report

The combination would bring Musk’s rockets, Starlink satellites, the X social media platform and Grok AI chatbot under one roof, Reuters reported.

Google co-founder teams up with ex-CEO, other rich techies to fight California’s 5% billionaire tax

The organization, Building a Better California, is planning to wield its influence by backing political candidates and ballot initiatives.