2:19 PM PDT · April 8, 2026 The death of a duck in the Austin, Texas enclave of Mueller Lake has neighbors raising concerns about…
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Volkswagen begins testing its self-driving microbuses in Los Angeles ahead of launch with Uber |
Volkswagen subsidiary MOIA America and Uber have started testing autonomous microbuses in Los Angeles, the companies announced Wednesday, the latest step as they prepare to…
VC Eclipse has a new $1.3B fund to back — and build — ‘physical AI’ startups |
It takes just a skim of Eclipse’s recent investments to see where this venture firm’s interests lie — and where it is headed. The Palo…
Lucid blames dip in Q1 sales on seat supplier issue |
6:03 PM PDT · April 3, 2026 Lucid Group finished 2025 on an upswing — building twice as many EVs as the previous year and…
Mobility: ‘A stunning lack of transparency’ |
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'System failure' paralyzes Baidu robotaxis in China |
In Brief Posted: 2:12 PM PDT · April 1, 2026 Robotaxis operated by Baidu’s Apollo Go stalled throughout Wuhan, China, in some cases trapping passengers…
Mobility: When a robotaxi has to call 911 |
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VCs are betting billions on AI’s next wave, so why is OpenAI killing Sora?
When an 82-year-old Kentucky woman wasoffered $26 millionfrom an AI company that wanted to build a data center on her land, she said no. Sure,…
A little-known Croatian startup is coming for the robotaxi market with help from Uber |
Mate Rimac, the founder of Croatian electric vehicle maker Rimac Group, started working on electric robotaxis seven years ago. Now part of his vision is…
ReelShort made $1.2 billion on werewolf romances. Watch Club wants to do it better.
Over the past few years, a new category of mobile apps has quietly exploded intoa multi-billion dollar business.They’recalled “microdramas” — short-form, mobile-first scripted shows designed…