Monthly Archives: June 2025

Uber taps AI firm Wayve to pilot fully driverless rides in the UK

The ride-hailing app said the pilot would be the first of its kind for the company, as it allow users to take Uber rides without a safety driver present.

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Uber brings forward trialling driverless taxis in UK

The autonomous cars with no human safety driver at the wheel will be trialled in London next spring.

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Meta Is Creating a New A.I. Lab to Pursue ‘Superintelligence’

The new lab, set to include Scale AI founder Alexandr Wang, is part of a reorganization of Meta’s artificial intelligence efforts under chief executive Mark Zuckerberg.

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Waymo Limits Service in San Francisco as LA Protests Spread

The self-driving taxi company also said its vehicles were in the wrong place at the wrong time in Los Angeles after protesters set fire to several of the cars there.

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Temu and Shein are pivoting to Europe to deal with U.S. tariffs. But they may not get a warm welcome

Temu and Shein’s business shift from the U.S. to Europe could be at risk as the e-commerce companies encounter familiar regulatory scrutiny.

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China’s electric cars are becoming slicker and cheaper – but is there a deeper cost?

The future for EVs will inevitably involve China. But where does that leave the UK and Europe markets – and what of the questions around national security?

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Apple Is Pushing AI Into More of Its Products—but Still Lacks a State-of-the-Art Model

Apple took a measured approach to AI at WWDC. A new research paper suggests the company is skeptical about some recent AI advances, too.

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Apple’s WWDC underwhelms on AI, but software gets biggest facelift in over a decade

Apple investors waiting for the company to make a big push in artificial intelligence didn’t have much reason for excitement at WWDC.

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Still no AI-powered, ‘more personalized’ Siri from Apple at WWDC 25

Apple announced a slew of updates at the Worldwide Developer Conference with one notable exception. It still hasn’t revealed its previously announced AI-powered Siri.

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Crypto CEO accused of laundering $500 million linked to sanctioned Russian banks

The Justice Department says Gugnin maintained ties to Russian intelligence, as well as officials in both Iran and Russia.

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