Monthly Archives: July 2025

Tesla investors are growing wary of Elon Musk’s futuristic promises

Tesla shares plummeted as CEO Elon Musk’s promises for robotaxis failed to excite investors following another disappointing earnings report.

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60 Italian Mayors Want to Be the Unlikely Solution to Self-Driving Cars in Europe

A network of local officials in Italy want to turn their cities into laboratories for the vehicles of tomorrow in the hope of catching up with the US and China.

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Tesla plans ‘friends and family’ car service in California, regulator says

Tesla is trying to expand its robotaxi service, which so far is only being tested in Austin, Texas, to additional markets.

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Tesla wants to bring robotaxis to San Francisco. Here’s what’s standing in the way.

There will be an employee in the driver’s seat — a big change from how things have been working in Austin.

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Tesla Readies a Taxi Service in San Francisco—but Not With Robotaxis

The electric car maker informed California that it will operate a limited public taxi service. But it’s not legally allowed to do this with self-driving cars.

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India bans streaming apps you’ve never heard of — but millions watch

India has ordered the blocking of 25 streaming services — many with millions of viewers and even paying subscribers — for allegedly promoting “obscene” content.

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Index Ventures’ Jahanvi Sardana shares the truth about TAM and what founders should focus on instead

Index Ventures partner Jahanvi Sardana has a reminder for all those founders worried about finding TAM for their product or service: many startups have emerged from markets that, at the time, were essentially nonexistent.

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Intel is spinning off its Network and Edge group

Intel will remain an anchor investor in the stand-alone company, which produced $5.8 billion in revenue in 2024.

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Mark Zuckerberg names ex-OpenAI employee chief scientist of new Meta AI lab

Shengjia Zhao will work directly with Zuckerberg and Alexandr Wang, the former CEO of Scale AI and now Meta’s chief AI officer.

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Meta names Shengjia Zhao as chief scientist of AI superintelligence unit

Shengjia Zhao, a former OpenAI researcher, will round out the leadership team at Meta’s new AI lab.

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