Monthly Archives: August 2025

Tesla partly liable in Florida Autopilot trial, jury awards $329M in damages

The jury verdict is one of the first major legal decisions about driver assistance technology that has gone against Tesla. Both Elon Musk and Tesla have spent years making claims about Autopilot’s capabilities.

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Tesla must pay $329 million in damages after fatal Autopilot crash, jury says

A jury in Florida determined that Tesla should be held partly liable for a fatal 2019 crash involving its Autopilot technology.

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Tesla partly liable in Florida Autopilot trial, jury awards $200M punitive damages

The jury verdict is one of the first major legal decisions about driver assistance technology that has gone against Tesla. Both Elon Musk and Tesla have spent years making claims about Autopilot’s capabilities.

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WIRED Roundup: ChatGPT Goes Full Demon Mode

On today’s episode of Uncanny Valley, our senior business editor joins us to talk Meta, brain aging, and ChatGPT’s recent dark turn.

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Google bets on STAN, an Indian social gaming platform

Google has backed STAN, an Indian social gaming mobile platform that connects gamers with creators, communities, and publishers.

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Crypto wobbles into August as Trump’s new tariffs trigger risk-off sentiment

Bitcoin showed relative strength, while crypto-linked stocks suffered deeper losses.

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Google has dropped more than 50 DEI-related organizations from its funding list

The dropped groups had mission statements that included the words “diversity, “equity,” “inclusion,” or “race,” “activism,” and “women.” 

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Nintendo raising original Switch console prices due to ‘market conditions’

Nintendo wouldn’t say what the “market conditions” were but likely reference President Trump’s tariffs, which are increasing costs for U.S. consumers.

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More details emerge on how Windsurf’s VCs and founders got paid from the Google deal

VCs and founders took much of the $2.4 billion, but money was left for a payout to all employees, sources say.

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Inside Jeffrey Epstein’s Forgotten AI Summit

Long before ChatGPT, a group of AI luminaries gathered on an island to discuss the future of artificial intelligence. Their funder ultimately cast a shadow on all who attended.

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