Rivian sues to sell its EVs directly in Ohio

Posted on August 4, 2025 by Techme101

Today, Rivian can sell EVs directly to consumers in 25 states and Washington D.C.

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Amazon cuts some Wondery podcast jobs as part of reorganization of audio business

Posted on August 4, 2025 by Techme101

Amazon acquired Wondery nearly five years ago as part of a push into original audio content.

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TechCrunch Mobility: Tesla’s ride-hailing gambit

Posted on August 4, 2025 by Techme101

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation.

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Gemini 2.5 Deep Think Is Google’s Most Advanced AI Model to Date

Posted on August 4, 2025 by Techme101

Google is releasing the high-performing Deep Think AI to select researchers, supporting advanced reasoning tests and future optimization in complex math tasks.

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‘Persistent Trade Imbalances’ at Center of Trump’s Latest Tariff Directive

Posted on August 4, 2025 by Techme101

President Trump signs a new executive order imposing tariffs of up to 41% on over 80 countries, citing trade deficits and lack of economic alignment.

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Perplexity accused of scraping websites that explicitly blocked AI scraping

Posted on August 4, 2025 by Techme101

Internet giant Cloudflare says it detected Perplexity crawling and scraping websites, even after customers had added technical blocks telling Perplexity not to scrape their pages.

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OpenAI says ChatGPT is on track to reach 700M weekly users

Posted on August 4, 2025 by Techme101

OpenAI’s consumer chatbot ChatGPT to hit a new milestone of 700M weekly users.

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Tesla awards Musk $29 billion in shares with prior pay package in limbo

Posted on August 4, 2025 by Techme101

The legal battle over Musk’s $56 billion 2018 pay package is before the Delaware Supreme Court.

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Lyft and China’s Baidu look to bring robotaxis to Europe next year

Posted on August 4, 2025 by Techme101

The companies want to launch the robotaxi services in Germany and the U.K. first, pending regulatory approval.

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Google removes over 50 DEI groups from a list of groups it helps fund

Posted on August 4, 2025 by Techme101

Google removed the name of 58 DEI groups from its list, including the Latino Leadership Alliance and the ACLU of Illinois.

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