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Uber will need to fingerprint drivers in California to transport teens

Uber has 30 days to require certain drivers to get fingerprinted if the ride-hail giant intends to continue transporting unaccompanied teens in California.  The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) issued a ruling Thursday that requires taxi and ride-hail drivers who … Continue reading

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Lucid Motors completes its first Gravity SUV

The first Lucid Motors Gravity SUV has rolled off the company’s production line in Casa Grande, Arizona, according to a post on X. The company will now set its aim on ramping up production of the new electric vehicle and … Continue reading

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Amazon CTO Werner Vogels on fighting misinformation, tech addiction, and small nuclear reactors

In what has become a bit of an annual tradition, I sat down with Amazon CTO Werner Vogels at AWS re:Invent this week. Another annual tradition now is that Vogels, who joined Amazon in 2004, publishes a series of predictions … Continue reading

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Amp Robotics raises $91M to build more robot-filled waste sorting facilities

Recently, Amp Robotics changed its business model to focus on running entire facilities that sort recyclables. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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OpenAI wants to pair online courses with chatbots

If OpenAI has its way, the next online course you take might have a chatbot component. Speaking at a fireside on Monday hosted by Coeus Collective, Siya Raj Purohit, a member of OpenAI’s go-to-market team for education, said that OpenAI … Continue reading

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Holiday app Festivitas puts Xmas lights on your Mac

Getting into the holiday spirit but still stuck at work? A cute new macOS called Festivitas can help you decorate your Mac computer screen with twinkling, holiday lights that are strung up from your menu bar and illuminate your dock. … Continue reading

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Threads tests a feature that lets you see how well specific posts performed

Threads is testing the ability for its users to see how well their individual posts performed on the social network. Up until now, Threads’ “Insights” feature only showed you aggregated metrics for all of your posts. Now, the feature can … Continue reading

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Delaware judge rules against Elon Musk’s $56B pay package again

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. Sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! Your usual host Kirsten is out this week, so I’ll be taking … Continue reading

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OpenAI confirms new $200 monthly subscription, ChatGPT Pro, which includes its o1 reasoning model

OpenAI has launched a new subscription plan for ChatGPT, its AI-powered chatbot platform — and it’s very, very expensive. Confirming leaks this morning, OpenAI announced ChatGPT Pro, a new $200-per-month subscription tier that provides unlimited access to all of OpenAI’s models, … Continue reading

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OpenAI 2024 event: How to watch new ChatGPT product reveals and demos

OpenAI is in the holiday spirit, it seems. The ChatGPT creator announced “12 Days of OpenAI,” a series of reveals that will be livestreamed starting December 5, 2024 at 10 a.m. PT and continue for the next 12 weekdays. OpenAI … Continue reading

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