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Uber highlights autonomous vehicle efforts now that Tesla’s in its rearview mirror

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Uber reported strong second-quarter results, with gross bookings and net profit both up by a decent margin. But the company instead chose to highlight the success of its autonomous vehicle effort — likely to assuage investors concerned about incoming competition from Tesla, which aims to reveal its first robotaxi in October. Uber said in its […]

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Alphabet is clearly looking to buy, so who’s selling, and why did Wiz say no?

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Welcome back to another recap of Equity, TechCrunch’s flagship podcast about the business of startups. This episode is packed with some significant fundraises, a potentially massive acquisition falling apart and looking at what happens when a fintech company suddenly stops serving certain customers. To kick things off, Mary Ann Azevedo walked everyone through Clio’s huge

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Alphabet pours $5B into Waymo, Cruise scraps the Origin and Elon’s bet on autonomy

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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! I don’t know about you, but for me, the past few days have offered up even more evidence that our world is vulnerable to software bugs. Yep,

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Alphabet to invest another $5B into Waymo

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Alphabet will spend an additional $5 billion on its self-driving subsidiary, Waymo, over the next few years, according to Ruth Porat, the company’s chief financial officer. Porat announced the commitment to a new “multi-year investment” Tuesday during Alphabet’s second-quarter earnings call. “This new round of funding, which is consistent with recent annual investment levels, will

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Waymo cameras capture footage of person charged in alleged robotaxi tire slashings

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A Castro Valley resident was charged Thursday for allegedly slashing the tires of 17 Waymo robotaxis in San Francisco between June 24 and June 26, according to the city’s district attorney. Prosecutors say the tire slashings were captured by cameras installed on the exterior of Waymo’s robotaxis. This is the latest incident of Waymo vandalism

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Waymo cameras capture footage of man charged in alleged robotaxi tire slashings

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A San Francisco man was charged Thursday for allegedly slashing the tires of 17 Waymo robotaxis between June 24 and June 26, according to the city’s district attorney. Prosecutors say the tire slashings were captured by cameras installed on the exterior of Waymo’s robotaxis. This is the latest incident of Waymo vandalism in San Francisco,

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Waymo issues second recall after robotaxi hit telephone pole

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Waymo has voluntarily issued a software recall to all 672 of its Jaguar I-Pace robotaxis after one of them collided with a telephone pole. This is Waymo’s second recall. The Alphabet-owned company recalled previous software in February after two of its robotaxis crashed into the same pickup truck that was being towed by a tow

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