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

Posted on July 26, 2025 by Techme101

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.

Posted on July 26, 2025 by Techme101

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

Posted on July 25, 2025 by Techme101

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

Posted on July 25, 2025 by Techme101

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

Posted on July 25, 2025 by Techme101

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

Posted on July 25, 2025 by Techme101

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

Posted on July 25, 2025 by Techme101

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

Posted on July 25, 2025 by Techme101

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

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AI referrals to top websites were up 357% year-over-year in June, reaching 1.13B

Posted on July 25, 2025 by Techme101

AI platforms in June 2025 generated over 1.13 billion referrals to the top 1,000 websites globally, up 357% year-over-year.

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Palantir joins list of 20 most valuable U.S. companies, with stock more than doubling in 2025

Posted on July 25, 2025 by Techme101

The provider of software for defense agencies jumped about 3% on Friday to a record, ranking the company among the top 20 U.S. firms by market value.

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