Waymo begins offering robotaxi rides in Austin.

Starting this week, certain members of the public will be able to hail a ride in one of the company’s autonomous Jaguar I-pace vehicles. The service area covers 37 square miles of Austin, where Waymo has been piloting its ridehail service with employees since last year. And the full commercial launch of Waymo’s robotaxi service will start “early next year” — and will be available exclusively in the Uber app.

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"Meeting with Samantha Power, head of USAID - the United States Agency for International Development. We discussed the protection of our people, our resilience before winter - restoring infrastructure in Ukraine, strengthening our energy system, building shelters in schools.

We appreciate all American support for Ukraine: military, political, economic, humanitarian.

Together we protect Ukraine and every nation that strives to live freely, democratically and in peace"
- Zelensky
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Israeli strikes level buildings in Chiyah, #Lebanon

People look at the damage in the aftermath of Israeli strikes [Mohamed Azakir/Reuters]

@palestine

“Never forget how Kamala Harris looked trump in his dumb face, called him a disgrace, and told him that Putin would "eat you for lunch."-r/t mmpadellan

100% true, because #PutinOwnsTrump.” #press #trump

Before the end of the diplomatic mission of the Ambassador of Japan to Ukraine, Kuninori Matsudi met with him and thanked him for the development of unprecedented meaningful and strong relations between our two states. We greatly appreciate every personal effort of Mr. Ambassador.

Japanese support for our state and people is very important. Together we save lives, together we increase the stability of Ukraine, together we restore the full effectiveness of international law.
#AureFreePress #News

Simon and Anton talking to each other in the front during weekly #climate #protest #fridaysforfuture #climatejusticenow @falk@typo.social @smn@mastodon.nu

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A former Russian minister who had close financial ties to Vladimir Putin was found dead on Tuesday night.

The body of Konstantin Zavizenov was found by his son in a mansion in Moscow's Istra district on Tuesday night, the state news agency RIA Novosti reported. Law enforcement told the news agency that the death was tentatively ruled a suicide, but some expressed doubts about that explanation.
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #Ukraine #Russia #Putin

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This #AI Startup "Copied" an #OpenSource Project and Got Half a Million Dollar Funding by Y Combinator

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Iran has closed all its airports, with the EU issuing warnings to the region and for its citizens to leave per WSJ

#news #finance #economics #stocks #options

Fact-checking the #VPdebate between #JDVance & #TimWalz

Here is a roundup of 21 *claims*, the majority by Vance.

Vance dominated on the falsehood meter, w/faulty claims on lost #children, the #environment, #inflation, #immigration, #abortion & the #Jan6 #insurrection.

#FactCheck #VanceLies #disinformation #propaganda #trumpaganda
#honesty #integrity #democracy #VoteBlue #HarrisWalz2024
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I remember the most dramatic vote of the new Trump administration, in July 2017, when John McCain defied Trump and his fellow Republicans and killed their attempt to repeal Obamacare.

Could you have imagined that seven years later Trump would deny that ever happened and pretend he was Obamacare’s protector? And expect to be believed? We are living in strange times.

A photo series of my day trip to Carmel-by-the-Sea
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#photography #blogging #california