Dara Kerr
Stories
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National
Waymo's robotaxi service set to expand into Los Angeles
Waymo, part of Google's parent company, is responsible for the latest ride-share option. It started driving robotaxis in San Francisco last year. It also has them in Phoenix.
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Politics
Lawmakers grilled the CEOs of top social media companies in a hearing today
During a contentious hearing, lawmakers demanded that social media companies do better to protect children online.
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Politics
Mark Zuckerberg, Linda Yaccarino among tech CEOs grilled for failing to protect kids
The top executives from Meta, X, TikTok, Snap and Discord get the fifth degree from the Senate Judiciary Committee.
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Technology
Under growing pressure, Meta vows to make it harder for teens to see harmful content
The social media company says it's introducing new policies to restrict teens from seeing posts about suicide, self-harm and eating disorders on Facebook and Instagram.
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Technology
The year is ending on a very different note for driverless cars than how it started
This year started out with hype for driverless car companies, but it's ending with trouble — especially at GM's Cruise.
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Technology
Driverless car startup Cruise's no good, terrible year
After rapidly expanding its self-driving car program, things took a disastrous turn for Cruise when one of its robotaxis struck a pedestrian.
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Technology
OpenAI reinstates Sam Altman as its chief executive
The company, maker of the popular ChatGPT chatbot, said its board would be remade without many of the members who had opposed Altman and voted for his removal late last week.
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Technology
Meta failed to address harm to teens, whistleblower testifies as Senators vow action
Former engineer Arturo Bejar says he repeatedly raised the alarm to company execs about Instagram's harm to teens and they failed to act. Senators vow to pass a social media law this year.
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Business
CEO Sundar Pichai defends Google's search deals in antitrust trial
The Justice Department laid out its case in the massive monopoly trial against Google which has been underway in Washington, D.C., for two months. Now it's Google's turn to call witnesses.
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Law & Courts
Google to present its star witness, the company's CEO, in landmark monopoly trial
The Justice Department has wrapped its side of the case, alleging Google used its dominance to quash rivals. Now Google's CEO Sundar Pichai takes the stand.