Tesla Inc. is seeking approval to offer ride-hailing services in California, a key step by Elon Musk’s company to begin carrying paying customers while its traditional car-selling business falters.

A recent fatal multi-vehicle accident gained media attention due to Waymo’s involvement, but the autonomous vehicle was stationary at the time and not responsible for the accident. The data suggests that self-driving cars could make the roads safer.

A driverless Waymo vehicle was seen on camera swerving to avoid a car that had crossed the median before returning to its correct lane, and used its blinker!

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Waymo announced that it now does 200,000 paid autonomous rides per week. That's double what it said six months ago. After years of broken promises around self-driving cars, Tesla plans to start an autonomous ride-hailing service in Austin this summer.

Waymo, owned by Google's parent company Alphabet, is expanding its service area with a new swath of coverage not connected to San Francisco in the Bay Area.

Uber announced Tuesday it's partnership with Waymo to dispatch self-driving cars, with Texas football QB Arch Manning being one of the first riders.

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The Republican-majority U.S. House Judiciary Committee on Thursday issued a subpoena to tech giant Alphabet Inc , seeking the Google parent company's internal communications as well as those with third parties and government officials during Democratic President Joe Biden's administration.

The House committee is concerned that foreign laws around online content “have limited Americans’ access to lawful speech” in the U.S.

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