Waymo's long-term business plans include the possibility of personal
ownership. The company recently expanded testing to
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BIG TECH & STARTUPS

WAYMO MIGHT BE WILLING TO SELL YOU A SELF-DRIVING CAR, SAYS SUNDAR
PICHAI (2 MINUTE READ) [8]

Waymo's long-term business plans include the possibility of personal ownership. The company recently expanded testing to Japan and plans to introduce robotaxis in Austin this summer. Waymo previously floated
the idea of selling self-driving cars when it made a deal with
Chrysler in 2018 to build self-driving Pacifica minivans. Tesla also
aims to release a personal self-driving car - it announced at an event
last year that the Cybercab will be available by 2026 for $30,000.

AS COMPANIES BEGIN CIRCLING CHROME, GOOGLE CLAIMS NONE OF THEM CAN
HANDLE ITS BROWSER LIKE IT DOES (1 MINUTE READ) [9]

Google claims that it is the only company capable of running Chrome effectively due to complex service integrations. Separating the
browser from the company's servers could make some features unusable.
Despite Google's claims, experts believe that a Chrome divestiture is technically feasible. There are many parties interested in buying
Chrome, including OpenAI and Yahoo.

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SCIENCE & FUTURISTIC TECHNOLOGY

ROBOT DEXTERITY STILL SEEMS HARD (20 MINUTE READ) [10]

Humanoid robots are becoming increasingly capable as more and more
companies invest hundreds of millions of dollars into the technology.
Some are now being tested in the field to see if they can do useful
work. Humanoid robots can now dance, run, and do flips, but while
manipulation capabilities are improving, they still have a long way to
go. While it's possible to automate any specific task, building a
robot that can flexibly perform a variety of actions in a novel or
highly variable environment is much harder.

CHONGQING, THE WORLD'S LARGEST CITY - IN PICTURES (4 MINUTE READ)
[11]

Chongqing, China, is as big as Austria. With 34 million inhabitants,
the city is the emblem of the fastest urban revolution on the planet.
It has become a symbol of the Chinese ability to reshape the world.
This article contains a gallery of images from all over the city
showing sights like the Yangtze River, street food stalls, various
shopping centers, and more.

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TmuxAI is an AI-powered assistant for the terminal that works
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their workflow or interrupting terminal sessions. TmuxAI features
context-aware terminal assistance, universal terminal compatibility,
prepare and watch modes, and zero-configuration setup. It can
understand context across multiple panes.

MAGNITUDE (GITHUB REPO) [14]

Magnitude is an AI-native testing framework for web apps. It uses
visual AI agents to provide end-to-end testing, allowing it to adapt
to any changes. Magnitude can be used to build test cases easily with
natural language. It can run tests locally or in CI/CD pipelines.

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MISCELLANEOUS

CHINA'S HUAWEI DEVELOPS NEW AI CHIP, SEEKING TO MATCH NVIDIA (4
MINUTE READ) [15]

Huawei's new Ascend 910D AI chip could be more powerful than Nvidia's
H100, a popular chip used for AI training. It is still in early
development and still needs to be tested to assess performance. The
company will receive its first batch of samples of the processor as
soon as late May. Huawei faces challenges in producing its chips - it
has been cut off from TSMC and China's closest alternative is blocked
from purchasing the most advanced chip-making equipment.

TECH WORKERS ARE JUST LIKE THE REST OF US: MISERABLE AT WORK (12
MINUTE READ) [16]

Tech positions nowadays are starting to look like regular jobs.
Workers are contending with the constant fear of layoffs, longer
hours, and increasing responsibilities for the same pay. A few years
ago, tech talent was so in demand that some people were being hired to
do virtually nothing. Employees are now doing the work of multiple
laid-off colleagues. Changing jobs used to be a surefire way to secure
a raise, but now, asking for more money can lead to a job offer being withdrawn.

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QUICK LINKS

ELON MUSK'S XAI HOLDINGS IN TALKS TO RAISE $20 BILLION (2 MINUTE
READ) [17]

The funding would value the company at over $120 billion.

BEZOS-BACKED SLATE AUTO DEBUTS ANALOG EV PICKUP TRUCK THAT IS
DECIDEDLY ANTI-TESLA (7 MINUTE READ) [18]

Slate Auto's first trucks will be available to customers for under
$20,000 with the federal EV tax credit by the end of 2026.

DEEL FILES COUNTERSUIT AGAINST RIPPLING AS RIVALRY ESCALATES (3
MINUTE READ) [19]

Deel has filed a civil suit against Rippling alleging that Rippling
was not remitting its customers' payroll tax and social benefits
dollars to local taxation authorities but rather categorizing and
reporting the funds as its own earnings.

WHAT IF WE COULD REBUILD KAFKA FROM SCRATCH? (4 MINUTE READ) [20]

A look at what traits and characteristics could be desirable to have
for a Kafka rebuild that looks beyond separating storage and compute
and object store support.

WHY ARE BIG TECH COMPANIES SO SLOW? (6 MINUTE READ) [21]

Big tech companies have packed in as many features as possible to
make money - the interaction of these features adds an unimaginable
amount of cognitive load.

APPLE WANTS NEARLY EVERY IPHONE 18 SOLD IN THE US TO COME FROM INDIA
(3 MINUTE READ) [22]

India currently produces about 40 million iPhones per year, a bit
less than a fifth of Apple's global iPhone production.

THE SEVEN-YEAR RULE (2 MINUTE READ) [23]

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