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Waymo today added Minneapolis to its list of cities that it hopes to start serving in 2026. It's the latest sign that the Google sister company believes its robotaxis might soon be ready to brave cold weather www.cnbc.com/2025/11/20/w... by @jennelias.bsky.social
Waymo to begin manual drives in Minneapolis, Tampa and New Orleans, aims to open service in 2026
If Waymo does begin operating in those markets next year, that would bring the robotaxi company's list of 2026 planned expansions to 15 cities.
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November 20, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Waymo today added Minneapolis to its list of cities that it hopes to start serving in 2026. It's the latest sign that the Google sister company believes its robotaxis might soon be ready to brave cold weather www.cnbc.com/2025/11/20/w... by @jennelias.bsky.social
NEW: Google's AI infra head told employees the company must double AI compute every 6 months to meet AI demand. CEO Sundar Pichai also acknowledged AI bubble concerns and told employees 2026 will be “intense."
Google must double AI compute every 6 months to meet demand, AI infrastructure boss tells employees
At a recent all-hands meeting, Google's head of AI infrastructure said the company has to race to build out compute capacity.
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November 21, 2025 at 4:08 PM
NEW: Google's AI infra head told employees the company must double AI compute every 6 months to meet AI demand. CEO Sundar Pichai also acknowledged AI bubble concerns and told employees 2026 will be “intense."
Waymo says it now plans to operate in Minneapolis, New Orleans and Tampa, totaling 15 new cities for the company's planned expansions in 2026.
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Waymo to begin manual drives in Minneapolis, Tampa and New Orleans, aims to open service in 2026
If Waymo does begin operating in those markets next year, that would bring the robotaxi company's list of 2026 planned expansions to 15 cities.
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November 20, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Waymo says it now plans to operate in Minneapolis, New Orleans and Tampa, totaling 15 new cities for the company's planned expansions in 2026.
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Larry Summers has resigned from OpenAI board after the release of emails with Epstein, which made mentions to Summers. cnb.cx/49tdZsK
Larry Summers resigns from OpenAI board after release of emails with Epstein
Details about Summers' communications with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were made public last week.
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November 19, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Larry Summers has resigned from OpenAI board after the release of emails with Epstein, which made mentions to Summers. cnb.cx/49tdZsK
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Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 18, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
Waymo says it will launch in more Texas and Florida cities in 2026. The company says it "has entered a new phase of commercial scale, doubling the number of cities we operate without a human specialist in the car." cnb.cx/4pc8hjm
Waymo says it will launch in more Texas and Florida cities in 2026
Waymo on Tuesday added Houston, San Antonio and Orlando to the list of cities where it plans to launch its robotaxi service in 2026.
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November 18, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Waymo says it will launch in more Texas and Florida cities in 2026. The company says it "has entered a new phase of commercial scale, doubling the number of cities we operate without a human specialist in the car." cnb.cx/4pc8hjm
Google's new AI model Gemini 3 will allow users to get better answers to more complex questions, “so you get what you need with less prompting,” says Google CEO Sundar Pichai. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/18/g...
Google announces Gemini 3 as battle with OpenAI intensifies
Google says its latest suite of AI models will require users to do "less prompting" to get the desired results.
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November 18, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Google's new AI model Gemini 3 will allow users to get better answers to more complex questions, “so you get what you need with less prompting,” says Google CEO Sundar Pichai. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/18/g...
Buffett's Google bet comes two decades after the billionaire investor 'inspired' the search giant's IPO. cnb.cx/4paCfEo
Buffett's Google bet comes 2 decades after billionaire investor 'inspired' search giant's IPO
The Google founders said in the company's 2004 IPO prospectus that much of their commentary was "inspired by Warren Buffett's essays" in annual reports.
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November 17, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Buffett's Google bet comes two decades after the billionaire investor 'inspired' the search giant's IPO. cnb.cx/4paCfEo
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"People familiar with FBI security protocols said they were unaware of any other instance in which the girlfriends of top FBI officials received government-staffed security details..."
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Kash Patel's girlfriend being protected by FBI SWAT agents as security perk
Agents on a detail with the country singer would presumably be unable to respond or delayed in responding to other incidents, according to sources.
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November 17, 2025 at 6:31 PM
"People familiar with FBI security protocols said they were unaware of any other instance in which the girlfriends of top FBI officials received government-staffed security details..."
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Google shares are rallying after Berkshire Hathaway revealed it bought a stake in Alphabet worth $4.3 billion. It's a rare move for the billionaire, who's had decades-long hesitation toward high-growth tech companies. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/17/a...
Alphabet rallies after Berkshire reveals stake. Why Buffett’s firm likely bought it
Despite the stellar rally in 2025, Alphabet's valuation remains lower than many of its AI-driven megacap peers.
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November 17, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Google shares are rallying after Berkshire Hathaway revealed it bought a stake in Alphabet worth $4.3 billion. It's a rare move for the billionaire, who's had decades-long hesitation toward high-growth tech companies. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/17/a...
Epstein, in a 2011 email to his now-convicted procurer Ghislaine Maxwell, wrote, “I want you to realize that the dog that hasn’t barked is trump.” Epstein told Maxwell that a victim of his “spent hours at my house with” Trump, the email says. cnb.cx/3XnxKuf
Trump 'knew about the girls,' Jeffrey Epstein said in email
President Trump and the DOJ have been criticized for reneging on promises by administration officials to release files about Jeffrey Epstein.
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November 12, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Epstein, in a 2011 email to his now-convicted procurer Ghislaine Maxwell, wrote, “I want you to realize that the dog that hasn’t barked is trump.” Epstein told Maxwell that a victim of his “spent hours at my house with” Trump, the email says. cnb.cx/3XnxKuf
Waymo is set to begin offering robotaxi rides on freeways in San Francisco, LA and Phoenix. The company also installed additional infrastructure needed to charge its fleet of electric robotaxis given the freeway expansion. cnb.cx/3JZsj1B
Waymo begins offering freeway robotaxi rides in San Francisco, LA and Phoenix
The Google sister company has been testing robotaxi freeway rides with employees for more than a year.
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November 12, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Waymo is set to begin offering robotaxi rides on freeways in San Francisco, LA and Phoenix. The company also installed additional infrastructure needed to charge its fleet of electric robotaxis given the freeway expansion. cnb.cx/3JZsj1B
Waymo has tapped Google finance exec Steve Fieler as its new CFO. cnb.cx/47JBTO0
Waymo announces new CFO Steve Fieler
Fieler's appointment comes as Waymo looks toward its next phase, which could include seeking additional outside investment.
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November 10, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Waymo has tapped Google finance exec Steve Fieler as its new CFO. cnb.cx/47JBTO0
New: Ex-Google and Meta silicon executives have formed a new startup called Majestic Labs, claiming their high-capacity AI servers can save hyperscalers money on data center buildouts. I spoke with the trio, who recently raised $100 million in funding. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/10/m...
Former Google, Meta executives raise $100 million for high-capacity AI servers startup
The three plan to sell high-memory server technology.
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November 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
New: Ex-Google and Meta silicon executives have formed a new startup called Majestic Labs, claiming their high-capacity AI servers can save hyperscalers money on data center buildouts. I spoke with the trio, who recently raised $100 million in funding. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/10/m...
Google has spent more than a decade developing silicon, a bet that’s paying off in a big way from the AI boom. We dove into how increased demand for its TPUs is helping boost recent growth in its cloud unit. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/07/g...
Google's decade-long bet on custom chips is turning into company's secret weapon in AI race
Google's cloud business is a primary engine of growth, and the company's custom-built chips called Tensor Processing Units are helping drive it.
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November 7, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Google has spent more than a decade developing silicon, a bet that’s paying off in a big way from the AI boom. We dove into how increased demand for its TPUs is helping boost recent growth in its cloud unit. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/07/g...
Google is making its most powerful TPU chip yet, Ironwood, widely available as the search giant’s latest effort to try and win business from artificial intelligence companies by offering custom silicon. cnb.cx/4hPiHD8
Google's rolling out its most powerful AI chip, taking aim at Nvidia with custom silicon
Google says Ironwood, the seventh generation of its Tensor Processing Unit, is more than four times faster than its predecessor chip.
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November 6, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Google is making its most powerful TPU chip yet, Ironwood, widely available as the search giant’s latest effort to try and win business from artificial intelligence companies by offering custom silicon. cnb.cx/4hPiHD8
Amazon staffers tell @anniepalmer.bsky.social they feel like they’re under an “incredible amount of pressure” and “burdened with more work” than before, following waves of mass layoffs. The potential for more layoffs next year has created further anxiety. cnb.cx/47FNeym
Amazon upheaval: With morale shaken, Jassy looks for next big play after mass layoffs
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy has been overhauling the company's corporate culture in recent years, and went even further last week, announcing 14,000 layoffs.
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November 5, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Amazon staffers tell @anniepalmer.bsky.social they feel like they’re under an “incredible amount of pressure” and “burdened with more work” than before, following waves of mass layoffs. The potential for more layoffs next year has created further anxiety. cnb.cx/47FNeym
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“.. the bulletin cites five 2025 incidents involving fake immigration officers and says criminals are using Immigration and Custom Enforcement’s heightened profile to target vulnerable communities ..”
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November 4, 2025 at 10:40 PM
“.. the bulletin cites five 2025 incidents involving fake immigration officers and says criminals are using Immigration and Custom Enforcement’s heightened profile to target vulnerable communities ..”
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Palantir reports third-quarter earnings today. Can't help but wonder if this will come up at all.
Update: videos of Palantir C-suite Lisa Gordon have been taken down from The Information's social media accounts following our reporting on Gordon's remarks about Palantir's "political shift" being what she called "concerning." Response from The Information's EIC Jessica Lessin has been added.
Palantir communications chief calls the company's political shift 'concerning'
Palantir Head of Global Communications Lisa Gordon's comments come as CEO Alex Karp aligns himself further with the Trump administration.
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November 3, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Palantir reports third-quarter earnings today. Can't help but wonder if this will come up at all.
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NYT: The White House omitted “the names of several individuals and companies that collectively have billions of dollars riding on the outcome of administration policy decisions.” 🤡
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November 1, 2025 at 5:41 PM
NYT: The White House omitted “the names of several individuals and companies that collectively have billions of dollars riding on the outcome of administration policy decisions.” 🤡
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All this during “quiet period” btw
Update: videos of Palantir C-suite Lisa Gordon have been taken down from The Information's social media accounts following our reporting on Gordon's remarks about Palantir's "political shift" being what she called "concerning." Response from The Information's EIC Jessica Lessin has been added.
Palantir communications chief calls the company's political shift 'concerning'
Palantir Head of Global Communications Lisa Gordon's comments come as CEO Alex Karp aligns himself further with the Trump administration.
www.cnbc.com
October 31, 2025 at 10:45 PM
All this during “quiet period” btw
A federal judge blocked the Trump admin from ceasing to pay SNAP benefits during the government shutdown. The ruling came a day before the administration was set to cut off those food stamp benefits from 42 million Americans. cnb.cx/4qwcpw1
SNAP benefits must continue despite shutdown, judge tells Trump administration
The Justice Department argued that the food stamp program, which feeds more than 40 million Americans, effectively did not exist anymore due to the shutdown.
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October 31, 2025 at 8:52 PM
A federal judge blocked the Trump admin from ceasing to pay SNAP benefits during the government shutdown. The ruling came a day before the administration was set to cut off those food stamp benefits from 42 million Americans. cnb.cx/4qwcpw1
Update: videos of Palantir C-suite Lisa Gordon have been taken down from The Information's social media accounts following our reporting on Gordon's remarks about Palantir's "political shift" being what she called "concerning." Response from The Information's EIC Jessica Lessin has been added.
Palantir communications chief calls the company's political shift 'concerning'
Palantir Head of Global Communications Lisa Gordon's comments come as CEO Alex Karp aligns himself further with the Trump administration.
www.cnbc.com
October 31, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Update: videos of Palantir C-suite Lisa Gordon have been taken down from The Information's social media accounts following our reporting on Gordon's remarks about Palantir's "political shift" being what she called "concerning." Response from The Information's EIC Jessica Lessin has been added.
Reposted by Jennifer Elias
Palantir communications chief calls the company's political shift 'concerning'
Palantir communications chief calls the company's political shift 'concerning'
Palantir Head of Global Communications Lisa Gordon's comments come as CEO Alex Karp aligns himself further with the Trump administration.
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October 30, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Palantir communications chief calls the company's political shift 'concerning'
Reposted by Jennifer Elias
Palantir's comms chief said she's concerned about its political shift toward the Trump admin, including embracing parts of Trump's agenda and inking a contract with ICE to build "ImmigrantOS"
"I think it's going to be challenging," she said.
via @jennelias.bsky.social: www.cnbc.com/2025/10/30/p...
"I think it's going to be challenging," she said.
via @jennelias.bsky.social: www.cnbc.com/2025/10/30/p...
Palantir communications chief calls the company's political shift 'concerning'
Palantir Head of Global Communications Lisa Gordon's comments come as CEO Alex Karp aligns himself further with the Trump administration.
www.cnbc.com
October 30, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Palantir's comms chief said she's concerned about its political shift toward the Trump admin, including embracing parts of Trump's agenda and inking a contract with ICE to build "ImmigrantOS"
"I think it's going to be challenging," she said.
via @jennelias.bsky.social: www.cnbc.com/2025/10/30/p...
"I think it's going to be challenging," she said.
via @jennelias.bsky.social: www.cnbc.com/2025/10/30/p...