The general public may be able to hail a Tesla self-driving robotaxi as early as 2025, and employees are already testing the vehicles on some roads in the San Francisco Bay Area. On an earnings call Wednesday, CEO Elon Musk said the company plans to launch its self-driving robotaxis in California and Texas next year. The timeline is contingent on regulatory approval, but Musk said he thinks the company will receive that approval by next year. He previously said the taxis, dubbed Cybercabs, would enter produ ...

Apple and Goldman Sachs have been fined more than $89 million collectively for negligence and mismanagement of the co-branded Apple Card*, the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau announced Wednesday.The CFPB statement disclosed that the tech giant and investment bank misled customers about interest-free payment plans, mishandled credit card disputes, delayed refunds and allowed incorrect, damaging information to hit customers' credit reports.  "Apple and Goldman Sachs illegally sidestepped their legal obliga ...

Arm has reportedly canceled a license granted to Qualcomm to design chips based on its chip technology, according to a Bloomberg report on Tuesday. Arm has reportedly given Qualcomm a 60-day notice of the cancellation as required by law. This license lets the San Diego-based Qualcomm design its own silicon based on Arm chip standards. The Bloomberg report comes just as Qualcomm announced its new mobile and automotive chips at its annual Snapdragon Summit in Hawaii. The chips represent milestones for Qualcom ...

Core Insights - Qualcomm has introduced the Snapdragon 8 Elite, a new chip designed to enhance AI capabilities and low-light camera performance in upcoming Android phones [1][3] - The Snapdragon 8 Elite features a second-generation Oryon CPU built on a 3-nanometer process, resulting in 45% greater efficiency and 62% improved web browsing performance compared to previous generations [3] - The new chip is expected to provide up to 2.5 additional hours of gaming playtime and improved camera performance through advanced AI features [3] Group 1: AI Capabilities - The Snapdragon 8 Elite will support more generative AI features, enhancing user experience and providing reasons to purchase Snapdragon-equipped devices [1] - The chip's neural processing unit (NPU) offers up to 45% faster AI performance and better power efficiency, integrating multimodal generative AI applications [1][3] - The NPU can handle over 70 tokens per second, allowing for more complex queries and responses [1] Group 2: Performance Enhancements - The Snapdragon 8 Elite's Oryon CPU architecture leads to a 45% improvement in overall performance, particularly benefiting web browsing speeds [3] - The chip's enhancements will positively impact modern apps and services that rely on web browsing, improving user experience [3] - The improved camera performance includes better autofocus, white balance, and exposure adjustments, enhancing photo quality [3] Group 3: Connectivity Improvements - The Snapdragon 8 Elite features the X80 5G Modem, which utilizes AI for better signal management and clearer connections [3] - The FastConnect 7900 technology integrates Wi-Fi and Bluetooth to reduce latency, allowing seamless call handoffs between connections [3] - These connectivity advancements are expected to enhance overall user experience in mobile communications [3]

Google has succeeded in convincing a U.S. District Court judge in California to put the brakes on an injunction requiring the company to open up its Play store to third-party app stores. The Friday decision by Judge James Donato came a day after Google filed a request for an emergency stay with the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. Donato's decision will allow time for the appeals court to consider that request.The decision is the latest chapter in an ongoing legal battle between game developer and publisher Ep ...

Google is trying to put the brakes on a court ruling requiring the company to open up its Play Store to third-party app stores. Earlier this month, Judge James Donato ruled in a California US District Court that the company has an illegal monopoly with its Google Play Store on Android devices. Google has already appealed that decision.Now, Google has filed an emergency stay motion ahead of an expected Friday appeals ruling. The company also published a fact sheet about the motion from Lee-Anne Mulholland, v ...

Apple is reportedly aiming to launch smart glasses designed with broader mass-market appeal than its Vision Pro headset. The company intends to pour some of the billion-dollar R&D investment from the Vision Pro's visual intelligence into more products, including smart glasses to rival Meta's Ray-Ban models, according to a new Bloomberg report. The products are expected to launch in 2027. The report also noted that Apple continues to develop AirPods with outward facing cameras to experiment both with visual ...

Amazon said Wednesday it's expanding its same-day drug delivery service in 2025. The Amazon Pharmacy perk, which allows people to get certain prescription medications delivered to their door the same day they're ordered, is already available in Austin, Texas; Los Angeles; Miami; New York City; Phoenix; Seattle; Indianapolis; and Orlando, Florida. Same-day delivery will extend to Boston, Dallas, Minneapolis, Philadelphia, San Diego and more metropolitan areas the retail giant said it will announce in the com ...

If you've had trouble using Verizon's network on Monday, you're not the only one. The carrier has confirmed to CNET that it has been working to fix some problems that have led to a service outage for some of its users. "We are aware of an issue impacting service for some customers," a Verizon spokesperson said in a statement Monday morning. "Our engineers are engaged, and we are working quickly to identify and solve the issue."In an updated statement from 4:53 p.m. ET, the carrier confirmed the issue was st ...

Just a month and a half after publisher Epic Games moved to make its games, including Fortnite, available on third-party app stores, it's now suing tech giants Samsung and Google over access to those storefronts.In a post in its website, Epic Games accuses the two companies of blocking access to those third-party app stores, which compete with Apple's App Store and the Google Play Store. Epic says that an opt-in feature introduced last year by Samsung, Auto Blocker, is now on by default as of July, making i ...