Waymo has voluntarily issued a software recall to all 672 of its Jaguar I-Pace robotaxis after one of them collided with a telephone pole. This is Waymo’s second recall. The Alphabet-owned company recalled previous software in February after two of its robotaxis crashed into the same pickup truck that was being towed by a tow truck.The Verge first published the news after Waymo alerted the publication to its recall remedy — a sign that the robotaxi company’s taking a proactive approach amid increased scruti ...

General Motors is investing $850 million into Cruise as the autonomous vehicle subsidiary slowly makes its way back to testing in Phoenix, Dallas and, as of Tuesday, Houston.GM’s CFO Paul Jacobson announced the capital infusion on stage at Deutsche Bank’s Global Automotive Industry Conference on Tuesday. “This will help bridge Cruise funding until we can find the right long-term capital efficient strategy, including potential new partnerships and external funding,” Tiffany Testo, a spokesperson for the co ...

Elon Musk is threatening to ban iPhones from all his companies over the newly announced OpenAI integrations Apple announced at WWDC 2024 on Monday. In a series of posts on X, the Telsa, SpaceX and xAI exec wrote that “if Apple integrates OpenAI at the OS level,” Apple devices would be banned from his businesses and visitors would have to check their Apple devices at the door where they’ll be “stored in a Faraday cage.”His posts seem to misunderstand the relationship Apple announced with OpenAI or at least a ...

Following a keynote presentation at WWDC 2024 that both introduced Apple Intelligence and confirmed a partnership that brings GPT access to Siri through an deal with OpenAI, SVP Craig Federighi confirmed plans to work with additional third-party models. The first example given by the executive was one the companies with which Apple was exploring a partnership.“We’re looking forward to doing integrations with other models, including Google Gemini, for instance, in the future,” Federighi said during a post-ke ...

Apple is bringing ChatGPT, OpenAI’s AI-powered chatbot experience, to Siri and other first-party apps and capabilities across its operating systems. The tech giant announced the news during a keynote at its annual WorldWide Developer Conference (WWDC) in Cupertino this morning. “We’re excited to partner with Apple to bring ChatGPT to their users in a new way,” OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said in a statement. “Apple shares our commitment to safety and innovation, and this partnership aligns with OpenAI’s mission ...

Core Points - The U.K.'s Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) and the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) are investigating 23andMe due to a significant data breach that had international implications [1][7] - The breach involved hackers accessing around 14,000 customer accounts, which allowed them to scrape data on approximately 6.9 million users due to an opt-in feature called DNA Relatives [2][3] - The investigation will assess the extent of the exposed information, the adequacy of 23andMe's data protection measures, and whether the company provided sufficient notification to the relevant authorities [4] Data Breach Details - Last year, 23andMe reported a security incident affecting the genetic and ancestry data of 6.9 million users, which is about half of its total user base [3] - The company was unaware of the breach for around five months, from April to September 2023, and only learned of it in October 2023 when the stolen data was advertised online [3] - The compromised data included personal information such as names, birth years, relationship labels, DNA sharing percentages, ancestry reports, and self-reported locations [6] Regulatory Response - The joint investigation by the ICO and OPC aims to ensure that organizations handling sensitive personal information have appropriate security measures in place [8] - ICO Commissioner John Edwards emphasized the need for public trust in organizations managing sensitive data [8]

Former Autonomy chief executive Dr Mike Lynch issued a statement Thursday following his acquittal of criminal charges, ending a 13-year legal battle with Hewlett-Packard which became one of Silicon Valley’s biggest fraud cases. He had been accused of falsely inflating revenues at the UK startup ahead of its $11 billion sale to HP in 2011.Commenting on the acquittal, Dr Lynch (pictured on the left above when he appeared at TechCrunch Disrupt) said: “I am elated with today’s verdict and grateful to the jury f ...

Meta is quietly rolling out a new “Communities” feature on Messenger, the company confirmed to TechCrunch. The feature is designed to help organizations, schools and other private groups communicate in a more organized and structured way. The rollout comes as Meta introduced Communities on WhatsApp back in 2022.The feature lets people connect with others without needing an associated Facebook Group to do so. Meta rolled out Community Chats on Messenger back in 2022 as a way for people in Facebook Groups to ...

Shopify has acquired Threads.com, the Seqiuoa-backed Slack alternative, Threads said on its website. The companies didn’t disclose the terms of the deal but said that the Threads.com team will join Shopify.Threads added that after the launch of Meta’s social network with the same name last year, the startup had “the opportunity to sell our domains.” It is not clear if the startup sold the domain name to Meta, Shopify, or anyone else, but the note does indicate that it would have had to rebrand from Threads ...

Meta on Thursday said it is rolling out its Meta Verified program for WhatsApp Business users in Brazil, India, Indonesia and Colombia, and eventually to more countries. Subscription plans for this service start from $14 a month. The company is also adding more features to its messaging service for businesses, and letting companies use their APIs to service customers over calls inside of the app. Meta launched its verification program for creators in March 2023 and extended it to businesses in September 20 ...