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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Waymo_Toyota_bZ4X.jpg?resize=1200,675″] Waymo will begin testing autonomous Toyota bZ4X vehicles in Japan next year as part of a broader partnership with the automaker to provide electric vehicles for robotaxi operations in international markets, including the U.K. Under the partnership announced Friday, Toyota will manufacture the 2027 bZ4X vehicles and integrate Waymo’s self-driving system at…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/GettyImages-2274650383.jpg?resize=1200,840″] Pope Leo XIV has decried AI as a threat to human dignity, but it’s not just the devoutly faithful who might worry about how AI squares with their beliefs. David Durman, a nontheistic humanist, recently secured a religious exemption from using AI in the workplace. “Humanism is a collection of beliefs about…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/GettyImages-1415078085.jpg?resize=1200,721″] Andy Jassy has made it known that he believes AWS can be a trillion-dollar revenue business. During Amazon’s quarterly earnings call on Thursday, he repeated this ambition. “What we’re building at Amazon is unlike anything that’s ever been seen before. There has never been a business with a trillion dollars of annual…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/vladimir-putin-russia-kremlin.jpg?resize=1200,800″] Russian president Vladimir Putin said that he and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk are in “close contact” about Rassvet, Russia’s answer to Starlink, Musk’s internet satellite service. “Elon Musk is a genius, truly a genius,” Putin said at the Russia-Africa Summit on Wednesday. “He has already had more than 5,000 such satellites in…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/GettyImages-1252468735.jpg?resize=1200,800″] Amazon reported its third-quarter earnings on Thursday and missed analysts’ expectations for both its total revenue and earnings per share. There were other murky numbers in the report that scared investors, too, including how much cash the company is burning through. But the report did have a big, bright spot: Its cloud…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Chevrolet-OnStar-Santa-01.jpg?resize=1200,800″] General Motors will pay $220 million to 36 states to settle allegations that it illegally sold private driving behavior and location information to data brokers. As part of the settlement, GM must get drivers’ express consent before it collects or shares their driving and location data — terms that are in line…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/49688202642_09fd5ccc38_k.jpg?resize=1200,800″] Archive of our Own (AO3), the popular site where fans publish and read stories about their favorite characters and worlds, has bad news for its community. After going offline for what was supposed to be routine overnight maintenance, the site says it could stay online for almost a whole month. “We estimate…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/reddit-e1708636699632.jpg?resize=1200,800″] Reddit has long attracted millions of users to its site through Google, with many even appending the word “Reddit” to their search queries for better answers. But as search traffic dries up amid the shift to AI-powered search, Reddit is rethinking its relationship with the open internet. In its third-quarter earnings call…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/rivian-assisant-event.png?resize=1200,672″] The $5.8 billion joint venture between Rivian and Volkswagen Group is expanding to include AI assistants. Rivian is now licensing elements of its AI voice assistant technology to Volkswagen Group as part of the broader joint venture, according to the company’s third-quarter investor presentation released Thursday. Rivian didn’t disclose the licensing fees,…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Rivian-R2-Headlight.jpg?resize=1200,900″] Rivian’s new R2 SUV was its best-selling vehicle in the third quarter, the company said Thursday, marking an auspicious start for the all-important EV. While Rivian didn’t say exactly how many R2s it sold over the three-month period, the company is confident enough in the pace of sales that it raised its…