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Lucid Motors slashes 12% of its workforce as it seeks profitability | TechCrunch The layoffs affect hundreds of full-time workers in the US, according to an internal memo obtained by TechCrunch.

SCOOP: Lucid Motors is making a hefty 12% cut to its full-time U.S. workforce, according to an internal memo obtained by me at @techcrunch.com

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Tesla invested $2B in Elon Musk's xAI | TechCrunch Elon Musk's AI company xAI disclosed earlier this month it had raised $20 billion.

Our new deputy editor gstarr.bsky.social ... put it well "Tesla is now one of the biggest backers of deepfakes"

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Waymo probed by National Transportation Safety Board over illegal school bus behavior | TechCrunch The NTSB joins the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in investigating Waymo vehicles illegally passing stopped school buses.

NTSB is now involved per @seanokane.bsky.social

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#354: 1st Coast-to-Coast Zero Intervention Tesla FSD Drive w/David Moss — Autonocast David Moss joins Alex Roy and Ed Niedermeyer to discuss his zero intervention coast-to-coast Tesla FSD drive. Alex is excited. Ed less so, until the end.

Autonocast's @alexroy144.bsky.social and @niedermeyer.online interview David Moss about his zero intervention coast-to-coast Tesla FSD drive. Sorry to my many fans; I was not on this one.

www.autonocast.com/blog/2026/1/22/354-1st-coast-to-coast-zero-intervention-tesla-fsd-drive-wdavid-moss

Musk’s participation in the bikini trend opened the floodgates. Grok went from making 300k images a week to 4.4 million. Read more from me, @dylanfreedman.nytimes.com and @stuartathompson.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/t...

who could have predicted this? @zackwhittaker.com in February 2025 techcrunch.com/2025/02/07/d...

OpenAI and Anthropic are making their play for healthcare, and we're not surprised Equity digs into why Anthropic, OpenAI, and the rest of the AI world is suddenly obsessed with healthcare, and more of the week's headlines.

New @techcrunch.com Equity pod episode is live and @seanokane.bsky.social has joined the show! And we do talk about more than just AI. Lots more on the business of tech beat, including fusion energy, robotaxis, bankrupt lidar company Luminar, and more.

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Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell YouTube video by Federal Reserve

Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
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While it's unclear if it will be successful, the reboot is notable. 18 months ago I had sources within the company wondering if it would survive or get absorbed into Hyundai. Engineers worried they would be working on L2 advanced driver tech. It seems Hyundai is still committed to the robotaxi idea.

ICE Sent 600 Immigrant Kids to Detention in Federal Shelters This Year. It’s a New Record. Under a zero tolerance policy, the first Trump administration separated immigrant children from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border. New data suggests separations are happening all over the count...

Some 600 immigrant kids were sent to federal custody by ICE in 2025.

A 17-year-old was detained at a traffic stop because officers couldn’t make contact with his dad, who is deaf.

Another kid ended up in a shelter after making a wrong turn.

(Published Nov. 2025)

Ed has been working on some new designs!

Mobileye acquires humanoid robot startup Mentee Robotics for $900M | TechCrunch Mentee Robotics was co-founded by Mobileye president Amnon Shashua.

the world is getting topsy turvy ... Mobileye just acquired the humanoid robot startup Mentee Robotics for $900M ... sidenote: Mobileye co-founder and president Amnon Shashua is the co-founder of Mentee 🙃 techcrunch.com/2026/01/06/m...

you said some smart things!

Still a car angle but the youngs seem very taken by manual transmission cars. Every time I drive mine I get at least one teen or 20 something rolling up to me in a parking lot asking questions. It makes me feel very 😎

Waymo halts service during massive S.F. blackout after causing traffic jams Waymo stopped its service across San Francisco on Saturday after numerous autonomous vehicles caused traffic jams in the city.

Waymo has halted service in San Francisco after numerous videos & images showed its autonomous cars snarling traffic during the blackout.

With traffic lights down, Waymos across the city stopped dead in their tracks at intersections.

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Ford is starting a battery storage business to power data centers and the grid  | TechCrunch Ford will invest about $2 billion into the new business over the next two years.

Yet another pivot from Ford.
From @seanokane.bsky.social and me.
tl,dr: Large EVs out. Hybrids in! "Range extenders" in!
techcrunch.com/2025/12/15/f...

And in the what-do-we-do-with-this-capacity category: a new energy storage business is born. techcrunch.com/2025/12/15/f...

Riding onboard with Rivian's race to autonomy | TechCrunch Rivian demonstrated the progress it's made, and in the process showed just how far it still has to go to make its cars autonomous.

@seanokane.bsky.social offers some insights into the demo ride he took with Rivian (and its future automated-driving feature), and other musings .. techcrunch.com/2025/12/12/r...

Exclusive: OSHA investigating new crane accident at SpaceX's Starbase facility | TechCrunch A subcontractor says he was crushed by a metal support, breaking his hip, knee, and tibia. He's suing SpaceX and the construction company who employed him.

Latest scoop from @seanokane.bsky.social techcrunch.com/2025/12/10/o...

Rivian is building its own AI assistant | TechCrunch The EV maker will likely share more details on its upcoming AI and autonomy day scheduled for December 11.

I expect this will be brought up during Rivian's AI and Autonomy Day. The company has been working on this for nearly two years. techcrunch.com/2025/12/09/r...

Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here’s What Never Arrived. ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the administration’s cut...

#ICYMI: ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detailed the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the Trump administration’s cuts to an aid program.

(Published Oct. 2025)

Yes, I have that. I wrote that Austin school district officials say there have been incidents since November 17 (at least five I believe)

I wrote a whole other article about the 19 violations (yesterday ) which I mention and link to in this story

Waymo to issue software recall over how robotaxis behave around school buses | TechCrunch The voluntary recall comes as scrutiny by federal regulators and local school district officials increases.

And now Waymo is getting ready to issue a voluntarily software recall for its robotaxis following inquiries into how they operate around school buses ... techcrunch.com/2025/12/05/w...

Scoop from @seanokane.bsky.social

Musk says new Tesla software allows texting and driving, which is illegal in most states | TechCrunch Texting while driving is banned in nearly every state, even with the use of advanced driver assistance systems like Tesla's Full Self-Driving (Supervised) software.

Texting while driving is banned in nearly every state, even with the use of advanced driver assistance systems like Tesla's Full Self-Driving (Supervised) software.

Thanks for sharing!

incidentally, this is precisely what everybody said would happen with robotaxis, huge numbers of empty vehicles clogging up streets.

Joby Aviation makes 'corporate espionage' claims in lawsuit against rival Archer | TechCrunch Joby alleges one of its former employees shared stolen trade secrets when he was hired by Archer.

Cue the dramatic music ... two companies developing electric air taxis are now involved in a lawsuit. Joby is suing Archer Aviation techcrunch.com/2025/11/20/j...

What the heck is going on at this plant?

Waymo's pursuit of transparency, not perfection, with Tekedra Mawakana | TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 YouTube video by TechCrunch

Here is the video … i ask her towards the end. I also ask about other things! youtu.be/WXLgzP3gv2k?...