Amazon reportedly considering dropping USPS and building a competing postal service
Amazon is the USPS’ biggest customer, and the e-commerce giant’s potential break from the postal agency comes as the two sides are negotiating a new deal.
Transportation
Trump administration rolls back fuel economy standards, again
The regulatory decision would make it harder for future administrations to implement stricter fuel efficiency standards.
Waymo starts autonomous testing in Philadelphia
Baltimore, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and St. Louis join a long list of cities where the company is gearing up to offer robotaxi rides.
Autolane is building ‘air traffic control’ for autonomous vehicles
And the Palo Alto-based startup has raised $7.4 million to do that.
Uber and Avride launch robotaxi service in Dallas
The robotaxis will initially have a human safety operator behind the wheel who will monitor the ride.
Nvidia announces new open AI models and tools for autonomous driving research
Nvidia continues its push into physical AI with the release of a new reasoning world model and other tools for physical AI.
Behind the scenes of drone food delivery in Finland
TechCrunch went behind the scenes of a three-party partnership between Irish drone delivery company Manna, Doordash-owned food delivery platform Wolt, and food startup Huuva.
Airbus orders software fix to thousands of planes due to solar radiation risk
Flights were delayed and cancelled globally after Airbus ordered fixes to 6,000 of its A320 series planes, according to The Guardian. The company said it’s taking action because “analysis of a recent event involving an…
New York state law takes aim at personalized pricing
Businesses that use personalized pricing are now required to tell customers, “This price was set by an algorithm using your personal data.”
Redwood Materials reportedly cuts 5% of staff after $350M raise
The battery recycling and cathode production company, founded by former Tesla CTO JB Straubel, has started using recycled battery materials to create energy storage solutions for AI data centers.