(Reuters) -A first public test of robotaxis by Tesla in Austin, Texas led to multiple traffic problems and driving issues, videos from company-selected riders showed over the first few days. Chief Executive Elon Musk has tied Tesla's financial future to self-driving technology, and with Tesla sales down, the stakes are high. The Tesla fans invited to the trial were strongly supportive and posted videos of hours of trouble-free driving, but issues drew questions from federal road safety regulators and auto safety experts...

As Microsoft hits its stride in artificial-intelligence monetization, many on Wall Street aren’t paying close enough attention, Wedbush says. Microsoft’s AI-equipped Azure was a standout in the fiscal third quarter: Revenue from the cloud computing platform and other cloud services surged 33% year over year. “We strongly view this as Microsoft’s ‘shining moment’ with AI set to change the cloud growth trajectory,” Wedbush analysts wrote Wednesday...