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Robotaxis will begin cruising the streets of Los Angeles on Thursday when Google spinoff Waymo starts offering free rides to some of the roughly 50,000 people who have signed up for its driverless ride-hailing service. Waymo is expanding into Los Angeles, the second largest U.S. city, seven months after California regulators authorized its robotaxis to begin charging for around-the-clock rides throughout San Francisco...

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The company received approval from the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) earlier this month to start its ride-hailing program, Waymo One, in Los Angeles and some cities near San Francisco. Waymo's latest plans put it ahead of its General Motors-owned rival Cruise, which is currently facing scrutiny after a driverless Cruise car dragged a pedestrian 20 feet after an accident. The company said services will be available across 63 square miles from Santa Monica to downtown Los Angeles, adding that the initial rides will be free...

Microsoft is launching its AI tool Microsoft Security Copilot...

Methane emissions from the energy sector remained near a record high in 2023 despite commitments from the sector to plug leaking infrastructure in a bid to combat climate change, a report by the International Energy Agency said on Wednesday. Methane emissions from human activities such as oil and natural gas production, agriculture, and landfills are short-lived in the atmosphere but many times more potent than carbon dioxide as a greenhouse gas. Production and use of fossil fuels put more than 120 million metric tons of methane into the atmosphere last year, a slight rise over 2022, the IEA report said...

The US House of Representatives passed a bill that could potentially ban TikTok operations in the US if the social media app's parent company ByteDance does not divest from it. House membership voted 352 to 65 for this legislation in a bipartisan push. The Senate has yet to vote, but many leading voices have communicated a mixed consensus on an outright TikTok ban. Yahoo Finance Senior Columnist Rick Newman weighs in on the House vote and former President Trump's new sentiments surrounding a TikTok ban. Jefferies Senior Analyst Brent Thill also joins the Live show to discuss market share opportunities for platforms like YouTube — which is owned by Alphabet (GOOG, GOOGL) — and Snap Inc. (SNAP) if TikTok is forced pull away from US consumers. "Certainly, Snap could see this as well if you look at most of the younger audience, obviously... they go back and forth between Snap on the map and then some of the videos on TikTok. So, those are all... potential beneficiaries," Thill says. For more expert insight and the latest market action, click here to watch this full episode of Yahoo Finance Live. Editor's note: This article was written by Luke Carberry Mogan...

European Union lawmakers on Wednesday approved the bloc’s AI Act, which is likely to shape the approach of U.S. technology companies. As whole, the legislation aims to protect European citizens’ rights from certain applications of AI and bring stricter oversight to the technology overall. Companies like Alphabet Amazon.com Microsoft and Meta Platforms will be affected by the Act, as the EU’s rules apply to anyone providing AI within the bloc...

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) shares closed slightly higher on Tuesday, despite falling more than 6% over the past month. Jim Cramer, the host of CNBC’s “Mad Money,” has urged investors to remain patient amid the recent challenges faced by the iPhone maker. Apple is reportedly venturing into AI-driven advertising within its App Store, trialing an automated product similar to Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) Google’s Performance Max and Meta’s Advantage+. With the recent buzz around Apple,...