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Waymo driverless taxi parks in lower Manhattan in New York City, U.S., Nov. 26, 2025. Brendan McDermid | ReutersWaymo, the robotaxi unit owned by Alphabet, has crossed 450,000 weekly paid rides, according to a letter from investor Tiger Global viewed by CNBC.That’s almost double the milestone it hit in April, when Waymo reported 250,000 paid robotaxi rides a week in the U.S. “Waymo is the clear leader in autonomous driving, recently surpassing 450k trips per week with a product that is 10x safer than human drivers,” Tiger Global wrote in a letter to investors announcing the launch of a new…
Johny Srouji, senior vice president of hardware technologies at Apple Inc., speaks during the Peek Performance virtual event in New York, U.S., on Tuesday, March 8, 2022. Gabby Jones | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesApple chip leader Johny Srouji addressed rumors of his impending exit in a memo to staff on Monday, saying he doesn’t plan on leaving the company anytime soon.”I love my team, and I love my job at Apple, and I don’t plan on leaving anytime soon,” he wrote.Bloomberg reported on Saturday that Srouji had told CEO Tim Cook that he was considering leaving, citing people with knowledge…
The manner of Arsenal’s defeat to Aston Villa, sealed with effectively the last kick of the game at Villa Park, made it more painful for Mikel Arteta’s side. Manchester City’s subsequent win over Sunderland only intensified the angst among fans.Their lead is down to two points. Man City, as Arsenal well know, have closed far bigger gaps. But it is still a lead. Arsenal are still looking down from the summit in the Premier League, as they are in the Champions League, with five wins from five so far. The wider context of their season is that they have won…
England have been forced into a radical rethink over their plans for next summer’s World Cup following the draw at the weekend, and may now have to consider ‘venue-hopping’ for the knockout stages of the tournament, rather than having one single base camp.If they go ahead with that idea, it would be the first time England have ever deviated from their tournament philosophy of a single ‘home’ that the players return to in between matches. Sky Sports News was told that the FA’s preference, before the draw, was to have one single base camp in the centre of North America…
Tiger Global Management announced Monday the launch of its latest venture capital fund, Private Investment Partners 17, according to a letter to investors viewed by CNBC.Tiger is targeting a raise of $2.2 billion for the fund, according to a person familiar with the firm’s strategy who declined to be named in order to discuss internal matters.The hedge fund wrote that it’s expecting PIP 17 to be similar in “strategy, size and construction” to its earliest vintages and its most recent, PIP 16, which targeted $6 billion but ultimately closed at $2.2 billion.The largest positions in PIP 16 are OpenAI and…
Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Liverpool boss Arne Slot speaks for the first time since Mohamed Salah’s explosive interview Liverpool boss Arne Slot will speak for the first time since Mohamed Salah’s explosive interview over the weekend, as he cast doubt over his future at the club and said his relationship with the head coach had broken down. Salah was left out of Liverpool’s squad for Tuesday’s Champions League game at Inter after he claimed someone at the club had “thrown him under the bus”. The Premier League champions have decided a brief period away…
A “record high” number of 110 Palestinians have died under prison policies implemented by far-right Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir in the past two and a half years, according to Israeli outlet Walla. In comparison, between 1967 and 2007, approximately 187 Palestinian detainees died in Israeli-run prisons, or less than five a year, Walla said, citing the Palestinian Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs. It is now around one death each week. “This is an extremely high number; it’s a record high compared to known data from previous decades,” it said. “No official data has been published on the number of…
Kuwait has stripped citizenship from 24 people, including prominent Islamic scholar Tareq al-Suwaidan. The country’s official gazette published a decree to withdraw the citizenship of “Tareq Mohammed Saleh al-Suwaidan and those who have acquired it with him in a subordinate manner”. It did not specify under what specific legislation Suwaidan’s citizenship was stripped, but in recent years the country has removed it from numerous Kuwaitis for a range of reasons including accusations of fraud and forgery. Suwaidan is one of the region’s most prominent Islamic speakers, has written dozens of books, and was listed among the 500 most influential Muslims in the world…
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — For a Disneyland enthusiast who marked his 15,000th spin Monday on an auto-racing attraction inspired by the animated film “Cars,” it’s not about winning.It’s about the ride.Jon Alan Hale said he was eager to try out the Radiator Springs Racers ride at Disney California Adventure after undergoing gastric bypass and knee replacement surgeries in 2010 and 2011. He said he quickly found himself hooked on the ride, which debuted in 2012, and began tracking his races in a notebook, jotting down his car’s color, lane and whether he wins or loses.“I fell in love with…
Beth LindopDec 8, 2025, 10:30 AM ETCloseBased in Liverpool, Beth Lindop is ESPN’s Liverpool correspondent and also covers the WSL and UWCL.Mohamed Salah has been omitted from Liverpool’s squad for their Champions League clash with Inter Milan.Liverpool have temporarily removed him from selection following an explosive interview in which he took aim at the club and head coach Arne Slot, sources told ESPN.It is unclear whether Salah will be considered for selection for Liverpool’s Premier League game against Brighton — a fixture that would be his last game for the club before departing for the Africa Cup of Nations.Speaking to…