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  • A Waymo driverless taxi stops on a street in San Francisco for several minutes because the back door was not completely shut, while traffic backs up behind it, on Feb. 15, 2023. Cruise, a subsidiary of General Motors, and Waymo, a spinoff from Google, both are on the verge of operating 24-hour services that would transport passengers throughout one of the most densely populated U.S. cities in vehicles that will have no one sitting in the driver’s seat.(AP Photo/Terry Chea)Tech

    San Francisco could become first U.S. city to have 2 driverless taxi services by the end of the year

    By Michael Liedtke and The Associated Press
  • Image of Google Bard and Google logo.Tech

    Google’s AI-powered Bard is put to the test. While it aced some answers, it also made errors and warned ‘I’m not perfect’

    By Michael Liedtke and The Associated Press
  • FILE – The Google logo is displayed at their offices on Nov. 1, 2018, in Granary Square, in London. Google announced Tuesday, March 21, 2023, it’s allowing more people to interact with “Bard,” the artificially intelligent chatbot the company is building to counter Microsoft’s early lead in a pivotal battleground of technology. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File)Tech

    Google just opened up a waitlist for its ‘Bard’ chatbot as it scrambles to catch up to Microsoft in the AI race

    By Michael Liedtke and The Associated Press
  • Silicon Valley BankTech

    ‘It almost seemed weird if you were in tech and didn’t have a Silicon Valley Bank account’: Crisis rattles clubby, insular tech world

    By Michael Liedtke and The Associated Press
  • FILE – Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani, the former lover and business partner of Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes, arrives at federal court in San Jose, Calif., on Dec. 7, 2022. On Thursday, March 9, 2023, a federal judge rejected Balwani’s bid to remain free while he appeals his conviction for crimes he committed during a blood-testing scam that he orchestrated with Elizabeth Holmes. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)Leadership

    Theranos exec Sunny Balwani loses his bid to delay the start of his nearly 13-year prison term

    By Michael Liedtke and The Associated Press
  • FILE – A Netflix sign is photographed outside its office building in Los Angeles, Wednesday, April 20, 2022. Netflix is cutting its prices in several of its smaller markets, Friday, Feb. 24, 2023, in the latest twist on the video streaming service’s efforts to keep its recently revived subscriber growth rolling amid stiffer competition and inflation pressures that pushing more households to curb their discretionary spending. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)Tech

    Netflix is cutting its prices in 30 countries to try and keep up with fiercer competition

    By Michael Liedtke and The Associated Press
  • Sunny BalwaniLeadership

    Sunny Balwani is still insisting that his role in the Theranos scandal should mean no jail time—and no damages owed

    By Michael Liedtke and The Associated Press
  • Susan WojcickiSuccess

    A look back at Susan Wojcicki’s time at YouTube: Google’s ex-landlord and Sergey Brin’s former sister-in-law

    By Michael Liedtke and The Associated Press
  • Elon Musk, chief executive officer of Tesla Inc., departs court in San Francisco, California, US, on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023. Investors suing Tesla and Musk argue that his August 2018 tweets about taking Tesla private with funding secured were indisputably false and cost them billions of dollars by spurring wild swings in Tesla’s stock price. Photographer: Marlena Sloss/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesTech

    Elon Musk is cleared of wrongdoing for tweeting he had ‘funding secured’ to take Tesla private, avoiding billions in potential damages

    By Michael Liedtke and The Associated Press
  • Elon Musk Tesla tweet displayed on mobile with in the background Elon musk on screen.Tech

    Elon Musk’s trial opens a peephole into the Tesla CEO’s often inscrutable mind: Here’s what we’ve discovered so far

    By Michael Liedtke and The Associated Press
  • Elon MuskTech

    Musk changes Twitter handle to ‘Mr. Tweet’ as anguished Tesla investors testify in court about their efforts to stop his social media addiction

    By Michael Liedtke and The Associated Press
  • Elon Musk leaves the Phillip Burton Federal Building and United States Court House in San FranciscoTech

    Elon Musk took the stand for more than 3 hours and sparred with a lawyer at his Tesla trial as the judge says one of his remarks was ‘inappropriate’

    By Michael Liedtke and The Associated Press
  • Elon Musk, chief executive officer of Tesla Inc., speaks to members of the media while departing from federal court in New York, U.S., on Thursday, April 4, 2019. U.S. District Judge Alison Nathan telegraphed her initial thoughts as the SEC and Elon Musk’s lawyers presented their arguments over whether the Tesla Inc. CEO should be held in contempt for tweets the agency says violated an earlier agreement. Photographer: Natan Dvir/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesTech

    In trial, Elon Musk is cast as a liar who cost regular Tesla shareholders millions of dollars

    By Michael Liedtke and The Associated Press
  • 12 November 2019, Berlin: Elon Musk, head of Tesla, is awarded the Golden Steering Wheel. Photo: Jörg Carstensen/dpa (Photo by Jörg Carstensen/picture alliance via Getty Images)Tech

    Jury seated in trial against Elon Musk was selected from a pool that described him as ‘arrogant’ and ‘off his rocker’

    By Michael Liedtke and The Associated Press
  • a phone screen displays the Twitter account of Elon Musk with a photo of him shown in the backgroundFinance

    Why is Musk in court now? The CEO faces trial over a tweet that fueled—then sank—Tesla’s stock price

    By Michael Liedtke and The Associated Press