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  • The empty driver’s seat is shown in a driverless Chevy Bolt car named Peaches carrying Associated Press reporter Michael Liedtke, left, during a ride in San Francisco on Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022. The experience provided a snapshot of the artificial intelligence technology that is advancing toward a goal of improving the lives of humans while still malfunctioning in potentially alarming ways. (AP Photo/Michael Liedtke)Tech

    A reporter’s trip in a driverless car named Peaches was a delight until it got confused and stopped in the middle of the street

    By Michael Liedtke and Bloomberg
  • LyftTech

    The first message to Lyft employees from its brand-new CEO: A ‘significant’ number of you will lose your jobs

    By Michael Liedtke and The Associated Press
  • FILE – Sarah Snook, from left, Alan Ruck, Brian Cox, Jeremy Strong and Kieran Culkin attend the premiere of HBO’s “Succession” season four at Jazz at Lincoln Center on March 20, 2023, in New York. Warner Bros. Discovery unveiled a streaming service Wednesday, April 12, combining HBO programming with a mix of unscripted TV series in a push to reap more subscribers from what so far has been a muddled media merger. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)Tech

    Warner Bros. Discovery takes on Netflix with new streaming service offering merged library of HBO programs and Discovery Plus reality shows

    By Michael Liedtke and The Associated Press
  • FILE – Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes leaves federal court in San Jose, Calif., March 17, 2023. On Monday, April 10, Holmes was rebuffed in her attempt to stay out of federal prison while she appeals her conviction for the fraud she committed while overseeing a blood-testing scam that exposed Silicon Valley’s dark side. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)Lifestyle

    Elizabeth Holmes just lost her chance to stay out of prison while she appeals her fraud conviction

    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. Balwani was sentenced Wednesday, April 5, 2023 to nearly 13 years in prison for his role in the company’s blood-testing hoax — a punishment slightly longer than that given to the CEO, who was his lover and accomplice in one of Silicon Valley’s biggest scandals.(AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)Lifestyle

    A court just turned down ex-Theranos exec Sunny Balwani’s request to delay his 13-year prison sentence

    By Michael Liedtke and The Associated Press
  • 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