Andrew J. Hawkins

Waymo’s Self-Driving Cars Are Launching in Nashville. Is That a Good Thing? - City Cast Nashville Waymo’s self-driving vehicles are already on the streets of Nashville, running tests as they prepare for launch later this year. Is that a good thi...

Waymo’s self-driving vehicles have hit the streets in Nashville, and the full launch is coming soon. Is that a good thing? On today’s show, @theverge.com transportation editor @andyjayhawk.bsky.social helps us understand our new robot overlords:

we finally reached the end of this calendar event i accidentally made 12 years ago

Waymo Vs. DC - City Cast DC Driverless taxis are coming to DC! At least, that's what Waymo, the California-based autonomous vehicle company, announced last year. The company r...

I had a blast yapping about Waymo with @citycastdc.bsky.social! Check it out! dc.citycast.fm/podcasts/way...

I drove three Chinese cars — here’s why they would clean up in the US Would you buy a Chinese car?

Happy to return to @theverge.com with a 2-part look at Chinese automaker Geely + what it faces before it can sell cars in the U.S.

I hadn't driven any Chinese car since 2020, which might as well have been the 1990s given that industry's speed. Part I is my drive reports of 3 brands w/3 powertrains.

why tho?

Best gas masks “How did these people go out and get gas masks?” AG Bondi asked.

started getting instagram ads for mira's toddler-sized gas masks while putting together this article. also, at the same time, saw videos of that preschool getting tear gassed. no we will not be adding a section on the best gas mask for toddlers www.theverge.com/policy/86857...

Verge headline: Grok is the most antisemetic chatbot according to the ADL by Mia Sato Photo: Elon Musk performing his infamous "gesture" that neo-Nazis celebrated as a sieg heil

Across six top large language models, xAI’s Grok performed the worst at identifying and countering antisemitic content, according to a study published Wednesday by the Anti-Defamation League.

Read more from @miasato.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/news/868925/...

I grew up with Alex Pretti The kind-hearted ICU nurse shot by ICE agents was my childhood best friend.

I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com

Tim Cook and Sundar Pichai are cowards Once you’ve traded your principles for proximity to power, do you even run your own company?

🫡🫡🫡 www.theverge.com/policy/85990...

America’s new era of energy imperialism is about more than oil  “Make the resources in your country available to us on our terms or you are subject to invasion.”

America’s new era of energy imperialism is about more than oil

Actor Mickey Rourke faces eviction from L.A. home over $60,000 in unpaid rent Oscar nominee Mickey Rourke was served with an eviction notice over nearly $60,000 in unpaid rent on his three-bedroom Los Angeles home.

oh mickey you're so fined search.app/MyKLa

Swift’s publicist Tree Paine did not respond after The Verge said her request to be “Off the record but on background only and not to be quoted,” violates our long-standing background policy for communications professionals.

Taylor Swift publicist Tree Paine runs into The Verge’s background policy. If you want to be in our stories as an official spokesperson, you have to be on the record! www.theverge.com/report/84572...

I have a flight tomorrow and I'm planning on dressing really shitty, just to spite Sean Duffy

Update: my niece spilled the beans

...brother?

My dad lives in a trailer in the woods and is unaware of the show Stranger Things. Should I tell him?

Please have patience with our nation’s parents today who are confronting for the first time their Kpop Demon Hunters stats in Spotify Wrapped

Today in image credits on @theverge.com @reckless.bsky.social

Car influencers love Chinese EVs — and China loves them back What is DCar Studio, and why is it promoting Chinese EVs to US car reviewers?

This was a fun story to write, and honestly I was surprised where it ended up. Hope you give it a read! www.theverge.com/transportati...

In this story, I attempt to find out. Also, I talk to several car reviewers who say that Chinese companies are paying some influencers under the table for positive coverage.

The result is a deluge of video content praising the country's auto industry and lamenting the fact that we can't buy these cars here. But what is DCar? And why are they promoting Chinese EVs to US creators so aggressively?

Car influencers love Chinese EVs — and China loves them back What is DCar Studio, and why is it promoting Chinese EVs to US car reviewers?

Over the past year or so, a Chinese company called DCar Studio has been reaching out to US-based car reviewers and influencers to set them with Chinese EVs. www.theverge.com/transportati...

great headline by @justcalma.bsky.social

Why college students prefer News Daddy over The New York Times Zoomers get all their news from TikTok — and refuse to go elsewhere

If reading about college students using AI to cheat made you feel crazy, wait till you hear about where they get their news

Leave it to Sean Duffy to make a critical safety milestone — the introduction of a female crash test dummy — grossly transphobic and weird

Tesla's Optimus robot appears to have loose panel during Tesla's shareholder meeting

Sweet ride to the polls @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social welcome to the Bunch fam!!!!!

#bunchfam #cargobike #omg #nyc

We report on the good, the bad, and everything in between. We don’t have an ax to grind and we’re not mouthpieces for the industry.

Waymo driverless car strikes bicyclist in San Francisco, causes minor injuries Tensions in San Francisco around robotaxis are high.

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