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Tesla's Cybercab has arrived, Google breakup, and TikTok's negative affect on teens 👨‍💻

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October 14, 2024

Hey Scoopers and welcome back to another great week. Shout out to our friends up north in Canada celebrating Thanksgiving this past weekend. Does anyone know why we have different Thanksgiving’s? Asking for a friend.

While we noodle on that, let’s dive into some red hot scoops today. Hope you all have a great start to you week 👇

Tesla's Cybercab robotaxi is here — and it could cost less than $30K | TechCrunch

Welcome back to Week in Review. This week, we’re taking a closer look at Tesla’s Cybercab and Robovan reveals, the “complete disarray” at Fisker HQ, and a

techcrunch.com/2024/10/12/teslas-cybercab-robotaxi-is-here-and-it-could-cost-less-than-30k

SpaceX will attempt historic catch of returning Starship booster on Sunday | TechCrunch

Starship is ready to fly again — and for the first time, SpaceX is going to try to bring the booster back to the launch site to catch it with a pair of

techcrunch.com/2024/10/12/spacex-will-attempt-historic-catch-of-returning-starship-booster-on-sunday

TikTok’s research reportedly acknowledges negative effects on teens | TechCrunch

Court documents suggest that TikTok executives are aware of the app's potential harm to teenagers, according to reporting by NPR and Kentucky Public

techcrunch.com/2024/10/12/tiktoks-research-reportedly-acknowledges-negative-effects-on-teens

Meta’s Yann LeCun says worries about A.I.’s existential threat are ‘complete B.S.’ | TechCrunch

AI pioneer Yann LeCun doesn’t think artificial intelligence is actually on the verge of becoming intelligent. LeCun — a professor at New York University,

techcrunch.com/2024/10/12/metas-yann-lecun-says-worries-about-a-i-s-existential-threat-are-complete-b-s

'Where we are today in biology AI is similar to GPT in 2020': An interview with the CEO of Africa's biggest AI startup | TechCrunch

In January last year, German biotech company BioNTech acquired African AI startup Instadeep for over $550 million, a deal finalized in July of the same

techcrunch.com/2024/10/12/where-we-are-today-in-biology-ai-is-similar-to-gpt-in-2020-an-interview-with-the-ceo-of-africas-biggest-ai-startup

Influencers rode out Hurricane Milton for the content. Why are we watching? | CNN Business

You may have noticed something peculiar if you were doomscrolling as Hurricane Milton devastated Florida this week: social media creators who stuck out the storm in unsafe evacuation zones, seemingly for the sake of creating content.

www.cnn.com/2024/10/12/tech/influencers-hurricane-milton-content/index.html

This little robot is helping sick children attend school | CNN Business

For children with long-term illness or struggling with mental health issues, the AV1 robot can take their place in classes and help them stay connected with classmates.

www.cnn.com/business/tech/av1-robot-sick-children-school-spc/index.html

US government considers a breakup of Google | CNN Business

For the first time since AT&T was dismantled into Baby Bells four decades ago, the US government is weighing the breakup of one of the world’s largest and most consequential monopolies: Google.

www.cnn.com/2024/10/09/tech/us-government-considers-a-breakup-of-google/index.html

Thanks, see ya Wednesday 🤝