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Tesla Wins Approval to Test Autonomous Robotaxis in Arizona

A Tesla robotaxi drives on the street along South Congress Avenue in Austin, Texas, US, June 22, 2025. (Reuters)
A Tesla robotaxi drives on the street along South Congress Avenue in Austin, Texas, US, June 22, 2025. (Reuters)
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Tesla Wins Approval to Test Autonomous Robotaxis in Arizona

A Tesla robotaxi drives on the street along South Congress Avenue in Austin, Texas, US, June 22, 2025. (Reuters)
A Tesla robotaxi drives on the street along South Congress Avenue in Austin, Texas, US, June 22, 2025. (Reuters)

Tesla has been approved to start testing autonomous robotaxi vehicles with a safety monitor in Arizona, the state transportation department said in an email to Reuters on Friday.

Tesla had applied in June for a permit to begin trials for an autonomous vehicle ride-sharing service, and now plans to test robotaxis in the Phoenix Metro area using safety drivers, the Arizona Department of Transportation said in its email.

Tesla did not respond to a Reuters request for comment. It was not immediately clear when the trials would start or how long they would last.

Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk previously stated that Tesla plans to launch an autonomous ride-hailing service to about half of the US population by the end of this year.

Tesla rolled out a small test of its robotaxi service in a limited area of Austin, Texas, in June, with about a dozen vehicles, a select group of passengers and many restrictions, including a safety monitor in the front passenger seat.

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Microsoft Announces 4,800 Job Cuts as it Revamps Xbox

FILED - 30 January 2026, Bavaria, Munich: FILE PHOTO - The Microsoft logo can be seen on the Microsoft Germany headquarters building in Munich. Photo: Sven Hoppe/dpa
FILED - 30 January 2026, Bavaria, Munich: FILE PHOTO - The Microsoft logo can be seen on the Microsoft Germany headquarters building in Munich. Photo: Sven Hoppe/dpa
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Microsoft Announces 4,800 Job Cuts as it Revamps Xbox

FILED - 30 January 2026, Bavaria, Munich: FILE PHOTO - The Microsoft logo can be seen on the Microsoft Germany headquarters building in Munich. Photo: Sven Hoppe/dpa
FILED - 30 January 2026, Bavaria, Munich: FILE PHOTO - The Microsoft logo can be seen on the Microsoft Germany headquarters building in Munich. Photo: Sven Hoppe/dpa

Microsoft said Monday it was eliminating about 4,800 jobs -- roughly two percent of its global workforce -- in a sweeping restructuring concentrated in its Xbox gaming divisions, AFP reported.

The cuts include the deepest overhaul in Xbox's history, with approximately 3,200 gaming jobs to be shed over the coming fiscal year, four game studios being spun off or sold, and a fifth entering a review process that could lead to closure, the company said.

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UN Chief Warns AI is Developing Faster than Rules Can Keep Up

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres delivers a statement during a media conference at the EU summit in Brussels, March 19, 2026. (AP)
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres delivers a statement during a media conference at the EU summit in Brussels, March 19, 2026. (AP)
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UN Chief Warns AI is Developing Faster than Rules Can Keep Up

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres delivers a statement during a media conference at the EU summit in Brussels, March 19, 2026. (AP)
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres delivers a statement during a media conference at the EU summit in Brussels, March 19, 2026. (AP)

The United Nations secretary general on Monday warned that AI is developing faster than anyone can keep up, ‌urging the ‌need for ‌globally ⁠harmonized rules to reduce ⁠potential risks - especially to children, Reuters said.

"A technology that can reshape ⁠economies, transform the world ‌of ‌work, sway ‌elections and tilt ‌the balance of security is being deployed faster than ‌anyone – including the people building it – ⁠can ⁠keep up," Antonio Guterres told delegates at the first-ever government-level global dialogue on AI in Geneva.

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Samsung Appliance Workers to Stage Rally Protesting Chip Workers' Wage Deal

FILED - 10 September 2025, Bavaria, Munich: FILE PHOTO - The Samsung logo can be seen at the Samsung stand during the International Motor Show (IAA Mobility). Photo: Sven Hoppe/dpa
FILED - 10 September 2025, Bavaria, Munich: FILE PHOTO - The Samsung logo can be seen at the Samsung stand during the International Motor Show (IAA Mobility). Photo: Sven Hoppe/dpa
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Samsung Appliance Workers to Stage Rally Protesting Chip Workers' Wage Deal

FILED - 10 September 2025, Bavaria, Munich: FILE PHOTO - The Samsung logo can be seen at the Samsung stand during the International Motor Show (IAA Mobility). Photo: Sven Hoppe/dpa
FILED - 10 September 2025, Bavaria, Munich: FILE PHOTO - The Samsung logo can be seen at the Samsung stand during the International Motor Show (IAA Mobility). Photo: Sven Hoppe/dpa

Workers in Samsung Electronics' smartphone, television and home appliance division will stage a rally on July 16, their union said, to protest the big bonuses the company's chip workers have negotiated.

Workers in the company's booming semiconductor division recently won a wage deal led by ⁠another union.

The ⁠non-chip division's workers are expected to receive a bonus of 6 million won ($3,900) in treasury shares for 2026, compared to up to 600 ⁠million won for those at the semiconductor division, Reuters quoted Yonhap News Agency as saying.

Roughly 2,000 or 3,000 workers are expected to participate in the rally near Samsung's headquarters in Suwon, Yonhap reported, citing the largest union for workers in the company's mobiles and ⁠consumer ⁠electronics division said.

The union has about 28,000 members.

Samsung is expected to flag its operating profit surged about 18-fold from a year earlier in the second quarter, when it releases its earnings estimate for the April-June quarter on Tuesday.