Subj : Personal Waymos ¨, world's largest city ¨, tech worker malaise ¨ To : All From : TLDR Date : Mon Apr 28 2025 10:42:30 --1Qe1NlRe Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Waymo's long-term business plans include the possibility of personal owne= rship. 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Tesla also aims to release = a personal self-driving car - it announced at an event last year that the= Cybercab will be available by 2026 for $30,000.=20 AS COMPANIES BEGIN = CIRCLING CHROME, GOOGLE CLAIMS NONE OF THEM CAN HANDLE ITS BROWSER LIKE I= T DOES (1 MINUTE READ) [9]=20 Google claims that it is the only company= capable of running Chrome effectively due to complex service integration= s. Separating the browser from the company's servers could make some feat= ures unusable. Despite Google's claims, experts believe that a Chrome div= estiture is technically feasible. There are many parties interested in bu= ying Chrome, including OpenAI and Yahoo.=20 =F0=9F=9A=80=20 SCIENCE= & FUTURISTIC TECHNOLOGY ROBOT DEXTERITY STILL SEEMS HARD (20 MINUTE = READ) [10]=20 Humanoid robots are becoming increasingly capable as more= and more companies invest hundreds of millions of dollars into the techn= ology. Some are now being tested in the field to see if they can do usefu= l work. Humanoid robots can now dance, run, and do flips, but while man= ipulation capabilities are improving, they still have a long way to go. W= hile it's possible to automate any specific task, building a robot that c= an flexibly perform a variety of actions in a novel or highly variable en= vironment is much harder.=20 CHONGQING, THE WORLD'S LARGEST CITY = =E2=80=93 IN PICTURES (4 MINUTE READ) [11]=20 Chongqing, China, is as= big as Austria. With 34 million inhabitants, the city is the emblem of t= he fastest urban revolution on the planet. It has become a symbol of the = Chinese ability to reshape the world. This article contains a gallery of = images from all over the city showing sights like the Yangtze River, stre= et food stalls, various shopping centers, and more.=20 =F0=9F=92=BB = PROGRAMMING, DESIGN & DATA SCIENCE DASH: DATADOG'S OBSERVABILIT= Y CONFERENCE RETURNS TO NYC - REGISTER TODAY TO SAVE $400 ON TICKETS (SPO= NSOR) [12]=20 Level up your monitoring and observability skills at DASH= (June 10-11, NYC) [12]. Get hands-on training with Datadog experts, hear= about the latest product releases, and connect with peers solving simi= lar challenges. Featuring speakers from Volkswagen Group, Redfin, and Dat= adog's leadership team. Register by this Wednesday 4/30 to save $400 on y= our ticket! [12]=20 TMUXAI (WEBSITE) [13]=20 TmuxAI is an AI-powere= d assistant for the terminal that works alongside users in a tmux window.= It observes and understands the content of tmux panes to provide assista= nce without users changing their workflow or interrupting terminal sessio= ns. 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Big Tech & Startups

Waymo might be willing to s= ell you a self-driving car, says Sundar Pichai (2 minute read)

Waymo's long-term business plans includ= e the possibility of personal ownership. The company recently expanded test= ing to Japan and plans to introduce robotaxis in Austin this summer. Waymo = previously floated the idea of selling self-driving cars when it made a dea= l with Chrysler in 2018 to build self-driving Pacifica minivans. Tesla also= aims to release a personal self-driving car - it announced at an event las= t year that the Cybercab will be available by 2026 for $30,000.
As companies begin circling= Chrome, Google claims none of them can handle its browser like it does (1 = minute read)

Google claims that it is the only compa= ny capable of running Chrome effectively due to complex service integration= s. Separating the browser from the company's servers could make some featur= es unusable. Despite Google's claims, experts believe that a Chrome divesti= ture is technically feasible. There are many parties interested in buying C= hrome, including OpenAI and Yahoo.
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Science & Futuristic Technology

Robot Dexterity Still Seems= Hard (20 minute read)

Humanoid robots are becoming increasing= ly capable as more and more companies invest hundreds of millions of dollar= s into the technology. Some are now being tested in the field to see if the= y can do useful work. Humanoid robots can now dance, run, and do flips, but= while manipulation capabilities are improving, they still have a long way = to go. While it's possible to automate any specific task, building a robot = that can flexibly perform a variety of actions in a novel or highly variabl= e environment is much harder.
Chongqing, the world's larg= est city =E2=80=93 in pictures (4 minute read)

Chongqing, China, is as big as Austria.= With 34 million inhabitants, the city is the emblem of the fastest urban r= evolution on the planet. It has become a symbol of the Chinese ability to r= eshape the world. This article contains a gallery of images from all over t= he city showing sights like the Yangtze River, street food stalls, various = shopping centers, and more.
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DASH: Datadog's observabili= ty conference returns to NYC - register today to save $400 on tickets (Spon= sor)

Level up your monitoring and observabil= ity skills at DAS= H (June 10-11, NYC). Get hands-on training with Datadog experts,= hear about the latest product releases, and connect with peers solving sim= ilar challenges. Featuring speakers from Volkswagen Group, Redfin, and Data= dog's leadership team. = Register by this Wednesday 4/30 to save $400 on your ticket!
TmuxAI (Website)

TmuxAI is an AI-powered assistant for t= he terminal that works alongside users in a tmux window. It observes and un= derstands the content of tmux panes to provide assistance without users cha= nging their workflow or interrupting terminal sessions. TmuxAI features con= text-aware terminal assistance, universal terminal compatibility, prepare a= nd watch modes, and zero-configuration setup. It can understand context acr= oss multiple panes.
Magnitude (GitHub Repo)

Magnitude is an AI-native testing frame= work for web apps. It uses visual AI agents to provide end-to-end testing, = allowing it to adapt to any changes. Magnitude can be used to build test ca= ses easily with natural language. It can run tests locally or in CI/CD pipe= lines.
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China's Huawei Develops New= AI Chip, Seeking to Match Nvidia (4 minute read)

Huawei's new Ascend 910D AI chip could = be more powerful than Nvidia's H100, a popular chip used for AI training. I= t is still in early development and still needs to be tested to assess perf= ormance. The company will receive its first batch of samples of the process= or as soon as late May. Huawei faces challenges in producing its chips - it= has been cut off from TSMC and China's closest alternative is blocked from= purchasing the most advanced chip-making equipment.
Tech Workers Are Just Like = the Rest of Us: Miserable at Work (12 minute read)

Tech positions nowadays are starting to= look like regular jobs. Workers are contending with the constant fear of l= ayoffs, longer hours, and increasing responsibilities for the same pay. A f= ew years ago, tech talent was so in demand that some people were being hire= d to do virtually nothing. Employees are now doing the work of multiple lai= d-off colleagues. Changing jobs used to be a surefire way to secure a raise= , but now, asking for more money can lead to a job offer being withdrawn.
TLDR is hiring a = curator to join the TLDR AI team (Fully Remote)

TLDR is hiring an AI curator to help wr= ite our daily newsletter, read by over 700,000 subscribers.

We're = looking for someone who works full time in AI (at a frontier lab, AI startu= p, or major tech company) and regularly keeps up with the latest AI news an= d research.

Time commitment is ~5-10 hours/week.

To apply please send your LinkedIn or resume to jobs@tldr.tech along with a few sentences on h= ow you currently keep up with AI news!

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Elon Musk's xAI Holdings in= talks to raise $20 billion (2 minute read)

The funding would value the company at = over $120 billion.
Bezos-backed Slate Auto deb= uts analog EV pickup truck that is decidedly anti-Tesla (7 minute read)

Slate Auto's first trucks will be avail= able to customers for under $20,000 with the federal EV tax credit by the e= nd of 2026.
Deel files countersuit agai= nst Rippling as rivalry escalates (3 minute read)

Deel has filed a civil suit against Rip= pling alleging that Rippling was not remitting its customers' payroll tax a= nd social benefits dollars to local taxation authorities but rather categor= izing and reporting the funds as its own earnings.
What If We Could Rebuild Ka= fka From Scratch? (4 minute read)

A look at what traits and characteristi= cs could be desirable to have for a Kafka rebuild that looks beyond separat= ing storage and compute and object store support.
Why are big tech companies = so slow? (6 minute read)

Big tech companies have packed in as ma= ny features as possible to make money - the interaction of these features a= dds an unimaginable amount of cognitive load.
Apple wants nearly every iP= hone 18 sold in the US to come from India (3 minute read)

India currently produces about 40 milli= on iPhones per year, a bit less than a fifth of Apple's global iPhone produ= ction.
The Seven-Year Rule (2 minu= te read)

You are a completely different person t= oday than who you were seven years ago - there's no need to dwell on things= for a version of you that doesn't exist, and there's no reason to plan for= a future version either: focus your energy and attention on the present mo= ment.

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