Uber to Austin: get ready for Waymo

Uber to Austin: get ready for Waymo

Source: The Verge Currently, Waymo isn’t open to the public in Austin. The company’s driverless vehicles are only available to a small group of people who joined Waymo’s waitlist to become early testers of the service. Waymo has not said when the service will open up to the broader public, but reading between the lines…

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Waymo is letting you tip — but there’s a catch

Waymo is letting you tip — but there’s a catch

Source: The Verge A security researcher who lives in San Francisco discovered an unreleased feature in Waymo’s app that allows customers to tip for their robotaxi rides. But before you get indignant about greedy tech companies suckering customers into blithely handing their hard-earned cash over to robots, it appears that the new function is just…

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