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Robotaxis für Europa: Bolt kooperiert mit Pony.ai für Level-4-Technologie
Der estnische Mobilitätsanbieter Bolt hat eine Partnerschaft mit Pony.ai bekannt gegeben, um autonomes Fahren nach Level 4 nach Europa zu bringen.

A study finds that foreign direct investment accounts for 98% of Vietnam's electronics exports, "signaling limited technology spillovers" to the local economy (Lien Hoang/Nikkei Asia)
https://asia.nikkei.com/business/techn

Vietnam's tech transfers haven't risen despite export surge: report
Electronics FDI might trap local firms at the assembly level if nothing changes

Grokipedia, a Grok-powered online encyclopedia, launches with over 885K articles; Elon Musk has touted it as a less biased alternative to Wikipedia (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/10/27/grokipedia-wikipedia-musk-/

Elon Musk briefly launches a Wikipedia rival that extols his own ‘vision’
The right-leaning tech magnate is touting his own online encyclopedia as an unbiased alternative to the world’s most widely cited online source.

TFW you combine two cults together in some sort of mega-cult
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/oct/28/patrick-gelsinger-christian-ai-gloo-silicon-valley

At a cyber con two weeks ago, someone told me with a straight face that Elon and his Silicon Valley buddies want our cyber defenses to be weak for access to all the government data for their LLMs.
The U.S. has been cutting cyber defenses as AI boosts attacks
https://www.washingtonpost.com…

The U.S. has been cutting cyber defenses as AI boosts attacks
While artificial intelligence powers the offense, defense guidance is spotty and fewer officials are in a position to help fend off hackers and spies.

How Saudi Arabia is pouring money into data centers and working with US and Chinese tech giants, landing its AI ambitions in the middle of a geopolitical tussle (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/technology/saudi-arabia-ai-exporter.html…

Saudi Arabia, Rich With Oil, Wants to Be Known as the A.I. Exporter
The kingdom is pouring money into data centers and working with U.S. and Chinese tech giants, landing its A.I. ambitions in the middle of a geopolitical tussle for tech power.

Grokipedia, a Grok-powered online encyclopedia, launches with over 885K articles; Elon Musk has touted it as a less biased alternative to Wikipedia (Washington Post)

Elon Musk launches a Wikipedia rival that extols his own ‘vision’
The right-leaning tech magnate is touting his own online encyclopedia as an unbiased alternative to the world’s most widely cited online source.

Skyworks buys rival Qorvo for ~$9.76B in a cash-and-stock deal, forming a $22B combined company that supplies radio-frequency chips to Apple and others (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/technology/apple-supplier-…

A look at Cal State's plans to become an "AI-empowered" university via partnerships with Amazon and a $16.9M deal to provide ChatGPT Edu to students and staff (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/tec…

Cal State Invited Tech Companies to Remake Learning With A.I.
Spurred by titans like Amazon and OpenAI, California State wants to become the nation’s “largest A.I.-empowered” university.

Sources: Peter Thiel and Larry Page may leave CA over a proposed ballot measure, opposed by Newsom, that levies a one-time 5% tax on those with $1B in assets (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/tec…

A Wealth Tax Floated in California Has Billionaires Thinking of Leaving
It’s uncertain whether the proposal will reach the statewide ballot in November, but some billionaires like Peter Thiel and Larry Page may be unwilling to take the risk.