🗞️Driverless taxis coming to Washington

...plus Trump administration sued and Greek Independence Day

March 25, 2025

March 25th, 2025

What happened today 🇺🇸,

Waymo to launch robotaxi service in Washington, D.C., in 2026 | TechCrunch

Waymo said Tuesday it will begin offering robotaxi rides via the Waymo One app in Washington, D.C., in 2026. Before it can launch commercially, the

techcrunch.com/2025/03/25/waymo-to-launch-robotaxi-service-in-washington-d-c-in-2026

  • Google’s self-driving car unit, Waymo, plans to have its driverless taxis in Washington, D.C. by 2026

  • President Trump defended national security adviser, Mike Waltz, despite him being the person who added the journalist to a top-secret group chat in which military plans were being discussed…Trump was quoted saying “Waltz has learned a lesson, and he’s a good man”

  • Minority Leader of the House of Representatives Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) wrote President Trump a letter today calling for the firing of Defense Secretary Hegseth following the group chat debacle

  • Labor unions representing professors and other faculty at Columbia University have sued the Trump administration over its canceling of $400 million in federal funding and its demands made for tightening rules about campus protests at Columbia following campus protests over the Israel-Hamas war

  • OpenAI has updated ChatGPT’s Advanced Voice Mode to enhance the user experience by reducing interruptions and making the conversation more personable

  • Due to the news of 23andMe’s bankruptcy millions of 23andMe users now face seeing their genetic information sold to the highest bidder as part of the company’s bankruptcy and sale

  • The number of multimillionaires worldwide increased 4.4% in 2024, per CNBC

  • China has released five employees of the U.S.-based consulting firm Mintz Group after being detained in China for the last two years

  • DOW up .01% / S&P up .16%

  • The White House has announced that Russia and Ukraine have agreed to a tentative ceasefire in the Black Sea to ensure safe travels through the waterway following the talks that took place in Saudi Arabia

  • Today was Greece’s Independence Day…it marks the 204th anniversary of Greek independence from the Ottoman Empire

  • Pope Francis was released from the hospital on Sunday, however today reports stated that Pope Francis’s condition was so bad that at one point his doctors considered stopping his treatment so he could pass on

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