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The autonomous vehicle hype cycle is spinning up again, and this time it's pointed at freight. Humble Robotics is leading the charge, with veterans of the first wave — including Travis Kalanick — back at the table. The argument from the company's CEO is straightforward: the technology has finally caught up to the ambition that outran it the first time around. Whether that's confidence or déjà vu is still an open question.
Shifting to crypto, Bitcoin climbed back to sixty thousand dollars after touching a twenty-one-month low. The catalyst was softer-than-expected jobs and factory data out of the United States, which revived hopes that the Federal Reserve may be easing its hawkish stance. Markets read that as breathing room, and Bitcoin responded accordingly — though how durable this recovery proves depends heavily on what the Fed actually does next.
And in a story that touches on access and fairness, Meta has moved its Ray-Ban smart glasses conversation feature behind a paywall. Users now get just three hours a month for free, with fifteen hours available under a paid plan. The catch is that the feature runs on-device, which makes the monetization rationale genuinely hard to follow — and for users who rely on it for accessibility, the decision lands harder than a simple pricing update.
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