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A former Tesla manager is suing the company, claiming its Full Self-Driving vehicles were, in his words, rolling hazards. The lawsuit alleges safety operators overseeing the robotaxi program were stretched dangerously thin — a serious accusation at a moment when Tesla is pushing hard to expand autonomous services on public roads.
Shifting to a settlement years in the making, eBay and several of its former executives have agreed to compensate journalists Ina and David Steiner following a deeply disturbing nineteen campaign to silence their coverage of the company. The case involved harassment, surveillance, and intimidation — a reminder that corporate power and press freedom remain in real tension.
And on the market cap front, Apple has quietly overtaken Nvidia in valuation, a reversal that would have seemed unlikely just months ago. Apple's relatively restrained spending on AI infrastructure, once read as falling behind, now looks more like discipline. Whether that lead holds through July is the question traders and analysts are watching closely.
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