Uber taps Hertz to clean, charge, and fix its Lucid Motors robotaxis

Uber’s forthcoming luxury robotaxi service with Lucid Motors and Nuro is getting a fourth partner: Hertz. The companies announced Thursday that Hertz will provide “day-to-day vehicle asset management, including charging, maintenance, repairs, cleaning, and depot staffing.” The service, announced last year, is supposed to launch by the end of 2026 in the San Francisco Bay…

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The best new science fiction books of May 2026 include a new Murderbot and books from Alan Moore and Ann Leckie

Alexander Skarsgård in Murderbot, adapted from Martha Wells’s novels Steve Wilkie / Apple TV+ Some months, I end up scraping the bottom of the barrel to find enough interesting science fiction to tell you about. This May that wasn’t a problem – there’s tons to look forward to, whether you’re after time-travelling romance from Matt…

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Which men’s and women’s basketball teams would NCAA tournament expansion benefit?

Charlie Creme Close Charlie Creme ESPN.com Charlie Creme projects the women’s NCAA tournament bracket for ESPN.com.  and  Joe Lunardi Close Joe Lunardi Senior Writer, ESPN.com Resident college basketball bracketologist for ESPN Contributor to SportsCenter, ESPN Insider Published first public bracket in 1995 Multiple Authors Apr 29, 2026, 08:15 AM ET After years of anticipation and…

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Claude Code, Copilot and Codex all got hacked. Every attacker went for the credential, not the model.

On March 30, BeyondTrust proved that a crafted GitHub branch name could steal Codex’s OAuth token in cleartext. OpenAI classified it Critical P1. Two days later, Anthropic’s Claude Code source code spilled onto the public npm registry, and within hours, Adversa found Claude Code silently ignored its own deny rules once a command exceeded 50…

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World’s top media outlets urge Israel to allow independent access to Gaza | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Israel continues to deny foreign reporters access to the Gaza Strip despite a ‘ceasefire’ being in place. Published On 30 Apr 202630 Apr 2026 A joint letter by the executives of the world’s top media organisations has called on Israel to allow foreign journalists to enter and report from Gaza independently. “Being on the ground…

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Apple (AAPL) Q2 2026 earnings report

Apple CEO Tim Cook holds up a new iPhone 17 Pro during an Apple special event at Apple headquarters in Cupertino, California, Sept. 9, 2025. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Apple reports fiscal second-quarter earnings on Thursday, its first time facing Wall Street since the announcement last week that Tim Cook will be stepping down…

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