Fri. 06/03 – Time To Get Your Driverless Ride On?

It’s increasingly looking like we might be approaching a tipping point in terms of driverless ride hailing becoming a reality. Twitter will let you set alerts for your name, among other things. Did Elon Musk order everyone back to the office to encourage some people to quit? What to expect from Monday’s WWDC kickoff. And, of course, the weekend longreads suggestions.

Links:

• Cruise can finally charge for driverless robotaxi rides in San Francisco (TechCrunch)
• Twitter is building a tool for keyword alerts, in case you need more Twitter notifications (The Verge)
• Elon Musk asks Tesla execs to ‘pause all hiring,’ cut 10% of staff, amid ‘super bad feeling about economy’ (Electrek)
• Apple Plans to Make the iPad More Like a Laptop and Less Like a Phone (Bloomberg)

Weekend Longreads Suggestions:

• Record Labels Dig Their Own Grave. And the Shovel is Called TikTok. (The Honest Broker)
• Columbus, Ohio is quickly becoming the Midwest’s tech hub (TechCrunch)
• The Internet Encyclopedia of Memes (Every.to)
• Looking Glass might have just invented the GIF’s 3D successor (The Verge)
• Does a Comedian Really Need an Audience? (NYTimes)