Welcome to the TechBrew Ride Home for Monday, December 22nd, 2025. I'm Brian McCullough today.

Turns out when the lights go out, Waymo's don't handle that well.

Larry Ellison actually puts his money on the line. Somebody is pirating music like it's 1999,

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slash ride home. Waymo has resumed its Robotaxi service in San Francisco after A.S. Right Home.

Waymo has resumed its Robotaxi service in San Francisco after suspending it during a recent power blackout. But they say most trips did finish before vehicles returned to depots or pulled over,

quoting CNBC. Yesterday's power outage was a widespread event that caused gridlock across San Francisco with

non-functioning traffic signals and transit disruptions, a Waymo spokesperson Suzanne Phileon

told CNBC in an emailed statement Sunday afternoon.

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