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Waymo Via, the Alphabet Self-driving Unit's Freight Division, is teaming up with

C.H. Robinson for a pilot that'll bring nine figures worth of shippers into its orbit.

Neither Waimo nor C.H. Robinson would share specifics about the initial pilot, such as

how many vehicles would be involved, when the pilot would start the Dallas

to Houston Transportation Lane.

In other news, Spotify announced two more acquisitions in the podcast's market, this time

on both the measurement and analytic side of the business. in the

Podcasts' market, this time on both the measurement and analytics side of the business. The company is acquiring the podcast measurement service pod sites

and the analytics platform chartable for undisclosed sums.

And a Mexican businessman admitted in... chartable for undisclosed sums.

And a Mexican businessman admitted in federal court this week to selling spyware and hacking tools from Italy and Israel to customers in the United States and Mexico.

The Justice Department said Carlos Guerraro,

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