TNB Tech Minute: Self-Driving Car Company Waymo Issues Recall
WSJ Tech News Briefing
The Wall Street Journal
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🗓️ 14 February 2024
⏱️ 2 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | This episode is brought to you by the Kia Power On event, featuring the award winning Kia |
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| 0:27.0 | Here's your T&B Tech Minute for Wednesday, February 14th. I'm Alex Oscela for the Wall Street Journal. |
| 0:37.0 | Self-driving car company Waimo has issued its first ever recall over a software issue. |
| 0:43.0 | Alphabet owned Weimo said it voluntarily recalled software used in its cars |
| 0:47.5 | after two of its vehicles in Phoenix hit a pickup truck being towed backward in December. |
| 0:52.3 | The company said it has since updated the software in its |
| 0:55.0 | fleet which didn't interrupt its ride hailing service. New York City is suing Meta, YouTube |
| 1:00.7 | owner Alphabet, Snap, and Tik-Tock owner Bight Dance, alleging that they are causing |
| 1:05.3 | a youth mental health crisis. |
| 1:07.4 | The city alleges that these companies designed their social media platforms purposefully |
| 1:11.2 | to manipulate children and teens and make them addicted. |
| 1:14.0 | Mayor Eric Adams said the suit was intended to force the companies to change their |
| 1:18.2 | practices and to recover the costs associated with addressing youth mental health |
| 1:22.1 | issues. |
| 1:24.0 | And Cisco Systems plans to cut about 5% of its workforce. |
| 1:28.0 | The company said that the Move is part of a restructuring plan to realign its business and enable further investment in key areas. |
| 1:35.0 | Cisco also reported second-quarter earnings today, showing that revenue slowed down, |
| 1:40.0 | caused in part by flat software revenue. |
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