TNB Tech Minute: Waymo Rides Coming to Uber in Austin and Atlanta

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🗓️ 13 September 2024

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Plus, United Airlines says it's turning to Elon Musk’s Starlink for in-flight internet. And U.K. antitrust regulators raise concerns about Vodafone’s U.K. merger with Three. Zoe Thomas hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.1	Here's your TMB Tech Minute for Friday, September 13th. I'm Zoe Thomas for the Wall Street Journal.
0:38.0	Self-driving car company, Waimo, plans to offer paid rides on the Uber app in Atlanta and Austin next year.
0:46.5	The companies say Uber riders in those cities could be matched to a driverless taxi,
0:51.6	even if they don't specifically request one.
0:54.0	As part of the deal Uber will provide vehicle cleaning repair and general storage facilities.
0:59.0	Weymo, which is owned by Google's parent alphabet, won't operate its own app in these two cities.
1:05.3	Weimo cars are available to Uber riders
1:07.4	in the Phoenix metro area,
1:08.9	but Weimo also operates its own app there. United Airlines says it's turning to Elon Musk's Starling to outfit its entire fleet with internet
1:18.6	service.
1:19.6	United is betting that Starling's technology will propel it above rivals in offering fast free
1:24.7	Wi-Fi.
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