Two people were arrested in San Fransico while riding around in a Waymo robotaxi after the cab pulled over and called the cops on them. The riders were juveniles in possession of a loaded AR-style ghost gun and were taken to a juvenile hall. While the police report did not specify who was operating the […]

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    3 days ago

    Why does this sound made up, and what is it trying to sway our options about? What’s my rage supposed to be for this bait?

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      ?? It’s about the extension of the surveillance state to a new level? Though it’s news, and the article is reporting on the incident that has created this news. Were you expecting something?

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        Were there actually two juveniles? Did they really have ghost guns? Did this even happen?

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          Verge has some reputation, so I guess it did. Are we going to descend into what’s real? Because that’s a different board.

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            Yeah, The Verge is not on my naughty list. Just become jaded about the news though. Wondering if maybe Waymo needs a scapegoat for ending its business, or it’s trying to get a better reputation because it helped put away bad guys.