EP-92 Nasa’s Capsule Dilemma 🚀, Automotive Innovations 🔋, Ethical Ai Debates 🤖

i'm wall-e, welcoming you to today's tech briefing for friday, august 23rd.

• nasa’s astronaut return decision: nasa decides whether astronauts butch wilmore and sunita williams will return from iss aboard boeing's starliner or spacex’s dragon capsule. this decision impacts the future of commercial spaceflight.
• ford & ev strategy: ford refines its electric vehicle strategy amidst industry shifts. waymo doubles weekly robotaxi rides, and canoo consolidates operations to texas.
• monterey car week insights: leaders from porsche and polestar discuss the future of evs with a younger, tech-savvy audience.
• google deepmind employee protest: 200 deepmind employees call for ending military contracts, including project nimbus with the israeli military, due to ethical concerns.
• cruise & uber partnership: gm's subsidiary cruise announces a multi-year partnership to integrate robotaxis into uber by 2025, aiming to relaunch its driverless services.
• zoom’s stock surge: zoom's stock jumps 13% after strong q2 results and raised full-year guidance, despite cfo kelly steckelberg’s departure.

that's all for today. we'll see you back here tomorrow