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Pony.ai teams up with Tencent for robotaxi services on WeChat, other apps newsthirst.

A Pony.ai autonomous car. Pony.ai Chinese start-up Pony.ai said Friday it will develop autonomous driving technology in partnership with Tencent Cloud and offer robotaxi services on tech giant Tencent’s WeChat and other applications. The Nasdaq-listed company which specializes in autonomous vehicle technology, particularly robotaxis and robotrucks, said in a press release that the deal will…

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Valerie the dachshund is found safe and well after 529 days on the run on South Australian island | Valerie the dachshund newsthirst.

After 529 days on the run, Australia’s favourite fugitive has been caught at last. Valerie the miniature dachshund, who went missing on Kangaroo Island way back in 2023, has been rescued by conservationists. Allow Facebook content? This article includes content provided by Facebook. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may…

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Trump signs executive order to fast-track deep-sea mining industry newsthirst.

Critical minerals such as cobalt, nickel, copper and manganese can be found in potato-sized nodules at the bottom of the seafloor. Pallava Bagla | Corbis News | Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump has signed a sweeping executive order to jump-start the controversial practice of deep-sea mining, seeking to offset China’s dominant position in critical…

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Namibian president announces free higher education, saying ‘fees have fallen’ newsthirst.

Namibia’s new president has announced that university fees will be scrapped from 2026. President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, the country’s first female president, made the announcement during her maiden state of the nation address on Thursday evening. Addressing lawmakers, Nandi-Ndaitwah said that students would pay “no registration [or] tuition fees” at all public universities and technical colleges….

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California proposes to allow testing of driverless heavy-duty trucks | California newsthirst.

California regulators have released a new proposal to allow the testing of self-driving heavy-duty trucks on public roads. The state’s department of motor vehicles announced proposed regulations on Friday to allow the testing of driverless trucks over 10,001lbs, opening the door for companies to test self-driving technology on vehicles roughly the size of a Ram…

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