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Waymo suspended its robotaxi service in San Francisco on Saturday evening after a massive blackout appeared to leave many of its vehicles stalled on city streets. Numerous photos and videos posted to social media captured Waymo robotaxis stalled at roads and intersections as human drivers were either stuck behind them or weaved around them. Waymo said on Saturday that it had temporarily suspended service in the city due to the blackout. Spokesperson Suzanne Philion provided a similar statement to TechCrunch on Sunday morning. “We have temporarily suspended our ride-hailing services in the San Francisco Bay Area due to the widespread…

The Witch class in Path of Exile 2 offers players the perfect start for minion-based builds. Necromancy is but one of this class’ specialities, and if raising an army of ghosts and skeletons sounds appealing to you, then you might want to check this build out. The following is a Minion Witch leveling build for PoE 2 that relies almost entirely on using an undead army for DPS and survivability. It’s one of the least-stressful ways to play the game, and even so, it actually clears the campaign decently quickly and without much trouble. Related Path of Exile 2: Hardest…

An NYPD cop shot a man to death who, during a fight with his father, charged at police with a boxcutter in Queens early Sunday, NYPD officials said. Police responding to a 911 call about a father-son dispute showed up at an apartment building at Nameoke St. near Central Ave. in Far Rockaway about 12:25 a.m., NYPD Chief of Patrol Philip Rivera told reporters Sunday morning. Two uniformed cops from the 101st Precinct showed up to find the 29-year-old son’s parents outside, Rivera sad. The officers went into the apartment with the parents to find their son but he wasn’t…

Klarna, a Swedish fintech company known for its “Buy Now, Pay Later” (BNPL) service, has partnered with crypto exchange Coinbase to add stablecoins to its institutional funding toolkit.Under the arrangement, the global payments and digital banking firm plans to raise short-term funding from institutional investors denominated in USDC (USDC), using Coinbase’s crypto-native infrastructure, according to a Friday announcement.“This is an exciting first step into a new way to raise funding,” Klarna chief financial officer Niclas Neglén said. “Stablecoin connects us to an entirely new class of institutional investors, and gives us the potential to diversify our funding sources in ways…

The video games that are the most memorable tend to be either super, super good, equally terrible, or just as unique. Gamers often complain that the industry is losing creativity, seemingly letting it fall by the wayside in favor of pumping out profitable, “safe” sequels. Unique ideas, then, are almost always welcomed, even if they sound just a little silly. Related 6 Best Video Game Genres AAA Studios Don’t Make Like They Used To From Guitar Hero’s plastic instruments to Metal Slug’s run-and-gun chaos, these mostly-abandoned video game genres once ruled arcades and consoles. It’s easy to dismiss a title…

Crypto activity in Brazil expanded sharply in 2025, with total transaction volume climbing 43% year over year as average investment per user crossed the $1,000 mark, according to a new report from crypto platform Mercado Bitcoin.The report, titled “Raio-X do Investidor em Ativos Digitais 2025,” claimed that the Brazilian crypto market is no longer driven purely by speculation but increasingly shaped by structured investing and portfolio planning. The data was based on activity across Mercado Bitcoin’s platform, the largest digital asset exchange in Latin America.Per the report, the average amount invested per person reached roughly 5,700 Brazilian reais, equivalent to…

US lawmakers have introduced a discussion draft that would ease the tax burden on everyday crypto users by exempting small stablecoin transactions from capital gains taxes and offering a new deferral option for staking and mining rewards.The proposal, introduced by Representatives Max Miller of Ohio and Steven Horsford of Nevada, seeks to amend the Internal Revenue Code to reflect the growing use of digital assets in payments. The draft is set “to eliminate low-value gain recognition arising from routine consumer payment use of regulated payment stablecoins,” per the draft. Under the draft, users would not be required to recognize gains…

ARC Raiders players believe a Battlefield 6-style drag or carry feature for downed players could improve the game’s PvP in several ways, even leading to more interesting interactions. ARC Raiders’ PvP is already a perfect setting for funny, dramatic, and sometimes even tragic moments, thanks to features like proximity chat and the Defibrillator. However, many players are convinced that a carry feature could add even more drama to the experience. Since the game’s launch, its community has been actively coming up with features, mechanics, and items they believe would improve the gameplay. For example, a recent ARC Raiders petition on…

Two straphangers were slashed in the subway system in Midtown Manhattan in separate attacks less than an hour apart, police said Sunday. A 15-year-old boy was slashed in the right arm by a teenager about 6:10 p.m. on Saturday in the 42nd St.-Port Authority station a block away from Times Square, cops said. Medics took the boy to Bellevue Hospital in stable condition. Cops say the teen suspect wore a brown jacket. Less than a mile away, a 38-year-old man was slashed with an unknown sharp object after arguing with his attacker aboard a downtown No. 6 train heading into…

Crypto traders have not yet shown enough fear on social media to confirm a market bottom, according to a crypto analyst who suggested Bitcoin could still slide to around $75,000.“It looks very tempting to come even closer to it,” crypto market sentiment platform Santiment founder, Maksim Balashevich, said on a video published to YouTube on Friday.A move to that level would represent an approximate 14.77% drop from Bitcoin’s (BTC) current price of $88,350, according to CoinMarketCap. Bitcoin is up 1.81% over the past 30 days. Source: CoinMarketCapBalashevich explained that his hesitation comes from observing significant optimism online that the downtrend…