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Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, how AI is playing a part. To get this in your inbox, sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! I am back from vacation. What did I miss? Turns out, quite a lot — including the end of the Uber-Waymo partnership in Phoenix. Uber and Waymo still have robotaxi service partnerships in Atlanta and Austin. The question is not if, but when will these agreements end? But that isn’t the most intriguing question, in my opinion. I am far more…

The Green MP Hannah Spencer is to introduce a bill in parliament that would pave the way for a maximum workplace temperature in the UK, as the country grapples with increasingly frequent heatwaves.If passed, the legislation will create an independent body to recommend maximum safe workplace temperatures and set out how those recommendations should be implemented.Campaigners and unions have criticised the fact the UK has health and safety guidance on minimum workplace temperatures but nothing for maximums, despite rising summer heat caused by the climate crisis.Unison and the Trade Union Congress have called for a maximum indoor work temperature of…

The daily news and notes around the WNBA have actionable value when applied to fantasy women’s basketball. From lineup changes to hot streaks to injury news, check this page regularly for updates from ESPN’s fantasy analysts Eric Moody and André Snellings. It’s never too late to sign up for your own ESPN league. Create or join a league, and play for free today!Resources: Rankings | Scoring leaders | Added/dropped | ESPN Fantasy appJuly 10: Weekend preview and streaming picksEric Moody: Saturday’s matchup between the New York Liberty and Minnesota Lynx brings together two contenders who have taken very different paths…

Baby Rose is currently playing arenas as an opening act for British pop phenomenon Olivia Dean, but a few days before starting that run, she still had one last thing to take care of. “I’m popping out for BadBadNotGood — they’re having a show on a boat,” she says when she logs onto Zoom from her L.A. home. The Toronto jazz band backed her on 2024’s sleepy yet soulfully crushing “One Last Dance,” and she was returning the favor. “The first day we met, I’m like, ‘Let me just throw them for a loop, let’s do a country song.’ I…

African Democratic Congress, ADC, in Ekiti State, has said it will not challenge the outcome of the 20 June governorship election at the Election Petition Tribunal. The party instead opted for ”constructive engagement” and grassroots repositioning ahead of the 2027 general elections. The decision was contained in a communiqué issued at the end of the expanded State Executive Council (SEC), held in Ado Ekiti on Saturday, and presided over by the party’s state chairman, Bamidele Ekunola. According to the communiqué signed by the State Publicity Secretary, Olugboyega Aribisogan, ADC said that litigation would not serve the greater interests of its…

Several people have been killed in fresh attacks by suspected armed herdsmen on communities in Otukpo Local Government Area of Benue State, weeks after the killing of the state chairman of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), Ardo Risku. Local media organisations, including Idoma Television, reported that the attacks began on Saturday when suspected herders invaded Akpachi village in Ugboju community, killing two residents and injuring several others. The attackers reportedly struck again in the early hours of Sunday, invading Otukpo-Nobi, where at least eight more people were killed, according to the local media outlet. The casualty…

Linus Aleke in Abuja The Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA), the Defence Headquarters (DHQ) and the Defence Correspondents Association of Nigeria (DECAN) have reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening collaboration to promote accurate defence reporting, combat fake news, misinformation and disinformation, and enhance public confidence in Nigeria’s security institutions. The renewed partnership was sealed during separate courtesy visits by the DECAN leadership, led by its President, Chief Odita Sunday, to the Special Adviser on Strategic Communication and Civil Society Liaison to the National Security Adviser, Dr. Chido Onumah, and the Director of Defence Information, Major General Samaila Uba, in…

By Gabriel Ewepu Nigeria’s solid minerals exports have sustained uptrend rising to N354 billion in 2025, up by 2018 percent from N117.29 billion recorded in 2023. The figure for nine months 2024 was N199.6 billion with full year estimated to be over N266 billion. Similarly, revenue generated for the Federation Account climbed to over N70 billion, representing a 337.5 per cent increase from N16 billion recorded in 2023 Disclosing the performance at the maiden Annual Lecture of the Faculty of Physical and Earth Sciences, University of Lagos, the Executive Secretary and Chief Executive Officer of the Solid Minerals Development Fund (SMDF),…

Journalists often use the term “shoe-leather reporting” to refer to the on-the-ground legwork that goes into covering certain stories. As the tech industry’s focus has shifted from screen-based realities to the physical world of colossal AI datacentres and social media harms, comfortable footwear has become more essential to a tech reporter’s job.Earlier this week, we published the Guardian’s latest investigation into the datacentres and energy infrastructures that underpin AI – revealing that an £8.2bn AI complex in rural Scotland has misrepresented its plans to be powered entirely by on-site renewables. “Our reporting is showing that you can’t simply wave a…

Hillsborough survivor Ian Byrne MP, who has led the parliamentary campaign for the law, told the BBC: “I’m absolutely delighted, and above all relieved, that we have finally secured the Hillsborough Law.”This is a lasting legacy for the 97, for the survivors, the bereaved families, and for every person who has suffered at the hands of the state and been denied truth and justice.”Sources close to the discussions said Andy Burnham, the likely next prime minister and a long-standing supporter of the Hillsborough families and survivors, helped persuade ministers to allow the bill to proceed without the changes campaigners had…