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Uber has begun operating the UK's first robotaxi service in London, using 15 Ford Mustang electric vehicles fitted with Wayve's autonomous driving technology. Each car currently requires a human safety driver ready to intervene, and rides cost the same as a standard UberX, Electric or Comfort trip. The self-driving option only appears in the app after booking, if a suitable vehicle is nearby.
Uber has launched autonomous ride-hailing in London through a partnership with British self-driving company Wayve, using Ford Mustang Mach-E vehicles equipped with Wayve's technology. Riders booking UberX, Comfort, or Electric may be matched with these vehicles, which still require a human safety supervisor behind the wheel under Uber's newly granted London operating license. Pricing matches standard Uber rates, and tipping prompts are disabled by default despite the human presence.
A developer launched a Show HN project that accepts a startup link plus an optional target, such as a pricing page, and generates a blunt critique framed as an obituary rather than encouragement. The tool strips personal data like addresses, emails and phone numbers before processing, and outright refuses inputs containing sensitive identifiers such as SSNs or passport numbers.
Uber has ceased operations in both Nigeria and Uganda with immediate effect, ending its ride-hailing services in the two African markets. In Uganda, the shutdown removes a widely used transport option for commuters in Kampala.
Meta Superintelligence Labs has released Muse Voice Transcribe, a real-time speech-to-text model that streams transcription, detects sentence endpoints, and identifies more than 20 distinct speakers without a separate processing step. Trained on over 70 languages (25 thoroughly validated), the model handles long recordings beyond an hour and supports code-switching between languages, all offered via API at $0.18 per hour of audio.
Anthropic has released a web page at claude.com/check-content that lets users upload files to see if Claude was involved in creating them, using embedded content credentials under the C2PA standard. The checker currently supports only multimedia formats like JPEGs, GIFs, MP3s and MOVs, not text documents. A separate text-detection API exists but remains in private preview for select organizations.
A survey from Wilbur Labs found that 87% of entrepreneurs experienced more isolation than they anticipated while running their companies, and 90% said stress made them consider quitting. The findings highlight a widespread mental health struggle among founders and point to peer advisory groups, incubators, and niche online communities as ways to counter it.
Joe Fiorenzo and Sheela Prakash launched Sfizi in December 2025, a self-funded food company selling Italian taralli crackers to bring aperitivo culture to American consumers. The business is now generating $8,000 to $10,000 in monthly revenue, putting it on pace for roughly $100,000 in sales during its first year. Neither founder came from a CPG background, so they started with a single product before planning to expand their lineup.
A stopgap government funding bill passed by the House and expected to be signed by President Trump includes language, inserted by Senators Patty Murray and Susan Collins, that bars the Office of Management and Budget from enacting a rule letting political appointees decide which research grants get funded or canceled. The freeze only lasts until the funding measure expires on December 11, but it passed with overwhelming bipartisan support—90-6 in the Senate and 370-48 in the House.
Director Dave Green joined actors Will Forte, John Cena, Lana Condor, and Eric Bauza to talk about how the Looney Tunes hybrid film resolves Wile E. Coyote's storyline. The team reflected on the character's fate and what it means for the movie's conclusion.
House Democrats are preparing oversight plans for 2026, including using appropriations power to pressure Trump aides and family members to comply with subpoenas if they retake the majority. Targets reportedly include funding for Trump's West Wing renovations and a proposed triumphal arch in Washington. Rep. Jamie Raskin said Congress controls the purse strings for federal buildings and can block further alterations to the White House.
KrebsOnSecurity uncovered a new dark web service called Nexus offering more than 153 million driver's licenses and other government IDs for sale, including infrared and ultraviolet scans that could help forge counterfeit cards capable of passing hologram checks. The reporter found his own license, along with those of his mother, an FBI assistant director, and several security researchers, all apparently sourced from rental car and dispensary transactions.