A former Twitter engineer got a Waymo robot taxi to give her a 6.5-hour ride around San Francisco. Here's what happened.

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Sophia Tung, 28, traveled 83 miles for 6.5 hours in San Francisco in one of Waymo's autonomous taxis.

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Automatic driving assistance systems may create more risks than they solve, study finds

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Some driver-assistance systems allow people to go "hands-free."

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A San Francisco Lyft driver shares how Waymo's self-driving taxis are competing with his top earnings strategy: short rides

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Nick Boenzi, A San Francisco Lyft driver, said focusing on short trips has helped him boost his ride-hailing profits.

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I watched YouTube in a self-driving Mercedes and experienced the future of commuting

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Mercedes-Benz Drive Pilot is a first-of-its-kind technology that lets drivers not pay attention while their car does all the work.

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Elon Musk, who is known for pushing boundaries, will reportedly escape a fine for using his phone while driving a Tesla

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Elon Musk.

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