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HOW SAN FRANCISCO LEARNED TO LOVE SELF-DRIVING CARS

Self-driving cars have won over San Francisco after a rocky start a year and a half ago. The company is currently serving over 100,000 paid rides a week across Los Angeles, Phoenix, and San Francisco. It opened its service to everyone in San Francisco this past summer. Waymo rides generally cost slightly more than Uber or Lyft, but users don't have to tip drivers, making the three apps' prices competitive. The company is already retaining riders at a higher rate than competitors while operating on a much smaller scale.

DID AUTOMATTIC COMMIT OPEN SOURCE THEFT?

Automattic, the VC-funded company behind WordPress, is in a full-blown corporate conflict with WP Engine, a popular managed WordPress hosting service. As part of the conflict, Automattic forked a popular plugin made by WP Engine, replaced the plugin in the plugin directory, and is migrating over 2 million of the plugin's customers silently onto the fork. The reviews for the plugin have remained as if nothing has changed and any reviews pointing out the heist are being actively removed. The silent change, aimed at reducing WP Engine's revenue, broke some production sites. The incident is a nightmare scenario for companies serious about supply chain security - the WordPress.org plugin directory is no longer reliable.

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