CALWIRE Tech Report (Sunday, October 4, 2026)

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Today's top story: TechCrunch Mobility: Reining in robotaxis. This roundup covers 12 stories from TechCrunch and Ars AI.

TechCrunch Mobility: Reining in robotaxis
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, the role AI is playing in... — TechCrunch

Trump unveils his new Super Intelligence Force
This new task force is Trump's latest response to the debate over AI safety. — TechCrunch

Federal judge calls Flock ‘indiscriminate mass surveillance’
A federal judge ruled that a sheriff’s deputy violated a woman’s Fourth Amendment rights when using Flock to search for her licens... — TechCrunch

Amazon responds to data center backlash, says it no longer uses NDAs
The CEO of Amazon Web Services tried to push back against widespread suspicion of data centers. — TechCrunch

OpenAI safety employee resigns, claiming the company’s ‘culture is broken’
By his own admission, David Robinson is “something of a cliché”: an employee at a leading AI company who issues a dire warning whi... — TechCrunch

Jack Dorsey’s Bitchat disappears from app stores in India after government order
Bitchat has become largely unavailable in India as a result of the restrictions. — TechCrunch

Vessev built an electric ferry that almost flies
Vessev hopes its electric hydrofoil ferry will change the way people and cities think about boats. — TechCrunch

All the AI agents that can live in your text messages
We created a list of the most notable AI agents that can live in your text messages, from general assistants to agents designed fo... — TechCrunch

Spotify billionaire’s body scan startup has come to America
Farooq Abbasi, an investor in Neko Health, talked to Equity about the hot health tech company and what's next for it. — TechCrunch

Meta wants your next gadget to be Muse-infused
Meta wants Muse in your TV and your toaster, so it's giving the code away for free. — TechCrunch

Sanders introduces bill to ban the federal government from using Flock
The proposed legislation would extend to all automotica license plate readers. — TechCrunch

Apple changes full-disk access permissions to curb abuse from AI agents

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