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Tesla Robotaxis: Four Times the Number of Accidents As Human Drivers
Category: Technology
Duration: 00:11:13
Publish Date: 2026-02-19 05:30:00
Description:

Discord Age Verification Backlash, Tesla Robotaxi Crash Rate, YouTube Outage & Amazon Kills Blue Jay Robot

Host Jim Love covers several tech headlines: Discord's age verification rollout prompts user defections that push TeamSpeak beyond capacity, with concerns centering on third-party verification (including Persona) and broader trust issues; Discord says limited Persona use in the UK has ended and many checks won't require ID or facial scans. Data cited by Gizmodo suggests Tesla robotaxis crash about 1.3 times per million miles versus 0.3 for human drivers, with many incidents being low-speed rear-end collisions, intersection hesitation/entry errors, and strikes on stationary objects. YouTube experiences a major outage affecting hundreds of thousands of users across multiple services, traced to a malfunction in its recommendation system and later restored. Amazon reportedly shuts down its internal Blue Jay warehouse robotics project in under six months while continuing broader fulfillment-center automation. Finally, reports about an Apple AI pendant—a camera-and-microphone wearable likely paired to an iPhone—raise questions about whether Apple's secrecy has weakened or the details are a controlled leak.

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00:00 Hashtag Trending Kickoff + Sponsor: Meter 00:45 Discord Age Verification Backlash Sparks TeamSpeak Surge 03:00 Tesla Robotaxis: Crash Rate vs Human Drivers (What the Data Shows) 05:18 YouTube Outage: Recommendation System Failure Explained 06:24 Amazon Scraps 'Blue Jay' Warehouse Robot After 6 Months 08:04 Apple's Mysterious AI Pendant: Leak, Strategy, or Secrecy Cracking? 09:57 Wrap-Up, Listener Thanks + Sponsor Message
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