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TechCrunch Cruise robotaxis return to the Bay Area nearly one year after pedestrian crash Cruise is returning to the streets of Sunnyvale and Mountain View for the first time since it paused operations in the Bay Area after a robotaxi struck a pedestrian in October 2023. "Resuming testing in the Bay Area is an important step forward as we continue to work closely with California regulators and local stakeholders," the company said in a post on X. "This will allow our local employees to engage directly with our product as they refine and improve our tech through R&D." The decision to bring Cruise's autonomous Chevy Bolts back to the Bay Area comes just a few months after the company reached a settlement with California's Public Utilities Commission.

The iOS 18.1 public beta is here, bringing Apple Intelligence (almost) to the masses Apple Intelligence is now a little more ready for primetime. If you have an iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max or iPhone 16, you can install the public beta of iOS 18.1 and check out some of Apple's generative AI tools.

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Google rolls out automatic passkey syncing via Password Manager Passkeys, the digital credentials that let you sign into apps and websites without entering a password, are getting easier to use for Chrome users. Starting today, you can save passkeys to Google Password Manager, Google's password manager built into Chrome on Windows, macOS, and Linux, so that your passkeys automatically sync across all your signed-in devices. The Password Manager client on Android can also now automatically sync passkeys, and syncing support for iOS is coming soon.

Amazon releases a video generator - but only for ads Like its rival, Google, Amazon has launched an AI-powered video generator - but it's only for advertisers at the moment, and somewhat limited in what it can do. Today at its Accelerate conference, Amazon unveiled Video generator, which turns a single product image into video showcases of that product after some amount of processing. In a statement, Amazon Ads VP Jay Richman said that Video generator, which is currently in beta for select U.S. advertisers, will be fine-tuned over time ahead of a wider release.