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🤖🚕 Robotaxi fever: On Friday, Hyundai and Waymo agreed to a multiyear, strategic partnership that will see the self-driving company add Hyundai’s new Ioniq 5 EV to its robotaxi fleet (👆). The partnership was announced ahead of Tesla’s “Robotaxi Day” this coming Thursday, where CEO Elon Musk is scheduled to unveil plans for a robotaxi product.

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🏈🙌 Vandy took down #1 Alabama – and its own goalposts. On Saturday night, Vanderbilt students tore down their stadiums’ goalposts in celebration of a historic 40-35 upset win over #1 Alabama. Students then proceeded to carry the goalposts some two miles to downtown Nashville, where they paraded down Broadway (left👆) before tossing the posts into the Cumberland River (right). Prior to Saturday, Vanderbilt had lost all 60 of its games against AP top-five teams.

S.S. United States at its first voyage in 1952 (top), and present day (bottom); Images: Jewel Samad/AFP | Jack Harris/AP

🚢 A historic ship is poised to become the world’s largest artificial reef. The S.S. United States, a 92-year-old ocean liner 100+ feet longer than the Titanic that once ferried immigrants, Hollywood stars, and heads of state, may soon be sent to its final resting place – the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico, where it would serve as Earth’s biggest artificial reef. Last week, the government of Okaloosa County, Florida, signed a tentative deal to buy the ship for $10+ million, with plans to sink the vessel over an 18-month period once the sale is finalized.

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