💬 Quoted: "At first I actually found it really funny, these cars are honking at each other. I don't find it funny anymore."

• Silicon Valley, long famous for its disruption, has claimed a new victim: the sleep schedules of local San Franciscans. In recent weeks, residents in the city’s South of Market neighborhood have reported being awakened throughout the night by honks coming from Waymo self-driving cars, which are attempting to tell each other about their day navigate the parking lot where they sit when not making trips. Waymo, which attributes the honking to a new feature designed to avoid collisions, says it’s working on a software update to avoid the nightly disruptions for local residents.

💰📈 Stat of the Day: In recent years, American millennials have seen a dramatic reversal of fortune regarding their net worth, largely on the back of surging real-estate prices, according to Federal Reserve data. Between Q1 of 2020, and Q1 of 2024, the collective wealth of US millennials and older Gen Z jumped from $4.5 trillion to $14.2 trillion, with 25+% of that increase stemming from a boost in housing wealth.

🤔 Did You Know? Toothbrushing wasn’t widely popular in America until after World War II, when soldiers who returned home continued the practice that had been mandatory during their military service.

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