Netanyahu Directs IDF to Seize More of Gaza

Lucid Crashes On Report It's Weighing A Take-Private Or Bankruptcy Summary:  Lucid Reponds, Denies AlixPartners Has Recommended Bankruptcy Route   Lucid Crashes On Report It's Weighing A Take-Private Or Bankruptcy Lucid Denies Report  Lucid responded to Electric-Vehicles.com's report, stating that restructuring adviser AlixPartners has not recommended bankruptcy. Bloomberg headline: LUCID SAYS ALIXPARTNERS HAS NOT RECOMMENDED BANKRUPTCY Electric-Vehicles.com's report did mention that another strategic option would be a take-private transaction. Here are Lucid's top shareholders: Lucid Crashes On Report It's Weighing A Take-Private Or Bankruptcy Shares of struggling EV maker Lucid plunged as much as 49% after auto-industry news website Electric-Vehicles.com reported...

Oklo Lands DOE Plutonium Deal To Turn Surplus Material Into Bridge Fuel Oklo just secured a direct path to turn Cold War-era plutonium into fuel for its advanced reactors.   The Department of Energy selected Oklo for advanced negotiations under the Surplus Plutonium Utilization Program, one of five companies chosen to convert existing stockpiles into usable fuel under strict security and safeguards rules. The move gives Oklo a practical bridge while domestic enrichment capacity scales.   Work with radioactive materials at a plutonium facility at the at Los Alamos National Laboratory in...

NY Gov. Kathy Hochul Kills Plan To Allow Robotaxi Operations Outside NYC New York Governor Kathy Hochul has withdrawn a proposal that would allow commercial robotaxi pilot operations outside New York City limits without a human safety operator in the vehicle. The decision was first reported by Bloomberg News earlier Thursday and is a major setback for Waymo as it attempts a rapid US expansion this year. Bloomberg reported: The proposal, which Hochul had included in a policy preview she presented last month, would have allowed autonomous-vehicle companies such as Waymo...