Here’s what we have for you today:
• Future fuel
• Streamline a stream
• What now
• Gassy American cars
• Autonomous driving
Autonomy into what you drive
Television floating on water
Diving into stream: Streaming holds 44.8% of total viewership in May, 2025 out pacing the combination of broadcast and cable at the total of 44.2%.
Catch a film: In May, 2025 Netflix represented 7.5% of all viewership and has a viewing gain of 27% over the last 4 years.
You got tubed: In May, 2025 YouTube represented 12.5% of all viewership. YouTube’s central division outside of YouTube TV has jumped 120% since 2021.
WhatsApp’s synchronization with Meta
How it ended: After Facebook bought WhatsApp for $19 billion back in 2014 WhatsApp’s co-founders, Brian Acton and Jan Koum left Facebook after disapproval of inserting the app with advertising among other practices they rejected.
Current usage: WhatsApp has reportedly 100 million users and growing in the U.S. and in total over 3 billion monthly users.
Rate of change: Meta uses data such as a person’s location, device, language and information on who they follow or interactions of ads to push which ads to show users on WhatsApp.
Continuation of General Motors’ gas guzzling path
General direction: General Motors stated it expects annual capital spending between $10 billion to $12 billion through 2027.
Getting domesticated: The American car company plans to spend $4 billion in 3 American assembly plants; with production of 2 Mexican made gas-powered vehicles moving to the U.S.
To be seen: CEO of General Motors Mary Barra said “We believe the future of transportation will be driven by American innovation and manufacturing expertise.”
Alpha of self-driving cars
Paving the road: Although Waymo’s self-driving car rides cost more than Lyft and Uber, people still use them. The robotaxi uses a combination of cameras, lidar and radar sensors which makes it by far the safest known self-driving vehicle on American roads.
Unstoppable expansion: Currently Waymo is serving over 250,000 paid trips per week and growing across Austin, Los Angeles, Phoenix and San Francisco.
Fun fact: The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced that it plans to speed up the Part 555 exemption process to make it faster for automakers to deploy self-driving vehicles made without human controls.