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Alphabet - owned self-governing fomite company Waymo might be planning to test a feature that will admit robotaxi riders to add a “ tip ” that will go to the Greek valerian of their choice after a ride .

Jane Manchun Wong , a security researcher whorecently cut the showing domeon top of a Waymo fomite , found the new summit lineament while “ reverse engineering ” Waymo ’s Android app , according to a billet on X.

Waymo , the driverless car companionship , is working on … “ tipping ” ⁉️pic.twitter.com/Lh8Xexa7PZ

After clack through the “ tot up a ‘ tip ’ ” button , Wong discovered a dropdown menu where customers are asked to select a charity .

“ We research unreleased features as part of our internal initiation process , and do not comment on them , ” a Waymo spokesperson secern TechCrunch .

This clause has been updated with a quote from Waymo .

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