Morning intel: The self-driving future is near, and the Walmart-Jet marriage is here 

• The first federal guidelines for self-driving cars were released, making it clear that regulators see driverless vehicles as the future. 

• Walmart’s $3.3 billion acquisition of Amazon competitor Jet was finally completed yesterday. 

• Google will hold a press event on October 4, reportedly to unveil Google Home, its Amazon Echo competitor, along with a new Chromecast model and its Pixel lineup of phones. PM