Vince Zampella, head of EA-owned Respawn Entertainment, ex-CEO of Infinity Ward, and co-creator of Call of Duty, died on December 21 at 55 in a single-car crash
A tragic holiday season for the family of a beloved game industry figure. Andrew Weil / WCNC-TV : Report: ‘Call of Duty’ co-creator Vince Zampella killed in car crash Kevin Dolak / The Hollywood Repor...
Q&A with Patreon CEO Jack Conte on social media algorithms, studying music at Stanford, streaming, paying out $10B, creators, TikTok, influencers, AI, and more
The man who cofounded Patreon is tired of influencers making content to get clicks. He'd rather creators earn lifelong fans—and he has a plan for that. Bluesky: @vortexegg.com and @wired.com Bluesky:...
A profile of Derek Li, founder of China's top adaptive learning edtech Squirrel AI, whose business is fueled by the country's relentless academic pressure
could it actually work? … Bluesky: @nouveaux-horizons : They're gonna hate him when they grow up. John Berry / @aniccia : He is in China, where by national law a human has to be ready to takeover and ...
Sources: Uber is in talks with Travis Kalanick to help fund his acquisition of Pony.ai's US arm; Pony.ai has permits to operate robo taxis in the US and China
and Uber might help Natalie Lung / Bloomberg : Uber in Talks With Kalanick to Fund Pony.AI Bid, NYT Says Mike Isaac / The Straits Times : Uber in talks with founder to help buy US unit of China's self...
GM says Cruise will exit the robotaxi business, combining Cruise's and GM's technical teams to focus on autonomous and driver safety tech for upcoming GM cars
Cruise and GM's technical teams will be combined into a single effort focused on developing autonomous technology to offer …
An interview with Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi on autonomous cars, lobbying regulators to get more EVs on the road, flying taxis, climate goals, and more
“We think that the future for Uber is electric, shared, autonomous and ultimately multimodal as well,” Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi says on this week's episode of Zero. X: @business X: @business : “We t...
Inside Amazon Zoox's command center in Foster City, California, which holds about 36 human technicians who oversee and provide remote assistance to robot taxis
In places like San Francisco, Phoenix and Las Vegas, robot taxis are navigating city streets, each without a driver behind the steering wheel. X: @antoniocasilli . LinkedIn: Greg C. . Forums: Hacker N...
YouTube channels focusing on cars, like Car Throttle and Donut, have seen an exodus of popular on-camera talent, often after investors acquired their channels
From Car Throttle to Donut, countless YouTube creators are fleeing. But is this a new trend or a tale as old as venture capital? Bluesky: @timstevens.bsky.social . X: @tim_stevens . Forums: r/DonutMe...
Bungie says it will lay off 220 employees, or 17% of its workforce, and integrate an additional 155 roles into its parent company Sony Interactive Entertainment
The New Path for Bungie has Bungie's announcement of “difficult changes … X: Jason Schreier / @jasonschreier : Sony's Bungie is shrinking from 1,300 people to 850: - 220 laid off - 155 moving to Sony ...
Cruise co-founder and CEO Kyle Vogt resigns, less than a month after California's DMV suspended Cruise's permits to operate self-driving cars on public roads
Kyle Vogt, the serial entrepreneur who co-founded and led Cruise from a startup in a garage through its acquisition and ownership …