Apple and Formula One announce a five-year US media rights deal for all races, starting in 2026; sources: Apple is paying ~$140M/year, up from ESPN's ~$85M/year
and no one saw it coming BBC : Apple wins US F1 TV rights in $750m deal Wendy Lee / Los Angeles Times : F1 races to air exclusively on Apple TV next year Timi Cantisano / Android Police : YouTube TV v...
The US DOJ alleges former Apple engineer Weibao Wang stole Apple's autonomous tech, including source code, for a Chinese company working on a self-driving car
At all times relevant to this Indictment: 1. Apple, Inc. ("Apple") … Mashable : Man allegedly stole entire source code of Apple's self-driving project Ryan Daws / Internet of Things News : DoJ charge...
Source: Volkswagen plans to fire most of the management team at Cariad next week, after the software unit missed its development goals and exceeded its budget
again Jan Schwartz / Reuters : Bentley production chief to lead Volkswagen's software overhaul - sources Jonathan M. Gitlin / Ars Technica : Volkswagen's troubled software division is getting new lead...
Andy Jassy says Amazon plans to lay off an additional 9,000 employees, mostly in AWS, PXT, Advertising, and Twitch, after cutting 18,000+ jobs in January 2023
Today I shared with Twitch employees that we've … Annie Palmer / CNBC : Amazon's post-Bezos experiment hasn't gone exactly as planned Bloomberg : Amazon to Cut 9,000 More Jobs, Deepening Biggest Pullb...
Coinbase, FTX, eToro, and other apps surge in popularity after multiple crypto Super Bowl ads; Coinbase rose from 186th to 2nd on US App Store after QR code ad
Hope you're having a great week. — Welcome to the mesha tribe … Sara Celi / The Crypto Connection : How Does It All Work, Anyway? Shannon Miller / Adweek : The 10 Best Super Bowl Ads of 2022 Kaya Yu...
Tesla says using self-driving models to earn money through ride-sharing is only allowed on the “Tesla Network”, details of which will be released next year
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Kalanick on self-driving cars as an existential threat, Uber's response to that threat, and how the number of human drivers will go up in the foreseeable future
Uber Will Make Sure of It Matt McFarland / CNNMoney : Uber has generated thousands of jobs since launching in 2009. Alan Boyle / GeekWire : Otto and Volvo deals help Uber power ahead on autonomous veh...
Waze rival INRIX gets revamped Android and iOS apps with turn-by-turn navigation, traffic predictions, more
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