2025-05-15
NEW: strange news out of LiDAR company Luminar, which just suddenly replaced founder Austin Russell as CEO The board put out a press release announcing the move at the same the company released Q1 earnings which had a glowing quote from Russell 🤔 https://techcrunch.com/...
TechCrunch
Lidar manufacturer Luminar says that founder and CEO Austin Russell resigned following an ethics inquiry and appoints former Nuance CEO Paul Ricci as its CEO
The board put out a press release announcing the move at the same the company released Q1 earnings which had a glowing quote from Russell 🤔 — techcrunch.com/2025/05/14/b... Kirst...
2024-09-14
The fight over what's left of self-driving truck startup TuSimple is nowhere close to done. Wild, wild tale from @RebeccaBellan and @ritacyliao https://techcrunch.com/...
TechCrunch
A TuSimple shareholder letter alleges “potentially fraudulent activities” as it tries to move ~$450M to China to pivot from self-driving trucks to AI animation
TechCrunch : Threads: @lorakolodny . X: @sokane1 , @techcrunch , and @mattrosoff Threads: Lora Kolodny / @lorakolodny : Whatever happened to TuSimple? They're trying to pivot. ht...
2024-07-03
something i think about a lot is that, for all its kinda underwhelming-ness, the Uber tv show on Showtime (Super Pumped) absolutely nailed its portrayal of how ruthless tim cook is. hank azaria deserves a lot more credit than i'm sure he got for it.
Bloomberg
Sources: Apple will get an observer role on OpenAI's board, with Phil Schiller chosen for the position, as part of their ChatGPT partnership announced in June
CDK Says ‘Substantially All’ Car Dealerships Restored After Hack — Northern Data May Be Testing Limits of AI Frenzy With Unit IPO
2024-06-04
Like many other tech companies, LoanSnap capitalized in the boom times of 2020-2021. But its business has struggled mightily as interest rates shot up / mortgage refinancing fell according to data reported with the federal government: https://techcrunch.com/... [image]
TechCrunch
Sources: LoanSnap, an AI mortgage startup that raised ~$100M, has been sued by at least seven creditors, including Wells Fargo, and state and federal agencies
EXCLUSIVE: A new investigation from @DominicMadori and me into AI-powered mortgage lender LoanSnap. This company quietly went from raising around $100 million from Richard Branson, Reid Hoffman, and (yes) The Chainsmokers to getting evicted from its HQ https://techcrunch.com/...
TechCrunch
Sources: LoanSnap, an AI mortgage startup that raised ~$100M, has been sued by at least seven creditors, including Wells Fargo, and state and federal agencies
We made many attempts to get in touch with LoanSnap CEO @Karl (and others) ahead of this story, and got no response from basically all of them. Now, hours after our story published, Karl's account... seems to have been hacked? There are like 2 dozen of these replies already. [image]
TechCrunch
Sources: LoanSnap, an AI mortgage startup that raised ~$100M, has been sued by at least seven creditors, including Wells Fargo, and state and federal agencies
2024-05-17
This is great but it's going to be an absolute pain in the ass to build out unless Threads improves the account search experience.
The Verge
Meta starts testing TweetDeck-style customizable feeds on Threads that are stacked in a column interface on the web, available to selected users
2024-03-07
Apple's M&A head had multiple talks around 2014 w/ Musk about buying Tesla before Tim Cook scuttled the idea. Apple also held talks w/ Mercedes-Benz about letting the German automaker build its car. Pretty remarkable how far and wide Apple casted for help on this project which continues to look as tortured as everyone has said it was https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Bloomberg
A deep dive into Apple's failed EV project: indecision, prototypes, and partnership or acquisition talks with Mercedes-Benz, BMW, VW, Tesla, McLaren, and others
Tim Cook shut down plans to acquire Tesla before cycling through a junkyard's worth of self-driving designs over the past decade.
2024-02-14
NEW: Waymo issued its first ever recall for its robotaxi software, after two of its AVs crashed into the same pickup truck being towed in December. The company is keeping the AVs on the road as it says all robotaxis have been updated. https://techcrunch.com/...
TechCrunch
Waymo has issued a software fix for its cars, its first recall, after two vehicles crashed into the same towed pickup truck in Phoenix in December 2023
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2023-12-25
Bad start for what's supposed to be such a crucial part of GM's EV plans. Props to @gaytona_usa and @edmundscars for carefully detailing the issues they had with their press cars. https://techcrunch.com/...
TechCrunch
GM pauses Chevy Blazer EV sales as it works to fix software problems, including the infotainment screen going blank, which affect a “limited number” of vehicles
I've yet to read as damning an automotive review … Murtada : And they'll start to outsource development all over again........ Ahem, Ahem, cough cough. Two letter company who tri...
2023-10-03
This is one of the most embarrassing pieces of journalism I've ever encountered. https://www.cbsnews.com/...
New York Times
Michael Lewis depicts Sam Bankman-Fried as delusional in his new book, Going Infinite, but says SBF's explanations remain “irritatingly difficult to disprove”
“Going Infinite,” by Michael Lewis, offers a behind-the-scenes account of Mr. Bankman-Fried's rise and fall.
2023-09-29
this is the third, arguably the fourth DAU metric from @lindayaX / X in the last 24 hours. During the Code interview with @JBoorstin she said 200 million to 250 million Then later in the interview she said 225 million now this: https://www.ft.com/... [image]
Financial Times
Sources: on October 5, Linda Yaccarino plans to meet with the seven banks that helped fund Elon Musk's takeover of X to lay out her plans to revive the company
Linda Yaccarino is next week planning to meet the seven banks that helped bankroll Elon Musk's takeover of X, formerly known as Twitter …
2023-08-17
NEW: Tesla engineers admit in newly revealed depositions that the company did nothing to address Autopilot's inability to recognize crossing traffic following Joshua Brown's death in 2016 w/ @MalathiNayak https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Bloomberg
Court filings: Tesla engineers admit that the company did nothing to address Autopilot's inability to recognize crossing traffic following a fatal crash in 2016
- Company faces damning testimony as trial looms over 2019 wreck — CEO Elon Musk has claimed Teslas are safest cars ever made
@MalathiNayak I think it's fair to say when Jeremy Banner died after hitting a tractor trailer in 2019 that it didn't seem that Tesla ever addressed this problem after Brown's death But it's striking to see Autopilot engineers say it in black and white in these depos: https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Bloomberg
Court filings: Tesla engineers admit that the company did nothing to address Autopilot's inability to recognize crossing traffic following a fatal crash in 2016
- Company faces damning testimony as trial looms over 2019 wreck — CEO Elon Musk has claimed Teslas are safest cars ever made
2023-07-10
If this is a “successful” AI trial then the industry really is doomed. Funny the spokesperson uses the word “derelict.” I'd also use that word to describe what's happening here. Solidarity with all the G/O workers who have to deal with this nonsense ✊ https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... [image]
Washington Post
How an AI-generated, error-filled Star Wars story created internal chaos at Gizmodo, an incident that speaks to a larger debate about the role of AI in the news
2023-07-09
If this is a “successful” AI trial then the industry really is doomed. Funny the spokesperson uses the word “derelict.” I'd also use that word to describe what's happening here. Solidarity with all the G/O workers who have to deal with this nonsense ✊ https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... [image]
Washington Post
How an AI-generated, error-filled Star Wars story created internal chaos at Gizmodo, an incident that speaks to a larger debate about the role of AI in the news
The error-filled story about Star Wars movies and TV shows demonstrates why artificial intelligence shouldn't be involved in news-gathering, reporters said
2023-07-06
*sees the character limit* CONSCIENCE: “don't do it.” “srsly don't.” *closes eyes* SOME BODY ONCE TOLD ME THE WORLD IS GONNA ROLL ME I AIN'T THE SHARPEST TOOL IN THE SHED...
Platformer
Hands-on with Threads: fairly basic text-based messaging app, log in via Instagram, no hashtags, can't search for anything other than user handles, and more
Programming note: I really was trying to take a vacation, but this felt like it was worth the one-day interruption.
2023-06-07
“There are just more questions than answers here, and some of those questions get at the very nature of what it means for our lives to be literally mediated by screens.” https://www.theverge.com/...
TechCrunch
Hands-on with the Apple Vision Pro, which seems to be a genuine leapfrog in XR capability and execution, offering near-perfect eye tracking and gesture control
2023-06-06
“There are just more questions than answers here, and some of those questions get at the very nature of what it means for our lives to be literally mediated by screens.” https://www.theverge.com/...
TechCrunch
Hands-on with Apple Vision Pro, which seems to be a genuine leapfrog in capability and execution of XR, offering near perfect eye tracking and gesture control
After a roughly 30 minute demo that ran through the major features that are yet ready to test I came away convinced that Apple …
“There are just more questions than answers here, and some of those questions get at the very nature of what it means for our lives to be literally mediated by screens.” https://www.theverge.com/...
The Verge
Tim Cook unveils Apple Vision Pro, a “spatial computing” headset controlled with the user's eyes, hands, and voice, coming to the US for $3,499+ in early 2024
Apple has announced an augmented reality headset called Apple Vision Pro that “seamlessly” blends the real and digital world.