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Jul 20, 2023 • 5min
Former NHTSA head blasts Cruise’s ‘Humans are terrible drivers’ ad
A former administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has responded to a full-page ad taken out in several major newspapers by Cruise, General Motors’ self-driving subsidiary, that calls humans terrible drivers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jul 20, 2023 • 3min
Farizon, Geely’s truck unit, raised $600M to expand outside China
Farizon, a maker of hybrid and electric trucks owned by China’s Geely, has closed a $600 million Series A raise, the company said in a statement. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jul 19, 2023 • 3min
UK provisionally approves Broadcom’s $69B VMware acquisition
The U.K.’s competition authority has said that it plans to greenlight Broadcom’s $69 billion bid for virtualization software giant VMware. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jul 19, 2023 • 5min
TikTok’s new program aims to identify rising artists in the music industry
TikTok is launching a new program that is designed to identify the next wave of rising artists in the music industry, the company announced on Tuesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jul 18, 2023 • 6min
Hammerspace ingests $56M for a new approach to work with vast amounts of unstructured data
Data may be “the new oil,” but only when it can be extracted and put to use. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jul 18, 2023 • 4min
Intel backs Figure’s Humanoid robot to the tune of $9 million
Bay Area-based robotics firm Figure's humanoid robot takes its first steps after Intel Capital invests $9 million in the company, supporting its growth in artificial intelligence and humanoid technology.
Jul 17, 2023 • 4min
Tesla announces first Cybertruck build ahead of Q2 earnings
Tesla over the weekend said its first much anticipated Cybertruck came off the electric vehicle maker’s production line in Texas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jul 17, 2023 • 3min
Google Play Games beta for PC expands to over 60 new countries including India
Google has finally launched its Play Games beta for PC project, which lets users play Android games on their Windows systems, in India after introducing it in more than 50 countries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jul 14, 2023 • 6min
India’s Chandrayaan-3 blasts off to the moon
Chandrayaan-3, India’s third mission to the moon, has taken off successfully — almost four years after its predecessor failed to touch down on the lunar surface in 2019. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jul 14, 2023 • 6min
Cruise, Waymo say humans are bad drivers amid robotaxi permit delays
Autonomous vehicle companies Cruise and Waymo have separately pushed a narrative this week that humans are bad drivers, and that their technologies are crucial to making roads safer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
