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BrightDrop, the electric delivery van subsidiary of General Motors, has made its first delivery outside of the U.S. The company delivered 50 BrightDrop Zevo 600 electric vans to FedEx Express Canada on Wednesday, part of a larger order of 2,500 Zevo EVs. The introduction of BrightDrop’s vans is in line with FedEx’s goal to shift […]

GM’s BrightDrop makes first commercial EVs delivery outside US by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch

TrueCar, a platform where people can research new and used car prices and find local dealer savings, is laying off 24% of staff due to a restructure, the company said Wednesday. About 102 people will be impacted by the layoff. President and CEO Michael Darrow is stepping aside both from his executive roles — to […]

TrueCar lays off 102 employees, taps new CEO amid restructure by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch

Hybrid intelligence is changing our understanding of what it means to be human.

In early June, Google informed employees that changes would be made to its hybrid work policy, including considering attendance records in performance reviews and tracking badge usage.

The pair was spotted off the coast of Portofino, Italy.

In 2020, the number of volunteer firefighters reached a new 35-year-low. Meanwhile, call volume requesting help more than tripled in the same time frame.

Charging networks need to dramatically accelerate their expansion to keep pace with EV adoption.

Why every EV charging network combined can’t compete with Tesla by Tim De Chant originally published on TechCrunch

Employees equate their mental well-being to their productivity and performance. Here’s how you can offer more support.

File this one under inevitable, but hilarious. Mechanical Turk is a service that from its earliest days seemed to invite shenanigans, and indeed researchers show that nearly half of its “turkers” appear to be using AI to do tasks that were specifically intended to be done by humans because AI couldn’t. We’ve closed the loop […]

Mechanical Turk workers are using AI to automate being human by Devin Coldewey originally published on TechCrunch

If you’ve worked in sales (or seen the movie Glengarry Glen Ross), you might know the ABCs as “always be closing” — but I have a different set of ABCs you need to know as an online business, especially when it comes to creating a customer experience that fosters deep loyalty and helps you achieve sustainable growth.