TechCrunch Mobility: The triple punch headed for automakers
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation.
The Download: an exclusive chat with Jim O’Neill, and the surprising truth about heists
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. US deputy health secretary: Vaccine guidelines are still subject to change Over the past year, Jim O’Neill has become one of the most powerful people in public health. As the US deputy health…
Electronic Arts blocks more than 300,000 attempts to cheat after launching Battlefield 6 beta
Soon after the launch of first-person shooter Battlefield 6, cheaters flooded the games, forcing Electronic Arts to respond.
Revel shuts down its ride-hail business to focus on EV charging
Revel has abandoned its small Uber and Lyft competitor four years after it started, and is looking to sell or return its bright-blue Tesla and Kia EVs.
Meet the early-adopter judges using AI
The propensity for AI systems to make mistakes and for humans to miss those mistakes has been on full display in the US legal system as of late. The follies began when lawyers—including some at prestigious firms—submitted documents citing cases that didn’t exist. Similar mistakes soon spread to other roles in the courts. In December,…
A Big Piece of Internet History Is About to Disappear
AOL announced that it is discontinuing its dial-up internet service in September.
Nvidia unveils new Cosmos world models, infra for robotics and physical uses
Nvidia on Monday unveiled a set of new world AI models, libraries and other infrastructure for robotics developers, most notable of which is Cosmos Reason, a 7-billion-parameter “reasoning” vision language model for physical AI applications and robots.
Elon Musk confirms shutdown of Tesla Dojo, ‘an evolutionary dead end’
“Once it became clear that all paths converged to AI6, I had to shut down Dojo and make some tough personnel choices, as Dojo 2 was now an evolutionary dead end,” Musk posted on X, the social media platform he owns, on Sunday.
Ford throws out Henry Ford’s assembly line to make low-cost EVs in America
The automaker is investing $2 billion into the Louisville Assembly Plant with a $30,000 EV pickup slated for 2027.
AI Essentials for Modern Finance and Accounting Leaders: A Foundational Guide
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Inclusion Isn’t Just a Checkbox Anymore — It’s What Investors Are Looking For
Inclusion isn’t a favor or a buzzword; it’s a strategic filter for what we miss, who we overlook and what that ultimately costs.