VinFast’s Plans For 2024 Involve Everything But Making Good Cars

VinFast’s Plans For 2024 Involve Everything But Making Good Cars

Photo: VinFast The VinFast VF8 is a bad car, and with a base price of nearly $50,000, you can’t even make the argument that it doesn’t need to be fancy because it’s cheap. Despite that (and all the negative reviews that came from the press launch), VinFast decided to start selling its cars in the … Read more

Meta to restrict teen content as complaints mount about youth harm

Meta to restrict teen content as complaints mount about youth harm

Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, attends a U.S. Senate bipartisan Artificial Intelligence Insight Forum at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., Sept. 13, 2023. Stefani Reynolds | AFP | Getty Images Meta said Tuesday it will limit the type of content that teenagers on Facebook and Instagram are able to see, as the company faces … Read more

Elon Musk’s X to launch peer-to-peer payments this year

Elon Musk’s X to launch peer-to-peer payments this year

Elon Musk — the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX and owner of X, formerly known as Twitter — speaks during The New York Times’ annual DealBook summit in New York City, Nov. 29, 2023. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images Elon Musk’s social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, announced it will launch peer-to-peer … Read more

Microsoft investment in OpenAI risks potential EU merger probe

Microsoft investment in OpenAI risks potential EU merger probe

Jaap Arriens | Nurphoto | Getty Images Microsoft’s multibillion-dollar investment in artificial intelligence firm OpenAI could face a full-blown merger investigation in the European Union, EU officials said Tuesday. The European Commission, which is the executive arm of the EU, said that it was embarking on a competition investigation looking at the markets for virtual … Read more

Unity Software to lay off 1,800 employees

Unity Software to lay off 1,800 employees

James Whitehurst, the former CEO of Red Hat. Adam Jeffery | CNBC Unity Software said Monday that it’s cutting 1,800 jobs, or about 25% of its workforce, in the latest round of layoffs at the gaming technology company. The stock jumped almost 5% in extended trading. Unity said in a regulatory filing that the cuts … Read more

Fiat Sold Just 605 Cars In 2023

Fiat Sold Just 605 Cars In 2023

2024 Fiat 500eImage: Stellantis If you thought that Dodge and, to a more serious extent, Chrysler were the most sad looking brands in Stellantis’ arsenal, you haven’t been paying attention to Fiat. And why would you? The brand sells so few cars in the U.S. it makes you wonder if it’s even worth it for Stellantis … Read more

Now BMW Thinks People Want To Play Video Games In Their Car

Now BMW Thinks People Want To Play Video Games In Their Car

Image: BMW BMW says its presence at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show is “… dedicated to the digital customer experience.” For the automaker, this means new infotainment experiences that expand its in-car gaming offerings. BMW 3T Electric Gravel Bike | Jalopnik Reviews Image: BMW In-car gaming at BMW made its debut with the recently designed … Read more

Apple iPhone sales in China fell over 30% during first week of 2024: Jefferies

Apple iPhone sales in China fell over 30% during first week of 2024: Jefferies

Apple CEO Tim Cook delivers remarks during an Apple special event in Cupertino, California, on Sept. 12, 2023. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Apple’s iPhone sales in China were down more than 30% year-over-year for the first week of January, while competitors like Xiaomi and Huawei have “remained much stronger” with flat sales, according to … Read more

Average EV Driver Sits At Fast Charger For More Than 40 Minutes

Average EV Driver Sits At Fast Charger For More Than 40 Minutes

Image: Hyundai Whether it comes down to a trend of buyers seeking bigger batteries, public DC fast chargers not delivering the speeds they advertise, or lack of knowledge of fast charging practices, it’s taking 42 minutes for the average EV to charge up. A study from Energetics covering 2.4 million charging sessions over a three-year … Read more