IT総合 Disney cuts metaverse division as part of broader restructuring
Walt Disney Co. has eliminated its metaverse division as part of staff cuts that promise to reduce head count by around ...
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IT総合 IT総合 Tesla brings back European referral program as end of Q1 nears
Tesla is bringing back its referral program to Europe, a strategy that taps into the brand loyalty of customers as it se...
IT総合 Lyft CEO and president stepping down to be replaced by former Amazon exec
UPDATE: This article has been updated with compensation package information for Green, Zimmer and Risher.
Lyft co-founde...
IT総合 Why some VCs bet on people over businesses
It’s been tough to raise funds in the last few years for most sectors, and many VCs will tell you that a startup ...
IT総合 Jury selection begins for Tesla racial discrimination lawsuit
Tesla is back in court this week to defend itself against allegations from a Black former worker who claimed the automak...
IT総合 Gogoro scales battery swapping to new markets via B2B partners
Taiwanese electric vehicle battery-swapping provider Gogoro is planning to enter Singapore via a pilot with online groce...
IT総合 Twitter will kill ‘legacy’ blue checks on April 1
Twitter has picked April Fool’s Day, otherwise known as April 1, to start removing legacy blue checkmarks from the...
IT総合 Hivemapper is 1M kilometers closer to goal of beating Google Maps
Hivemapper, the startup that puts dashcams on ride-hail and delivery vehicles to map the world, is getting a little clos...
IT総合 How a proposed federal e-bike incentive could lead to fewer battery fires
As electric bikes grow in popularity, the number of deadly fires caused by faulty lithium-ion batteries has also risen. ...
IT総合 Hear from Contrary Capital and AtoB on TechCrunch Live today
The rise in e-commerce has made trucking an increasingly vital industry. Despite 21st century technological advancements...
IT総合 Via confirms it’s acquired trip planning app Citymapper to boost its transit tech
Last month, when transportation startup Via raised $110 million at a $3.5 billion valuation, CEO Daniel Ramot said it pl...
IT総合 Zipline unveils cute little droid to make drone delivery more accurate
Zipline unveiled its next generation electric autonomous drone platform Wednesday that includes an updated drone as well...
IT総合 TuSimple co-founder blames exit on CEO pay and autonomy downgrade
TuSimple co-founder Xiaodi Hou has refuted allegations from senior leadership that he was trying to poach staff for his ...
IT総合 Reddit has been down for hours
Social media platform Reddit is experiencing an outage that is affecting its website and app, according to the company&#...
IT総合 California agency must provide Tesla with details of racial bias investigation
California’s Civil Rights Department (CRD) must provide Tesla with details of the investigation it conducted prior...
IT総合 TuSimple co-founder resigns, accused of poaching staff for new venture
TuSimple’s co-founder, Xiaodi Hou, resigned from the company’s board of directors last week amid an internal...
IT総合 Microsoft lays off an ethical AI team as it doubles down on OpenAI
Microsoft laid off an entire team dedicated to guiding AI innovation that leads to ethical, responsible and sustainable ...
IT総合 California court upholds Prop 22 in win for Uber, Lyft, DoorDash
A California appeals court on Monday reversed a lower-court ruling that found Proposition 22, the ballot measure passed ...
IT総合 Arrival nabs $300M lifeline, but is still seeking more funds
Struggling electric vehicle company Arrival has secured a $300 million lifeline to help it stay in business into late 20...
IT総合 Bird still has a long way to go to reach profitability
Shared micromobility company Bird reported a somewhat head-scratching fourth quarter and full year 2022 earnings Friday ...
IT総合 Gatik’s Gautam Narang on the importance of knowing your customer
Gatik is something of an outlier in the autonomous vehicle space. Whereas most companies are either trying to scale robo...
IT総合 Tesla slashes prices for Model S and Model Y in US
Tesla has cut the prices of its Model S sedan and Model X SUV in the U.S., according to the company’s website. Thi...
IT総合 Uber is coming for Instacart
Uber has rolled out updates to its Shop and Pay feature that address three of the most commonly raised courier issues: o...
IT総合 Waymo cuts 200 employees after second round of layoffs
Alphabet’s Waymo has issued its second round of layoffs this year, the company confirmed to TechCrunch. Combined w...
IT総合 Waymo to test driverless rides with employees in Los Angeles
Waymo will begin testing its autonomous Jaguar I-Paces without a human safety operator in Los Angeles in the next couple...
IT総合 More layoffs at Twitter, and loyalist Esther Crawford isn’t spared
Twitter has laid off at least another 50 employees, according to a report from The Information and posts on social media...
IT総合 SEC says Elon Musk still needs lawyer to approve his tweets
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) says Tesla CEO Elon Musk still needs to get pre-approval from lawyers ...
IT総合 Motional opens Las Vegas robotaxi service to nighttime hours
Autonomous vehicle technology company Motional is moving one step closer to its goal of removing the safety driver from ...
IT総合 Tesla to build engineering HQ in California
Tesla is making California the home of its global engineering headquarters.
CEO Elon Musk and California Governor Gavin ...
IT総合 Lucid shares drop as EV maker misses 2023 delivery expectations
Luxury electric vehicle maker Lucid Motors missed Wall Street estimates for fourth-quarter and full-year 2022 revenue, a...