Europe’s top court has weighed in to clarify the rules around interoperability requirements on Big Tech in a referral on a case related to Google’s Android Auto platform. Back in 2021, the tech giant was hit with an €100 million antitrust fine by Italy’s competition authority for refusing to let a third-party electric car charging […]
Former Alabama CB Khyree Jackson killed in auto accident
The college football and NFL worlds are mourning the loss of Khyree Jackson. James Crepea with The Oregonian announced via X that Jackson died in an auto accident over the Fourth of July weekend. He was only 24 years old. Former Oregon CB Khyree Jackson, who was drafted by the Minnesota Vikings, died in an auto accident, […]
Remote driving startup Phantom Auto is shutting down
Phantom Auto, a remote driving startup that launched seven years ago amid the buzz of autonomous vehicle technology, is shutting down after failing to secure new funding, TechCrunch has learned. Phantom Auto, which had raised a total of $ 95 million, developed a teleoperation platform that allowed a remote driver, sometimes located thousands of miles […]
Google fakes an AI demo, Grand Theft Auto VI goes viral and Spotify cuts jobs
Hey, folks, welcome to Week in Review (WiR), TechCrunch’s regular newsletter that recaps the past few days in tech. AI stole the headlines once again, with tech giants from Google to X (formerly Twitter) heading off against OpenAI for chatbot supremacy. But plenty happened besides. In this edition of WiR, we cover Google faking a […]