Month: March 2023
GM is cutting off access to Apple CarPlay and Android Auto for its future EVs
General Motors’ electric future doesn’t include Apple CarPlay or Android Auto. The automaker’s upcoming lineup of electric vehicles won’t support the popular smartphone projection systems in favor of a native Google infotainment system. The move, first reported by Reuters, means that owners won’t be able to project their phone’s screen…
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Microsoft Teams is getting a serious security upgrade to stop you making silly mistakes
Keeping your business safe from cyberthreats is set to get a lot easier, thanks to a new update from Microsoft Teams. The video conferencing service is set to benefit from a number of security boosts as Microsoft brings several Defender for Office 365 tools and services to the platform. This…
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Amazon to adapt Aaron Foley’s Boys Come First as a new series
Author Aaron Foley’s debut novel Boys Come First only released last May, but Amazon is already making moves to turn its queer, Black millennial-focused story into a series. Deadline reports that Amazon’s developing an adaptation of Boys Come First that will be executive produced by Ted Lasso’s Chuck Hayward, who…
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Huawei ramps up R&D spending in mobile push
Chinese telecoms giant Huawei has increased its spending on research and development (R&D), and hired additional staff, in an attempt to stabilize its business during a very turbulent 2022. During the company’s earnings briefing in Shenzhen, earlier this week, the company’s rotating chairs, Meng Wanzhou, and Eric Xu, said the…
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Fewer EVs will qualify for the federal $7,500 tax credit under updated rules
The Biden administration released a long-awaited update to the rules governing which electric vehicles are eligible for a tax credit, and while we still don’t know which vehicles will meet the new standards, one thing is for sure: fewer EVs are going to qualify. The new rules, which were published…
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The surprisingly complex business of toys, with Hasbro CEO Chris Cocks
For the final episode in our Centennial Series covering companies that are 100 years old, I’m talking to Chris Cocks, the CEO of Hasbro. And I have to tell you, I did not know the company was started in 1923 by the Hassenfeld brothers… the Has bros. This is my…
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