Review: ‘Ferrari’ Is Michael Mann’s Cinematic Auto Biography

Midway through Ferrari, the iconic Italian motor-racing impresario sits at a table with his adolescent son, born of his mistress. Enzo Ferrari sketches a design for a 12-cylinder engine, in long, chalky swoops, like a seamstress designing an elegant gown. He explains to his boy that the curved, sweeping angles create better airflow, which means … Read more

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 … Read more

‘Grand Theft Auto VI’ Trailer Leaks Day Early, Rockstar Yanks Footage

The trailer for the highly-anticipated ‘Grand Theft Auto VI’ is dropping this week — but it did so a full day early due to a leak … which Rockstar Games is now scrambling to undo. Here’s the deal … the trailer for ‘GTA 6’ was scheduled to be officially released on Tuesday — but a … Read more

Grand Theft Auto VI Trailer Leaked Early, Coming in 2025

Screenshot: Rockstar Games Tuesday was the scheduled day for the reveal of Grand Theft Auto VI, but someone got their hands on the trailer early. Not long after the leak showed up online, developer Rockstar Games pulled the trigger and the official trailer went live Monday evening. Watch Trailer 1: Tuesday, December 5 at 9AM … Read more

Rockstar Games publishes Grand Theft Auto trailer early after it was leaked on X

Strauss Zelnick, CEO of Take Two Interactive. Adam Jeffery | CNBC Shares of video game publisher Take-Two Interactive Software fell as much as 4% in extended trading on Monday after the company released its trailer for the next version of the Grand Theft Auto game, which will come out in 2025. The company had originally … Read more

The ‘Grand Theft Auto VI’ Trailer Is Here. And It’s Already Causing Mayhem

The first trailer for Rockstar Games’ Grand Theft Auto VI has arrived and is teasing a new female protagonist. More of a teaser than anything, the trailer introducers viewers to Lucia, a woman who blames her incarceration on “bad luck, I guess.” To say Grand Theft Auto VI is hotly anticipated is an understatement. Rockstar’s … Read more

Cruise’s mea culpa and everything that stood out at the LA Auto Show

The Station is a weekly newsletter dedicated to all things transportation. Sign up here — just click The Station — to receive the newsletter every weekend in your inbox. Subscribe for free. Welcome back to The Station, your central hub for all past, present and future means of moving people and packages from Point A to Point B. … Read more

Shekel Mobility, a B2B marketplace for auto dealers in Africa, raises $7M led by Ventures Platform and MaC VC

The World Economic Forum states that Africa has an average annual demand for 2.4 million cars and 300,000 commercial vehicles. This demand is increasing because of a continent-wide increase in disposable income, strong middle-class growth and rapid urbanization. But while most cars meeting this demand are used, car ownership in Africa is less than 45 … Read more

Startup Li Auto is beating Tesla China’s EV sales

Chinese startup Li Auto sold more cars in October than Tesla’s China business did in October, according to the China Passenger Car Association. Nurphoto | Getty Images BEIJING — Chinese startup Li Auto sold more cars than Tesla’s China business did in October, according to the China Passenger Car Association. The startup sold a record … Read more