China trumpets rising car exports to Russia as its envoy holds talks in Ukraine

BEIJING — In Beijing and Kyiv, the divide between China and Europe over the war in Ukraine was on display this week. As a Chinese envoy crisscrossed Europe for talks on ending the war, his boss, Foreign Minister Wang Yi, trumpeted a sharp rise in China-Russia trade — which the West sees as providing an … Read more

Add Apple CarPlay or Android Auto to your car with this $83 display

Modernize your ride with this touchscreen car display for $96.  StackSocial Cars have become very tech-forward in the past few years. This is most evident in the on-dash displays that most of the newer models feature. But if your car is a little older, you might not have access to that feature.  There is no … Read more

Bruce Springsteen’s Drummer Sues Car Restoration Shop

Read the full story on Backfire News Bruce Springsteen’s Drummer Sues Car Restoration Shop The allure of owning a fully restored 1957 Mercedes-Benz 190SL was enough to get Bruce Springsteen’s drummer, Max Weinberg, to hand over $125,000 to a car restoration business in Florida. However, Weinberg alleges instead of performing on the agreement, the company … Read more

Waymo scores a critical robotaxi permit, Fisker cuts more workers and Apple car fades away

TechCrunch Mobility is a weekly newsletter dedicated to all things transportation. Sign up here — just click TechCrunch Mobility — to receive the newsletter every weekend in your inbox. Subscribe for free. Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. I was in Los Angeles earlier this … Read more

Crash of the Titan: a short history of Apple’s doomed car project

Apple’s long-rumored driverless car project, also known as Project Titan, has been shuttered. But the company didn’t announce its cancellation. In fact, Apple barely ever mentioned the secretive project despite laboring on it for nearly a decade.  Project Titan was obvious from the outside — from automotive industry hiring to heavily documented, public testing of … Read more

Apple cancels its car, Google’s AI goes awry and Bumble stumbles

Hello, folks, welcome to Week in Review (WiR), TechCrunch’s newsletter covering noteworthy happenings in the tech industry. This week, investment firm KKR announced that it would acquire VMware’s end-user computing business from Broadcom for $4 billion. As Ron explains, that business included VMware Workspace One and VMware Horizon — two remote desktop apps that had … Read more

Apple abandons its car: Here are other projects the company has killed

From AirPower to abandoned tablets, Apple’s road to success is littered with failures Apple has scrapped plans to enter the automotive industry with its mysterious autonomous electric car, instead shifting focus to the wildly popular world of generative AI. The project saw the company hiring prominent executives from places like Tesla and Ford. Its end … Read more

Christian Wood Granted Temporary Restraining Order, Claims IG Model Vandalized Car

Los Angeles Lakers big man Christian Wood was just granted a temporary restraining order against his model ex-girlfriend … after he claimed the mother of his child made his life a living hell following their breakup in December 2022. The allegations are all laid out in court documents obtained by TMZ Sports … with the … Read more

There’s an International Manhunt Underway for Whoever Stole a Race Car Driver’s AirPods

A pair of AirPods are at the center of an international mystery after Formula One driver Louis Delétraz left his headphones on a United Airlines flight. Delétraz, who said he left the Airpods under a seat in row 16 of a flight to Geneva, Switzerland, tracked the headphones as they flew across the globe. But … Read more

Dave Ramsey Guarantees If You Have A Car Payment, ‘You Will Be Broke Your Whole Life’ And Says The Average Millionaire Drives A 4-Year-Old Car With 41,000 Miles — Investing The Payment Could Make You $5 Million Instead

Despite being a self-professed car enthusiast, financial guru Dave Ramsey declares cars as a significant financial drain. Through a series of TikTok videos, he underlines the pivotal decision to purchase vehicles with cash and the financial drain posed by car payments. Ramsey compares homes, which generally appreciate, and cars, which depreciate, stating, “I guarantee you’ll … Read more