Business
By 2020, all Ford vehicles will come built-in with 4G LTE
Ford's vision for its future is electric, assisted driving and connectivity. The means by 2020, the company's entire lineup will have 4G LTE connectivity and have Wave navigation…
Business
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Business news from The Jolt Journal: the US economy, jobs, inflation, interest rates and tariffs, plus crypto policy and tech industry moves.
Autonomous
Lyft is teaming up with Magna to build self-driving car systems
With Lyft's plans to bring self-driving car experiments into production vehicles offering rides, it's going to need a lot of help. For this, the company has decided to…
Amazon
Walmart’s grocery delivery will come to 100 new cities in 2018
Walmart announced today that it plans to expand its Online Grocery Delivery service. Currently available in six markets, the company will expand the service to over 100 metro…
Business
Broadcom has given up on Qualcomm buyout after veto from Trump
It appears that takeover negotiations between Broadcom and Qualcomm have come to an abrupt ending. Per Bloomberg, Broadcom has announced that it's no longer attempting to buy its…
Business
IKEA is now using TaskRabbit to help customers built their furniture
IKEA brought TaskRabbit last fall with the goal to offer customers assistant building their tough-to-construct furniture. Today, the company has announced that it's allowing customers in select US…
Amazon
Report: Amazon will bring Alexa to businesses soon
Amazon is constantly looking for ways to expand Alexa's reach. Ina Fried at Axios is reporting that Amazon is getting into the business sector with Alexa for Business.…
Business
Microsoft is apparently facing 238 complaints of gender discrimination
According to court filings made available this week, Microsoft is being accused of 238 cases of gender discrimination or sexual harassment by female employees working in US-base technical…
Breaking News
President Trump says Broadcom must pull out of attempt to buy Qualcomm
President Donald Trump said said that Broadcom must cease its attempt to take over Qualcomm due to national security concerns raised by the deal, per The Wall Street Journal.…
Business
There’s now a MoviePass clone for the UK called cPass
MoviePass has seen quite the success every since it huge in the US market. Though, for you UK fans, there's a MoviePass clone in the work called cPass.…
Business
Warren Buffett offers $1M a year for life for perfect NCAA bracket
It's that time of the year again where 60 college basketball teams earn bets for the NCAA March Madness tournament. If you're an employee that works for Warrant…
Business
Despite layoffs, Motorola’s Moto Z line will continue
We heard rumors this week that there is a 50 percent reduction occurring in Motorola's workforce and that the Moto Z will not make it through to release.…
Business
Both Qualcomm and Broadcom are making moves to help push the possible merger
Qualcomm and Broadcom, the world's two largest chip markers, have been in talks for a possible merger of their businesses. Legal hurdles have been in the way the…
Business
Snap has confirmed layoffs of ‘just over 120’ engineers
Snap has confirmed that it will lay off "just over" 120 engineers from its engineering team over the next few days. First reported by Cheddar, Snap's layoffs were…
Business
Former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick forms a new investment fund focused on job creation
Former Uber CEO announced today that he has created an investment fund called 10100 that will oversee both his for-profit and non-profit projects. Pronounced "ten-one-hundred," it will focus…
Business
CBS is planning more All Access shows to better compete with Netflix
If you're a fan of All Access Streaming service from CBS, be on the lookout because there are new shows coming your way. At an investor conference in…