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...Volkswagen’s automotive software subsidiary Cariad is investing $2bn in a partnership with Chinese chipmaker Horizon Robotics....
...It acquired a 6 per cent stake in DraftKings, a fantasy sports and betting group, when it bought 21st Century Fox in 2019....
...This ever-increasing choice of content means less of an audience for the Emmys and other mainstays of the traditional US broadcasters, CBS, NBC, ABC and FOX....
...One DD event to start: Traditional media companies have launched a last-minute dealmaking spree to survive against Netflix and other Silicon Valley streaming pioneers....
...Until last summer, Tsargrad TV, which styles itself as a Russian Orthodox answer to Fox News, was an obscure corner of YouTube....
...Though few outside of Silicon Valley have heard of Greenoaks, it has quietly built a reputation for top performance....
...Volkswagen AG has named company insider Arno Antlitz as its chief financial officer, who is the current CFO of its luxury Audi brand. He will succeed Frank Witter, who will step down in June 2021....
...Out of sight, out of mind: MindGeek and the new pornographers A shadow industry of adult content has risen from the depths of the internet to take on Silicon Valley’s most powerful data-crunchers....
...(New York Times) Caffeine hit A simple coffee maker has taken Silicon Valley — and more than 4m consumers — by storm....
...Volkswagen is to establish a flagship self-driving technology company in an attempt to take on the dominance of Silicon Valley rivals such as Google’s Waymo....
...Can San Jose learn from Silicon Valley’s mistakes and minimise the downsides of development?...
...BMW, Daimler, Ford, GM, Honda and Volkswagen are all partnering specialist autonomous car companies, suggesting that the engineering part of the equation is becoming commodified, whereas the service side...
...Arguably, not strengthening the balance sheet when money is available, and equity is valuable, flies in the face of Silicon Valley best practice....
...Many see the fresh pastures of Silicon Valley as the place to mould the future of society....
...Comcast chief executive Brian Roberts arrived early at the multi-day event, while 21st Century Fox buyer and seller Rupert Murdoch, plus a rival bidder for part of the Fox assets, Disney chief executive...
...Streaming video service Hulu is making changes at the top as it faces intense competition in Hollywood from Netflix and other Silicon Valley tech companies....
...Netflix has seen its stock appreciate by more than 55 per cent so far this year, valuing the Silicon Valley-based company at more than $80bn....
...talks with Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook chief operating officer Facebook chief executive and founder, Mark Zuckerberg IBM chief executive, Ginni Rometty Rupert Murdoch, executive chairman of 21st Century Fox...
...It was a year of mega deals that ran into regulatory obstacles, such as 21st Century Fox’s planned takeover of Sky in the UK and AT&T’s purchase of Time Warner in the US....
...Silicon Valley is not just straying into traditional Hollywood territory....
...Last month he appointed UK internet entrepreneur Baroness Martha Lane Fox and Pepsi’s chief financial officer Hugh Johnston, to replace Silicon Valley veteran Peter Currie and Peter Chernin, head of media...
...It recently helped raise $15m for FuboTV, a small Netflix-like streaming service for football games, bringing in Sky and 21st Century Fox as lead investors....
...For example, Silicon Valley has been criticised for being overly white and male....
...Worth special mention, however, are the 22 RIAs from the greater San Francisco Bay and Silicon Valley areas combined — a reflection of how much the current tech boom is spurring demand for wealth management...
...In the past year Chinese investors have put billions into Silicon Valley companies including Uber, Airbnb and LinkedIn....
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