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Meet the self-driving brains working with Volkswagen and Ford

The Verge

It’s kind of now an expectation among customers that there’s a delivery option for most retail businesses. And part of what they struggle with is, “How do I get my products from A to B, and to the customer’s doorstep as efficiently as some of the giant retail brands?” Is it the Ford program manager for a car?

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Apple’s fortress of secrecy is crumbling from the inside

The Verge

The overarching desire — the thing that connects the tenured software engineer in Cupertino with the retail employee in New Jersey — is that employees want to feel heard. The company’s guidelines are vague: “Be thoughtful about how you present yourself in online social networks,” they read. she asked. “Do

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