No car company is making more headlines right now than Tesla. Can the electric vehicle company stay ahead in the battle for electric car dominance?
Mark Rechtin, Executive Editor at Motor Trend, says Tesla's competitors are quickly gaining ground. Motor Trend tested out the Tesla Model 3, Nissan Leaf, and Chevrolet Bolt. Rechtin says that the Leaf and Bolt offer the best options, especially if you don't have $60,000 to spend on a Tesla.
Rechtin also discusses the ongoing problems Tesla is having with its Model 3 production. The company continues to fall behind its original target numbers, while its CEO Elon Musk is tweeting about a possible Tesla pickup truck. Rechtin says Musk should focus more on the Model 3 and less on his dream projects.
The Netherlands is the best place to test new innovations in the autonomous vehicles space, according to a recent report from KPMG. That's thanks to great infrastructure and political support, says Florien van der Windt, Project Manager of Connected and Automated Driving at the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment.
The second generation of Snap's smart glasses are available for sale in the U.S. starting today. Prices start at $150 and come in a variety of colors. Cheddar Senior Reporter Alex Heath broke news of the launch back in March.
The company, which manages and routes 10 percent of all internet traffic, says its new product 1.1.1.1 will keep consumers' data away from network providers.
The social media network saw growth in ad revenue and daily active users and indicated that, despite the Cambridge Analytica scandal, its outlook appeared bright. “The numbers are great, and I think that Facebook is going to move higher from here,” says Andrew Keene, Chief Executive of AlphaShark.com.
For years, Facebook kept its internal policy guidelines under wraps because "they didn't want people to game the system," says Axios' Sara Fischer. On Tuesday, the social media network changed course and made those guidelines public, after backlash over how it handles sensitive content.
"This is our way of clearly explaining, publicly, how we enforce these rules" around hate speech or harassment, says Monika Bickert, the social network's VP of Global Policy Management. Facebook has repeatedly come under fire for how it decides which content violates its policies and needs to be pulled down. Now, it is making its guidelines public for the first time and will allow users to appeal their decisions.
Facebook consults experts and organizations to determine whether or not content on its site violates policy and should be removed, says Monika Bickert, the company's VP of Global Policy Management. The social media network has repeatedly come under fire for those decisions. Now, in a bid to increase transparency, Facebook is making its guidelines public for the first time and will let users appeal their decisions.
Gmail is getting a makeover. On Wednesday, Google introduced a redesign of its hugely popular email platform. The new features include confidentiality mode and smart reply. Google is rolling out the update starting today, but it won't be immediately available to all 1.4 billion users worldwide.
Twitter reported earnings before the bell Wednesday, beating expectations on earnings and revenue. This marks the second profitable quarter in a row for the social media company. Cheddar senior reporter Alex Heath joins Kristen Scholer and Tim Stenovec to discuss what's in store for the rest of the year.
And we talk to comedian Rob Schneider about his Netflix show, "Real Rob." The show is loosely based on Schneider's life. He says the dynamic between him and his wife on the show is similar to Lucy and Ricky from "I Love Lucy." He also tells us what stocks he's most excited about.
A culture shift at the company has pushed Microsoft to stop competing with Apple and work with them instead. "That's just a natural thing for us to do," says Chris Capossela, Chief Marketing Officer at Microsoft.
A total of 72,000 gamers qualified for the 17-week long video game competition, and only 102 -- "the elite of the elite" -- made the final cut, says Brendan Donohue, managing director of the League.
