Motor Authority on the Cars Stealing the Show at CES
Joel Feder, interactive content manager for Motor Authority, discusses which automakers blew him away at CES this year. Driverless cars, electric vehicles, and new interfaces turned the expo into something of an auto show.
Feder says Byton, a new electric car company from former BMW and Mercedes Benz employees, was the talk of the event. Byton is looking to compete with Tesla eventually but is still a few years away.
Lyft unveiled its not-quite-driverless car. The vehicle will be automated but still have a wheel and gas and brake pedals in case a driver is needed.
Character design studio Superplastic recently raised $20 million in a Series A round. Paul Budnitz, founder and CEO of Superplastic, joined Cheddar News to discuss the financing and a new collaboration with Amazon to develop a new series.
A Republican-led House panel voted to advance a bill that would give President Joe Biden the power to ban TikTok. Chris Pierson, the founder and CEO of BlackCloak, joined Cheddar News to discuss how the process could affect other businesses.
The Biden administration on Thursday released a plan for improving the nation's cybersecurity by shifting the burden from individuals, small businesses, and local governments to federal agencies and major tech providers.