Dodge dealership to pay $935K in EEOC discrimination claim
Christopher's Dodge Ram in Colorado agrees to a $935,000 payment related to a gender discrimination claim brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission......»»
COLUMN: Is the Dodge Charger trapped between the past and the future?
Meshing muscle car heritage with EV technology could leave Dodge with few customers from either camp......»»
Technician damaged vehicle learning to drive a manual transmission, lawsuit alleges
Two technicians at a Milford, Conn., dealership allegedly damaged a service customer's "dream car" during a joyride where the older one wanted to teach the younger one how to drive a manual transmission vehicle......»»
Breaking down the DOJ’s claim that Apple killed the Amazon Fire Phone (and others)
One of the many bizarre claims throughout the Department of Justice’s 88-page lawsuit against Apple is that Apple somehow killed the Amazon Fire Phone. Also, Apple is apparently to blame for HTC, LG, and Microsoft exiting the smartphone business......»»
Stellantis to recall about 285,000 U.S. vehicles over airbag inflator risk, NHTSA says
The recall covers certain 2018-21 Dodge Charger and Chrysler 300 sedans. About 10,285 vehicles are affected in Canada, 3,502 in Mexico and nearly 19,000 in markets outside of North America......»»
DOJ lawsuit misunderstands CarPlay, claiming it too is anticompetitive
The DOJ lawsuit is 88 pages long, and I freely confess I haven’t yet finished reading it, but it seems one tech writer has – finding a claim that CarPlay is anticompetitive. As the piece notes, it seems clear that the Department of Justice doe.....»»
Claim of iPad announcement on March 26 ‘not true’ – Gurman
The leaker Instant Digital has been busy on Weibo recently, with a series of claims about the upcoming iPad Pro models. One of these was that an iPad announcement would be made on March 26 – but Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman has said that this is “no.....»»
Talk to each other: How dealers can smooth tech vendor bumps
CEO Liza Borches has pursued a multiyear effort to streamline her dealership group's use of technology and make remaining vendors work better together. That included a summit of all the major players......»»
Examining why women are no further ahead in the workforce than 30 years ago
A report exploring the working conditions of pregnant employees and parents has been released today, calling for major changes in Australian workplaces to counter the "vast discrimination and disadvantage" experienced by these groups......»»
Land Rover, Mitsubishi, CDJR, Nissan of Shelby dealerships sell
Nissan of Shelby gets a fresh start, a minority owned dealership group expanded by two stores and another group acquired its first Land Rover dealership......»»
Holman nearly doubles auto retail business with Leith Automotive megadeal
The transaction closed this week and nearly doubles Holman's auto retail business. It's the latest in a slew of large dealership group acquisitions......»»
Apple Watch Series 10 rumored to offer limited blood pressure monitoring
A new report expects a kind of blood-pressure monitoring feature to be added to the Apple Watch Series 10, but there is an important caveat to that claim.Apple has been working on what many call the "holy grails" of non-invasive blood pressure and bl.....»»
9to5Mac Overtime: Our favorite Apple features
Jeff and Fernando continue their discussion from last week and consider the most useful Apple features and services across all product lines. What will claim the top spot? more….....»»
Tesla settles race bias claims by Black former worker after $3 million verdict
Tesla has settled a long running lawsuit by a Black former factory worker who claimed he was subjected to severe racial harassment, according to a court filing Friday, as the electric carmaker faces a series of other discrimination lawsuits......»»
Folding iPhone & under-screen Face ID rumored arrival date pushed back -- again
A market researcher is now making the claim that Apple will have both folding iPhones and under-screen Face ID — but both won't be ready to launch for years.The 'iPhone Fold' is expected to take design cues from existing Apple productsIt's been rep.....»»
Study finds media coverage focused on NASA mathematician"s achievements, but treated discrimination as past problem
Without Katherine Johnson, NASA would not have landed a man on the moon. The 2016 film "Hidden Figures" told Johnson's story as a brilliant mathematician, a trailblazer who overcame racism and sexism to succeed at NASA in the 1950s and '60s. That mon.....»»
Kurdish uprisings have led to new ways for communities to claim Kurdish identity, study shows
Kurdish uprisings have become a way for people to assert their identity and challenge their historical and structural erasure in modern Iran, a new study shows......»»
Kia, Subaru, Buick-GMC and Honda dealerships sell in Q4, Q1 transactions
Two Automotive News top 150 dealership groups purchased import stores in the fourth quarter and a mid-Atlantic group bought three stores in the fourth and first quarters......»»
Ind. dealership group starts high school program to develop future auto technicians
Many dealerships look to community college training programs as a source of future auto mechanics. An Indiana dealership group is starting even earlier in its search — high school......»»
Group 1 acquires South Carolina Honda, Mercedes-Benz dealerships
The deal brings Group 1's year-to-date total of acquired dealership annual revenue to $1 billion......»»
NYT to OpenAI: No hacking here, just ChatGPT bypassing paywalls
OpenAI’s claim that NYT “hacked” ChatGPT is “irrelevant” and “false,” NYT says. Enlarge (credit: SOPA Images / Contributor | LightRocket) Late Monday, The New York Times responded to OpenAI's claims that th.....»»