– From the November 2017 issue – Formula E, the electric formula-car series, seemed like a doomed political obligation when it made its debut in 2014. But its fourth season is set to kick off in December in Hong Kong, and in its first three seasons, Formula E attracted major automakers Audi, Jaguar, and Renault. […]
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Portland Retro Gaming Expo delivers the industry’s rarest, weirdest stuff
PORTLAND, Oregon—If you think you’ve seen everything there is to offer at a massive “retro gaming expo,” then you’re a lot like me. I went to last weekend’s Portland Retro Gaming Expo with low expectations, simply hoping to have fun and play games with a few friends. But the annual show has continued its explosive […]
Electric Concept Cars from the Frankfurt Motor Show Reveal the Auto Industry’s Future
Concepts from BMW, Mercedes, Audi, and others show how big automakers are preparing for the electric age. https://media.wired.com/photos/59bc28be9ab5ef0ea39106dd/master/pass/MErcedes-EQA-2-(Mercedes-Benz).jpg Feed: All Latest
How finance workers are paying the price for their industry’s profit
Paramount Pictures A job in banking and insurance used to be a sought-after prize for many working class students. Not only was it a clean and safe white-collar job with long-term employment security, it also offered the prospect of a career and a good pension. But the financial crisis of 2007-08 has put an end […]
GM Adds 130 Autonomous Chevrolet Bolt EVs, Creating the Industry’s Largest Self-Driving Fleet . . . for Now
– General Motors will more than triple the number of self-driving vehicles it has operating on public roads within a matter of weeks, giving its engineers one of the largest autonomous test fleets of any company developing the fledgling technology. – Executives said this week that they have completed production of 130 autonomous electric Chevrolet Bolt […]
PlayStation tops ranking of the game industry’s most-watched TV ads
GUEST: On TV, “PlayStation Vue” had a whole new meaning between April and May, as the console brand captured 16 percent of the gaming industry TV ad impressions in the last 30 days GamesBeat has partnered with iSpot.tv, the real-time TV ad measurement company with attention and conversation analytics from 10 million smart TV screens, to […]
How a new clothing brand is changing the fashion industry’s understanding of women
The Insider Picks team writes about stuff we think you’ll like. Business Insider has affiliate partnerships, so we get a share of the revenue from your purchase. Citizen’s MarkWhile working at the UN in Geneva, Switzerland, Citizen’s Mark founder Cynthia Salim realized at 23 the same thing every working woman inevitably does: It’s hard to find credible […]
We’ve been missing a big part of game industry’s digital revolution
Enlarge / Data! Pew-pew! (credit: Aurich / Getty / Konami) Last year, the Entertainment Software Association’s annual “Essential Facts” report suggested that the US game industry generated $ 16.5 billion in “content” sales annually (excluding hardware and accessories). In this year’s report, that number had grown to a whopping $ 24.5 billion, a nearly 50-percent […]
Look, but don’t touch? The watch industry’s old guard needs to smarten up, and soon
The Baselworld 2017 watch show is a concentrated look at a glamorous industry steeped in history. Visitors get a glimpse of some astonishing innovation, incredible quality, and truly exciting timepieces. Except they mostly do so with their noses pressed up against glass cases, like school children outside a sweet shop. For some of the world’s […]
Don’t blame Google and Facebook for media industry’s problems
ANALYSIS: As media outlets struggle to replace the rapidly disappearing revenue they used to get from traditional advertising, they see Google and Facebook taking the lion’s share of what has come along to replace it. And now some argue that those technology giants should repay some of what they have taken and help fix journalism. […]