The Morning After: Apple could have employed a longtime Ford exec for its automotive venture | Engadget

I assumed Apple’s automotive venture had gone just a little quiet, nevertheless it’s nonetheless a factor, in line with Bloomberg.

The firm has reportedly employed a longtime Ford engineer and govt to work on its automotive thought experiment, as soon as known as Project Titan. Desi Ujkashevic had been with the automaker since 1991 and was Ford’s world director of automotive security engineering.

Naturally, which means we’ve chewed over her work historical past and LinkedIn web page, noting she’s labored on Ford’s electrical autos and regulatory points — experience Apple will love.

There have been rumors about Apple’s work on autonomous autos since 2015, however there have been extra setbacks than bulletins. Doug Field, who apparently led Project Titan, left Apple to rejoin Ford final September. Are they simply swapping execs?

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Paramount’s streaming service will arrive within the UK and Ireland on June twenty second. South Korea can even have entry someday in June. For all over the place else, you may have to attend till the second half of 2022.

The firm it added 6.8 million new Paramount+ subscribers within the first quarter of 2022, placing the platform now at nearly 40 million prospects. Despite Halo.

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Ubisoft Montreal was “the very birthplace of the epic Sands of Time trilogy,” the builders wrote in a message to followers. The authentic was launched in 2003, which was a reboot of, nicely, 1989’s Prince of Persia. In the unique, if you died, you stayed lifeless.

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