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Is Aurora’s SPAC merger a genius idea or a cry for help? The race to pump cash in self-driving car startups is heating What is Aurora up to? Aurora was founded in 2017 by three veterans of the autonomous driving industry: Chris Urmson, the former CTO of Google’s self-driving project before it becameWaymo; Sterling Anderson, former head ofTesla Autopilot; and Drew Bagnell, former head of Uber’s self-driving team. Aurora develops hardware and software for autonomous driving and calls its stack Aurora Driver....

Is Aurora’s SPAC merger a genius idea or a cry for help? The race to pump cash in self-driving car startups is heating What is Aurora up to? Aurora was founded in 2017 by three veterans of the autonomous driving industry: Chris Urmson, the former CTO of Google’s self-driving project before it becameWaymo; Sterling Anderson, former head ofTesla Autopilot; and Drew Bagnell, former head of Uber’s self-driving team. Aurora develops hardware and software for autonomous driving and calls its stack Aurora Driver....

Is Bitcoin technically a religion? A scholar investigates It’s got a shadowy ‘prophet,’ rituals, and loads of devoted followers, so… Religion’s dirty secret So does Bitcoin’s having prophets, evangelists and dietary laws make it a religion or not? As a scholar of religion, I think this is the wrong question to ask. The dirty secret of religious studies is that there is no universal definition of what religion is. Traditions such as Christianity, Islam and Buddhism certainly exist and have similarities, but the idea that these are all examples of religion is relatively new....

Is Calacanis’ optimism about online marketing justified? Story byErnst-Jan Pfauth Ernst-Jan Pfauth is the former Editor in Chief of Internet at NRC Handelsblad, as well as an acclaimed technology author and columnist. He a(show all)Ernst-Jan Pfauth is the former Editor in Chief of Internet at NRC Handelsblad, as well as an acclaimed technology author and columnist. He also served as The Next Web’s blog’s first blogger and Editor in Chief, back in 2008....

Is Calacanis’ optimism about online marketing justified? Story byErnst-Jan Pfauth Ernst-Jan Pfauth is the former Editor in Chief of Internet at NRC Handelsblad, as well as an acclaimed technology author and columnist. He a(show all)Ernst-Jan Pfauth is the former Editor in Chief of Internet at NRC Handelsblad, as well as an acclaimed technology author and columnist. He also served as The Next Web’s blog’s first blogger and Editor in Chief, back in 2008....