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Over the past 12-15 months, several new ride-hailing apps have mushroomed in India in segments such as cabs, autorickshaw and bike taxis. The emergence of these apps and tackling the competition have become a matter of routine management discussions within incumbent operators Uber and Ola, said people in the know.New apps such as InDrive, Namma Yatri, Yaary, BluSmart and Rapido (in the cabs segment) are primarily looking to address gaps left by the larger players in terms of customer service and driver-partner…

Frank Stronach was a hands-on boss and always thinking of the future, his vision dominated by his love of horse racing.So, it was in that spirit that in 2006 he took Robert Hartman, his general manager of Golden Gate Fields, on an hour drive from Albany to the little town of Dixon, about 20 miles from Sacramento.“We get out of the car and stand in the middle of nothing, and he says, ‘We’re going to build a race track here,’” said Hartman, now chair of the University of Arizona’s renowned Race Track Industry Program.“It…

The teams are set, and the race locations are now locked. Infant electric boat racing league, E1, sits a month and a half away from its inaugural season and has shared the 2024 race calendar that begins in Saudi Arabia en route to a finale in a newly announced location – Hong Kong. It’s been a busy week for the UIM E1 World Championship as it moves into 2024, a mere 40-something days from its first-ever electric boat racing grand prix. Originally planned to begin in 2023 with eight co-ed racing…

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As the UIM E1 electric boat racing championship sits less than a month from its inaugural season, the nascent league has announced its latest team owner – musician Marc Anthony. The renowned salsa singer will lead Team Miami during the first-ever electric boat racing series in 2024. As we wind down 2023, we, as EV enthusiasts, move closer than ever to seeing the first electric boat races as part of UIM’s E1 World Championship, competing globally. While the young league created by Formula E and…

A couple of weekends ago, Michael B. Jordan crashed his blue Ferrari into a parked Kira Niro SUV while driving in Hollywood. While the Creed III star was uninjured by the incident, it led the actor to skip the Academy Museum Gala, which took place the following day. Following the December 2 crash, another Ferrari driver who was next to Jordan prior to the accident has shared what he witnessed. Tenshi Angel was driving the red Ferrari that was seen next to Michael B. Jordan’s blue Ferrari on the night of the car crash.…

As you look around Michael Mann’s office, in an anonymous building in downtown Los Angeles, clues as to the subject of his latest film aren’t hard to find. On the windowsill sits a glass box with a model of a bright red Ferrari inside. On a shelf behind his desk there is a row of books about the revered Italian car manufacturer. Mann himself owns two of them.“What drew me to Ferrari and held me there for so many years is that it does what almost nothing else I can think of does,” Mann says. “It resonates with the way life…

Ranking systems are common in most competitive games, but they all work a little differently, even if they use the same basic terminology and structure. Fortnite‘s Rocket Racing will have you rising up various ranks as you complete more races and quests, but this has a greater impact on your game than simply what little icon is next to your name. Here’s a full explanation on how the ranking system works in Fortnite Rocket Racing. Rocket Racing ranks explained The basics of how the Fortnite Rocket Racing ranking…

Welcome to AI Decoded, Fast Company’s weekly LinkedIn newsletter that breaks down the most important news in the world of AI. If a friend or colleague shared this newsletter with you, you can sign up to receive it yourself here.Super Investor Vinod Khosla on our AI futureVeteran venture capitalist Vinod Khosla dropped some pearls of wisdom on an adoring crowd during a brief interview onstage at Fortune’s AI conference in downtown San Francisco Tuesday. Here’s a quick rundown of his major points. On the risks of AI: “The…

It's becoming hard to adequately describe the massive popularity of Fortnite, even after five years. For instance, the game just reportedly topped over 7.6 million concurrent players over the weekend after the launches of three new in-game experiences: Lego Fortnite, Rocket Racing, and Fortnite Festival.Fortnite saw the massive player count on Saturday, December 9, per Fortnite.gg, and followed that up with over 7.3 million people playing the game on December 10. The spike in numbers is undoubtedly thanks…