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On November 22, 2015, 47-year-old Victor Collins was found in a hot tub, apparently strangled and drowned. Investigators seized an Amazon Echo device at the scene of the crime, hoping the voice-activated speaker may have captured key evidence. This week, Bloomberg Technology's Ni ...  Show more

One day, driving a truck could look pretty similar to a call center job. From a desk in an office, "drivers" will remotely monitor one or several trucks as they haul cargo around the country. Or at least that's the future that Starsky Robotics envisions. This week, Bloomberg Tech ...  Show more

Toy Story, Shrek: Jeder hat schon Animationsfilme von Disney-Pixar und Dreamworks gesehen. In der neuen Staffel von "Kampf der Unternehmen" tauchen wir ab in die Geschichten der Studios, die so sehr geprägt haben, was heute in den Kinos läuft.Es ist das Jahr 1985. Steve Jobs ist ...  Show more

It’s 1985 and Steve Jobs is fuming after being fired from Apple. He wants a second act, and he thinks he’s found one in Lucasfilm’s unwanted computer division.

But when Jobs buys it and founds Pixar, it soon becomes clear that visions aren't aligned. Jobs want ...

What has Pixar been up to over the last decade? Which Pixar film has had an underwhelming performance at the box office? And what comes next?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

It’s the 2000s and Disney and Pixar are locked in a high-stakes game of chicken. Disney’s deal with Pixar is about to end and renewal talks are snarled up. The dream team that introduced the world to computer animated movies is careening towards divorce.

And w ...