Week in Review: Jeff Bezos’ secret EV startup

Welcome back to Week in Review! We’ve got tons of cool stuff for your reading pleasure this week: Jeff Bezos backs EV startup Slate; a Meta whistleblower accuses the company of collusion; Waymo may use interior camera data; and much more. Let’s get to it! I want this: Slate, an EV startup, has the ambitious goal of building an affordable two-seater pickup truck for the attractive price of $25,000. It’s amassed a sizable war chest in service of that goal, backed by Jeff Bezos, and hopes to get its vehicle into production as soon as late 2026. China collusion: Sarah Wynn-Williams, Facebook’s former head of global public policy who wrote a book about her time at Facebook, testified before the U.S. Senate this week. Her testimony was spicy, as you can imagine. According to Wynn-Williams, Facebook, now known as Meta, worked directly with the Chinese Communist Party to “undermine U.S. national security and betray American values,” she said. Wait, what? Trevor Milton, the Nikola founder wh ... Read full article.