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Sales of new iPhones on pace to beat last year's record

Sales of Apple Inc’s new iPhones are on pace to beat the 10 million units the previous versions logged in their first weekend last year, the company said on Monday, sending its shares up nearly 2 percent. Apple did not disclose the specific number of advance orders it received. The company said it was working to catch up to demand for the iPhone 6S Plus, the larger of the two

Google's self-driving car push spurs hiring spree at automakers

German premium carmakers BMW , Mercedes-Benz and Audi are snapping up software experts as tech firms such as Google threaten to outflank them in the race to develop a self-driving car. Software expertise has become a new battleground for automakers and tech firms as cars need lines of code to connect electric car motors to batteries, talk to smartphones or activate brakes when a radar system detects an obstacle ahead.