STILL NOT READY FOR PRIMETIME: GM’s Cruise laying off 900 employees, or 24% of its workforce. “The layoffs, which primarily affected commercial operations and related corporate functions, are the latest turmoil for the robotaxi startup and come one day after Cruise dismissed nine ‘key leaders’ for the company’s response to an Oct. 2 accident in which a pedestrian was dragged 20 feet by a Cruise self-driving car after being struck by another vehicle.”