Hello, ghouls and goblins, and welcome to this Halloween Weekend edition of Week in Review (WiR), TechCrunch's weekly tech recap in newsletter form. For our U.S.-based readers (and this reporter), 'tis the time for mid-autumn merrymaking ' time-tested traditions like jack-o'-lantern carving, costuming and apple picking. May we all make the most of it. In this issue of WiR, we cover the California DMV suspending Cruise's robotaxi permit, doing expenses in VR, the Apple Watch's best new feature going live and an e-commerce startup founded by an ex-PayPal exec that aims to give customers more control over their shopping data. Elsewhere, we spotlight the victims of Okta's latest hack, Carta's CEO trying to head off bad press, the latest from the FTX trial and Rivian winning the longest off-road competition in the U.S. Cruising no more: The California Department of Motor Vehicles on Tuesday suspended Cruise's deployment and driverless testing permits, ending the GM self-driving car...
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