Russia starts a star war / Ford splits itself in two / Apple “Peek Performance” event preview

The Verge's Nilay Patel, Alex Cranz, and Dan Seifert discuss what could possibly be announced by Apple next week.

Senior reporter Loren Grush explains what's going on with Russia and space. And Andrew Hawkins talks about Ford splitting itself into two companies.

Further reading:

• Elon Musk’s promised Starlink terminals have reached Ukraine
• Ukraine engineer talks testing SpaceX’s new Starlink service
• Russian space director’s wild threats could have real implications for the ISS
• European Space Agency claims joint Russian Mars rover probably won’t launch this year
• Russia holds OneWeb rocket launch hostage, issues conditional demands
• Russia says it will no longer sell rocket engines to the United StatesFord’s ‘radical’ move to split the company won’t come easy
• Elon Musk dares autoworkers union: hold a vote at Tesla’s California factory 
• Rivian has altered the deal, and now its EVs will cost buyers up to $20K more
• Rivian apologizes for ‘broken trust’ and axes preorder price increases that hit as much as $20K
• The Arc One is an electric boat with a battery pack three times the size of Tesla’s
• Apple officially announces ‘Peek Performance’ March 8th event

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