Re/code Daily - To Keep the Self-Driving Crown, Tesla Has to Rapidly Ramp Up Hiring

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•	Apple, Google, Uber, a dude in his garage, and almost every major car company is working on self-driving cars. This means that Tesla, the first automaker to bring self-driving features to market, can't rest on its laurels. And that's why Tesla plans to hire thousands more employees, even leaning on its celebrity founder to spread the word. [Mike Ramsey \|The Wall Street Journal]
•	In 2015, the fantasy sports industrial complex began unraveling, just as football was getting under way. And while regulators in Nevada, New York and Illinois all gave FanDuel and DraftKings the boot, don't expect the games to disappear altogether in 2016. [Kurt Wagner \| Re/code]
•	Top-tier universities like Rice and NYU are spending more money equipping themselves with fancy entrepreneurship programs in an effort to attract students who will launch technology startups. It probably doesn't hurt that such programs get alumni donors to open their wallets much more easily. [Natasha Singer \| The New York Times]
•	Apple's iPhone sales are slowing down in the current quarter and into the first quarter of 2016, according to the company's Taiwan-based suppliers. Analysts had already been estimating lower year-over-year sales, but this is the first time we're hearing about a slowdown from the supply chain. Investors had already expressed concerns that China's cooling economy may be affecting Apple sales. [Daniel Shen and Steve Shen \| Digitimes]