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KDDI, AT&T to connect Toyota and Lexus vehicles in US with 4G LTE starting in the fall

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The ecosystem will build on the joint Global Communications Platform announced by Toyota and KDDI in 2016 to support car connectivity. Toyota Motor North America, KDDI and AT&T will collaborate to enable 4G LTE connectivity for all new model Toyota and Lexus cars and trucks.

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Will the Unreal Engine 5 Realize the Metaverse’s Potential?

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The race to build the metaverse is on—but first, developers need the tools to do it. UE5 includes the demo’s city as a free sample any developer can download— which has already led to a viral hit inspired by Superman. Zenith highlights the strength of Unity’s Asset Store, which offers over 60,000 assets for download.

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NREL study finds that uncoordinated plug-in vehicle charging could prove challenging to the grid

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More than 600,000 plug-in electric vehicles were already on the road at the end of 2016, a figure that includes about 150,000 sold during the year. The electric load profiles used in this paper, including household demand and PEV charging with a 10-minute resolution, are available for download in the NREL Data Catalog.

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LG Chem charges Li-ion trade secrets theft, files Federal suit against SK Innovation

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Some of these employees downloaded 400 to 1,900. From the end of 2016—when the move of these 77. equipment necessary to build Li-ion batteries, as the machinery. For example, one of these employees. inserted LG Chem’s key technical trade secret information regarding. Innovation. SK Innovation, the company charged.

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NVIDIA deep learning software platform gets trio of big updates

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DIGITS 4 release candidate will be available this week as a free download for members of the NVIDIA developer program. NVIDIA cuDNN provides high-performance building blocks for deep learning used by all leading deep learning frameworks.

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SAE’s highest technical safety award goes to hydrogen fueling paper

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At the Awards Ceremony at the SAE 2016 Government/Industry Meeting, SAE International honored the recipients of the Ralph H. Hydrogen is now emerging as an alternative fuel and they are starting to build infrastructure in places such as California, Europe and Japan. Mathison (Honda); Michael J. Earlier post.).

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Ride-sharer Grab to invest $700M in “Grab 4 Indonesia” 2020 master plan

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The “Grab 4 Indonesia” 2020 master plan follows a strong year of growth in Indonesia for Grab, with its GrabCar and GrabBike businesses each growing more than 600% over the course of 2016. To date, the company has more than 630,000 drivers and 33 million downloads across the region. million commuters in greater Jakarta.

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