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2017 Hyundai Elantra launches with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto

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—Mike O’Brien, vice president of product and corporate planning, Hyundai Motor America. Apple and Google plan to add more third-party apps in the future, and these will not require any vehicle software updates. Android Auto is currently available on 2015 and 2016 Sonata models. Lollipop or higher.

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15 Graphs That Explain the State of AI in 2024

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Generative AI investment skyrockets While corporate investment was down overall last year, investment in generative AI went through the roof. Google released the most in 2023. Another chart in the report shows that most of that private investment in generative AI is happening in the United States.

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NGK Spark Plug & HAKUTO-R to test solid-state lithium battery technology on the moon in 2021

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announced that NGK Spark Plug has agreed to participate as a corporate partner of the world’s first commercial lunar exploration program “ HAKUTO – R ”. In 2016, NTK researchers reported on their development of all-solid-state lithium batteries using a lithium oxide solid electrolyte ceramics layer (Li 1.5

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Volkswagen takes stake in German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI); autonomous driving and the digital factory

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The system was presented in a near-production scenario at the Volkswagen AG IT Symposium 2016. We also expect our participation in DFKI to provide new impetus for the digitalization of our plants and the continuing automation of corporate processes. Google Germany GmbH. Intel Corporation. CLAAS Group. Deutsche Post AG.

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Bezos Bucks? Get Ready for Corporate Digital Currency

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Corporate Cash The idea of private digital currencies goes back to at least 1994, when the late Edward de Bono wrote of the “IBM dollar.” In de Bono’s vision, “large manufacturing corporations” should create their own currencies, which could be used to buy their products. Google also has a huge base of both consumer and business users.

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The Rise and Fall of 3M’s Floppy Disk

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BASF, a German chemical manufacturer, has a somewhat similar corporate history and logo design to fellow thick-Helvetica enthusiast 3M. Wind-vortex generators: In 2016, 3M developed a technology to help wind turbines generate airflow more optimally to ensure they work better, in partnership with Smartblade.

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BMW Group Launches car sharing service “ReachNow” in Seattle

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In addition to debuting the ReachNow car sharing service in Seattle, BMW Group Member of the Board Peter Schwarzenbauer also announced the establishment of ReachNow’s North American headquarters in the city and its plans to expand the service to three additional cities in 2016—with the intention of servicing 10 North American cities.

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