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Good Energies, Google and Marubeni Investing in Offshore Wind Backbone

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Energy investor Good Energies, Google and Marubeni Corporation are investing in the Atlantic Wind Connection (AWC) backbone transmission project. Source: Google. Good Energies, an experienced investor in the development of renewable energy projects across North America, Europe and Asia, and Google are each investing 37.5%

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Autonomous driving visionary Dr. Lawrence Burns joining Neural Propulsion Systems as Executive Advisor; L4/L5 autonomous driving

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Dr. Burns is the former Corporate Vice President of Research & Development and Planning at General Motors ( earlier post ). He has also advised numerous companies—including Google Self-Driving Cars/Waymo for over a decade. He received a B.S. in Engineering/ Public Policy from the University of Michigan, and a Ph.D.

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The Rise and Fall of 3M’s Floppy Disk

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As author David Morton noted in his 2006 book Sound Recording: The Life Story of a Technology , 3M was one of the best-suited companies on the market to help Brush out. BASF, a German chemical manufacturer, has a somewhat similar corporate history and logo design to fellow thick-Helvetica enthusiast 3M.

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Opinion: GM Shouldn’t Kill Apple CarPlay, Android Auto

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Right after that passage, MT mentions that GM’s planned Ultifi infotainment will integrate apps like Google Maps and Spotify. I admit I generally like CarPlay – it’s easy to use and I love that it offers me three different map apps (even if two of those apps have the same corporate owner).

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Did You Make Your Connecting Flight? You May Have A.I. to Thank.

Baua Electric

It’s like Google maps, but in the air,” explained Vikram Baskaran, vice president for information technology services at the carrier. takes in “an amount of information no human brain could process,” said Pasha Saleh, the corporate development director and a pilot for Alaska. Saving fuel and frustration A.I. Generative A.I.

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Transparency Depends on Digital Breadcrumbs

Cars That Think

But in order for investigators to identify suspects amidst a mob of thousands, it had to cast a very wide net and sought the cooperation of tech giants like Google, Facebook, and Snap and carriers like Verizon and T-Mobile. The writer David Brin foretold a version of our current panopticon in his 1998 book The Transparent Society.

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BMW Group Launches car sharing service “ReachNow” in Seattle

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After downloading and registering on the ReachNow app, available in the App Store and on Google Play, members can locate and book the closest available car in the ReachNow app or find a ReachNow car on the street. Car sharing for residential and corporate groups. Chauffeur service – book a car with a driver.

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