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BYTON partners with Aiqudo for Voice AI in its EVs

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Aiqudo’s Voice AI platform will voice-enable actions in native apps within the BYTON ecosystem as well as intelligently launch app actions on personal mobile devices in the vehicle. Aiqudo’s Action Kit functionality will be offered to app developers through the BYTON developer portal.

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Daimler invests in the start-up Anagog; smartphone-based behavior analysis with no need for backend server

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The JedAI SDK (Software Development Kit) uses the multiple sensors in modern smartphones to detect anonymously the mobility status and to understand the activity context of users. This app helps motorists decide whether it makes sense for them personally to switch to an electric car or hybrid.

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Who Really Invented the Thumb Drive?

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The gadget, roughly the size of a pack of chewing gum, held 8 megabytes of data and required no external power source, drawing power directly from a computer when connected. This was granted to Amir Ban, Dov Moran, and Oron Ogdan in November 2000. The dot-com boom of 1995 to 2000 further increased demand for personal computing gear.

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“Software-Defined Car” project seeks to develop standardized rules and processes; SofDCar

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The three-year SofDCar project is funded with a grant of some €43 million by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi). —Professor Ralf Reussner from KASTEL – KIT’s Institute of Information Security and Dependability. —Professor Michael Weyrich.

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Xerox Parc’s Engineers on How They Invented the Future—and How Xerox Lost It

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Networks that link personal computers in offices. A later version of that tester, based on an Alto personal computer, also developed at PARC, ended up being used by Intel itself on its production line. A high-speed network that connects computers, printers, and other peripherals in an office or building. Laser printers.

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Non-bike bike gear reviewed: Linka Lasso smartphone-controlled chain lock

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In this regular column, I take a deep dive into some of the coolest and most interesting gadgets and pieces of kit that make it possible to swap a car for an e-bike on a daily basis. Next, the connected nature of the lock allows you to actually share unlocking credentials with other people. Next, there’s the issue of battery life.

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Volkswagen unveils I.D. EV concept; 1st MEB-based vehicle, to launch in 2020; up to 373 miles

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will be the first Volkswagen built off the Modular Electric Drive kit (MEB). MEB—Modularer Elektrifizierungsbaukasten (“Modular Electric Drive kit”)—was conceived to support the development of a family of pure electric vehicles within brands and across the Group. Connected Community – the new Volkswagen ID.

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