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Elon Musk’s Starlink was Ukraine’s most downloaded app last Sunday

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The app had about 21,000 installs globally on Sunday from the App Store and Google Play, with most of the downloads coming from the besieged country. Overall, it appears that Ukrainian users are definitely warming up to Elon Musk’s satellite-based internet. Don’t hesitate to contact us with news tips.

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Audi of America to introduce 4G LTE Audi connect service with A3 in Spring 2014

Green Car Congress

Initially, the new Audi connect 4G LTE service will allow enhancements, such as smoother renderings of the Google Earth and Google Street View features that come with Audi MMI navigation plus. The new Audi connect 4G LTE service will be powered by Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.’s

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Qualcomm introduces 4th generation Snapdragon automotive cockpit platforms

Green Car Congress

The 6th generation Kryo CPU is designed to provide the power and performance needed to address the compute needs of next generation automotive digital cockpits and the support for multiple virtual machines to provide the isolation needed for domain consolidation. Pre-integrated support for Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.2

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Road Test: 2024 Cadillac XT4 Premium Luxury FWD

Clean Fleet Report

The engine ran smooth, but there was hesitation on launch; when powering up a hill or flooring it, there was significant engine noise. To challenge consumers in a curious way, Cadillac has placed a “350T” badge on the rear power lift gate. The supportive power driver and passenger seats were covered in leather, as was the second row.

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Kawasaki’s Robot Ibex: Can It Be Tamed?

Cars That Think

What follows (in italics) are Google Translate's best attempts at rendering Soube's observations into workable English: Through the development of Kaleido, we felt the difficulty of biped robots. We believe that the walking technology cultivated in the development of humanoid robots can definitely be applied to quadruped walking robots.

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Test drive: 2024 Volvo XC90 Recharge adds polish to Swedish plug-in hybrid

Baua Electric

With more electric range, more power, and more refinement all baked into the already appealing Swedish package, the XC90 Recharge 2024 Volvo XC90 Recharge is now nearly ideal for families That said, Volvo’s move to Android Automotive OS and its tight third row mean the XC90 won’t fit every family or tech desire. When paired with the 2.0-liter

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Timnit Gebru Is Building a Slow AI Movement

Cars That Think

Timnit Gebru was a well-known scholar in the AI ethics community long before she got fired by Google in December 2020—but that messy and dramatic incident brought a new level of attention to her work. Hanna: Also, what would it mean to use AI to hold power to account? Since then, Gebru has been staffing up. Timnit Gebru: Yes.

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