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Autonomous vehicle tech company Nauto enters strategic relationships with 3 automakers, including BMW and Toyota, and Allianz

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Nauto in-vehicle system block diagram from 2015 Nauto presentation. Insurers get a more precise view of each and every driver that can help personalize coverage, deliver precision risk assessments, reduce fraudulent claims and provide enhanced urban mobility services for commercial fleets.

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The Creepy New Digital Afterlife Industry

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You decide, after some months of interacting with the 4evru’s version of your father, that while you are somewhat glad to learn who your father truly was, you’re mourning the loss of the person you thought you knew. Consider that Microsoft has a patent for creating a conversational chatbot of a specific person using their “social data.”

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Up close and personal with Volkswagen’s e-Golf carbon offset project: Garcia River Forest

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In 2014, Volkswagen of America announced that starting with the launch of the zero-tailpipe emissions battery-electric 2015 e-Golf ( earlier post ), it would invest in projects to offset the carbon emissions created from the e-Golf on a full lifecycle basis: production, distribution and up to approximately 36,000 miles (57,936 km) of driving. .;

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Comma AI founder George Hotz is stepping down from the company

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Hotz has had a long history in the tech industry despite his young age. He gained notoriety in hacker communities at the age of 17 after becoming the first person to carrier unlock the iPhone. He also bumped heads with Sony a few years later for hacking the PlayStation 3. .

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April Fool’s! 6 times Tesla and others were a little too convincing

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Tesla has had a long history of making April Fool’s jokes, not unlike many before it in the tech automotive industries. 2015: Tesla Model S ‘ticket-avoidance-mode’ At this point, Tesla’s Model S “ticket-avoidance-mode” video is a straight-up classic. 4 can only be a good thing.”

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A Serial Entrepreneur Shares Lessons Learned on His Road to Success

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He learned from other IEEE members what running a tech company entails. In 2015 Profoundis launched its fifth product, Vibe: sales software that helps businesses identify prospective customers. If you choose the wrong person, running a successful startup together will be difficult.” But we had to just keep going,” he says.

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Harris AutoTECHCAST suggests deluge of infotainment features & connected services doing little to accelerate consumer adoption

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Results from the recently released 2015 Harris Poll AutoTECHCAST suggest that the deluge of infotainment features and connected services coming from the automotive industry may do little to accelerate consumer adoption. Data cited in the release comes from the May 2015 wave of the study.

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