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Tesla FSD beta team gains former Waymo research scientist

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Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta has gained its latest member, who joins the team after working at Waymo, the driverless ride-hailing system being developed by Google parent company Alphabet. Qi notes that he has been with Waymo since 2019, after deciding between job offers from both the Alphabet-owned company and Tesla.

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MIT, QCRI use AI to enrich digital maps to improve GPS navigation; RoadTagger

Green Car Congress

However, creating detailed maps is an expensive, time-consuming process done mostly by big companies, such as Google, which sends vehicles around with cameras strapped to their hoods to capture video and images of an area’s roads. Roads can be occluded by, for example, trees and buildings, making it a challenging task, however.

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Polestar 7 to replace Polestar 2 in EV line-up to avoid Volkswagen Golf-like fate

Baua Electric

Unveiled in 2019, the Polestar 2 put the brand on a new path toward becoming an all-electric automaker. The Polestar 2 was the first to feature an Android Automotive OS-powered infotainment with built-in Google. A new Polestar electric car is destined to replace the Polestar 2 , the EV that started it all.

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The Metaverse Needs Standards, Too

Cars That Think

But there’s enough industry interest in beginning the process toward building it—whatever it may ultimately be. According to Trevett, the Metaverse Standards Forum’s first meetings—held via Zoom—yielded a Google spreadsheet that spelled out the forum’s priority topics, enabling members to garner support for their own preferences.

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Open-Source Security Chip Released

Cars That Think

The project began back in 2019 by a coalition of companies, started by Google and shepherded by the non-profit lowRISC in Cambridge, UK. Because it’s otherwise inaccessible, the system can trust that it hasn’t been tampered with, providing a basis to build security on.

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SpaceX CEO Elon Musk says “overdue” Starship update is coming soon

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Finally, the audience – while undoubtedly well-meaning – asks a number of questions, the vast majority of which have already been asked and answered or could be with Google and a few minutes of basic research. As with Musk’s (un)prepared remarks, there are usually a few gems of new information left to be found in the rough.

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SpaceX sends Starship heat shield “bakery” to Boca Chica

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Here's a Google satellite image of "The Bakery" in the city of Cape Canaveral Florida. They were just starting to build it back then. I drove by there a few times and took pics when I used to live near there. There was a lot of SpaceX marked vehicles in the parking lot.

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