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Tesla finally adds Waypoints, a long-requested feature promised over a year ago

Teslarati

Tesla does not refer to them as “Waypoints,” however. We used this example with Google Maps to show how Waypoints gives drivers the opportunity to schedule multiple stops during one journey: “Tesla owners could stop in Times Square, then head West to Chelsea Piers, and back East to Midtown. Instead, the 2021.40.5

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Help Build the Future of Assistive Technology

Cars That Think

To give you an idea, this year's attendees included Google, Microsoft, Hulu, Amazon, and the Central Intelligence Agency. Wired Magazine refers to this layered reality as the "Mirrorworld." Help build the future of assistive technology! CSUN, it should be noted, is no newcomer to the field. Kevin Kelly of. Visit CSUN's.

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Tiny Lasers Could Finally Bring Us Really Smart AR Glasses

Cars That Think

When Google Glass debuted almost a decade ago, augmented reality (AR) wearables seemed poised to take off. But Google withdrew its smart glasses from the market in early 2015. But Google withdrew its smart glasses from the market in early 2015. MegaOne builds projectors. Osram develops laser diodes.

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Ending an Ugly Chapter in Chip Design

Cars That Think

The crux of the clash was whether Google’s AI solution to one of chip design’s thornier problems was really better than humans or state-of-the-art algorithms. It pitted established male EDA experts against two young female Google computer scientists, and the underlying argument had already led to the firing of one Google researcher.

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Tesla Gigafactory Texas will sit on ‘Tesla Road’ following unanimous vote on name change

Teslarati

Tesla will work with Commissioners to build a new Harold Green Road, as the name reportedly refers to a local dairy farmer, rancher, and homebuilder who had the same name. The change is effective immediately, as Googling Tesla’s former address of 13101 Harold Green Road will now show the updated name of “13101 Tesla Road.”

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Competing Visions Underpin China’s Quantum Computer Race

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Like their competitors IBM , Google , Honeywell , and D-Wave , both Chinese companies profess to be developing "full stack" quantum businesses, offering access to quantum computing through the cloud coupled with their own suite of algorithms, software, and consulting services. We can build a qubit. We can build a qubit.

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Toyota Fuel-Cell 'Megafactory' Matches Tesla Gigafactory In Impact

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As shown by its roughly half-million references in Google, Tesla’s lithium-ion cell and battery Gigafactory is a big deal. Producing the same volume of lithium-ion cells in one building in 2020 as were produced by the whole industry during 2013 should allow substantial economies of scale for those cells--and the cars that.