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In the driver’s seat of driverless cars – ET Auto

Baua Electric

Elon Musk ‘s vision for personal mobility is cars running on clean fuel and driving themselves. His visit last weekend to China, where collecting data on driving behaviour is relatively easier than in the US or Europe, could yield the breakthrough Tesla has been seeking for a decade.

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Who Really Invented the Thumb Drive?

Cars That Think

Personal computers in the late 1980s began incorporating CD-ROM drives, but initially these could read only from prerecorded disks and could not store user-generated data. Somewhat less credibly, inventors in Malaysia and China have also claimed to be the first to come up with the thumb drive. MB of data.

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IBM’s Fall From World Dominance

Cars That Think

Census, the mainframe computer, legitimizing the person computer, and developing the software that beat the best in the world at chess and then Jeopardy. Joining me to talk about it—and IBM's other pivots, past and future—is a person uniquely qualified to do so. Steven Cherry Jim, IBM wasn't the first to personal computers.

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Road Test: 2021 Polestar 2

Clean Fleet Report

The secret is that Polestar is an electric performance brand from Volvo and its Chinese owner, Geely Holding. It was established in 2017 and is based in Gothenburg, Sweden, where Volvo has been for a long time (although the Polestar 2 is built in China). Google in the car. Still a bit of a mystery. Competitors.

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Ford, GM rolling out third-party developer programs for in-vehicle apps

Green Car Congress

With more than three dozen AppLink-compatible apps publicly available on Apple iOS and Google Android, the SDK is now mature enough that Ford engineers are ready to let larger ecosystem of developers try it out. Sina is an online media company serving China and the global Chinese communities.

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Mercedes-Benz previews its in-house developed operating system MB.OS

Green Car Congress

Mercedes-Benz also announced its most recent partnership—the new long-term strategic collaboration with Google to develop and implement a next-generation in-car navigation experience. Place Details provided by Google will be available starting today in all vehicles with the latest generation of MBUX in applicable markets.

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Finding The Wisest Ways To Global AI Regulation

Cars That Think

The heads of OpenAI and Google have both openly discussed the need for regulations. That includes the National AI Research Resource , which I have been personally passionate about for quite a few years. Europe seemed to get the first start, but am I right in thinking that the Chinese government may be moving the quickest?

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