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Tiny Lasers Could Finally Bring Us Really Smart AR Glasses

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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. Users could simultaneously interact with the physical and digital worlds.

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California DMV Suspends Cruise Driverless Vehicle Permits

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This represents a major victory for the Alphabet-owned Waymo, as it’s now the only company within the state that’s legally allowed to offer robotaxi services. While industrial espionage is hardly a new concept, that would be a pretty large risk for the company to take and there’s presently no evidence to support the claim.

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BMW Group Launches car sharing service “ReachNow” in Seattle

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After downloading and registering on the ReachNow app, available in the App Store and on Google Play, members can locate and book the closest available car in the ReachNow app or find a ReachNow car on the street. Vehicles on-hand at the airport. Car sharing for longer rentals. Car sharing for residential and corporate groups.

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Volkswagen Group invested €11.5B (US$12.9B) in R&D in 2014; ongoing focus on electromobility and digitalization of vehicles

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According to Winterkorn, the company now employs 46,000 researchers and developers as well as more than 10,000 IT experts, all of whom are working on the mobility of the future such as alternative drive concepts or the digitalization of vehicles and factories. This means the Group is already well below the legal limit for 2015.

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Your Life As A Digital Ghost

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And so I wanted to think that through because if now a datafied afterlife can exist and is possible, can we use some of the concepts that are very important to human rights, things like dignity, autonomy, equality, and the idea of human community? Do they need a different classification for legal, political, and social purposes?

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Finding The Wisest Ways To Global AI Regulation

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The heads of OpenAI and Google have both openly discussed the need for regulations. And do you also worry about algorithmic bias and automated decision-making systems that may be used in judicial systems, or legal systems, or medical contexts, things like that? Wald: Yeah. Wald: Absolutely. There’s the Brussels Effect.

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How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

As for warranties , there is legal precedent that original auto warranties cannot be voided completely by modifications — only the part(s) affected by retrofit will have their warranties affected. A new trend is conversion of internal combustion engine vehicles. Well be providing more information about this in the coming months.

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