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GaN company Transphorm closes $70M investment round

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Transphorm Inc, an early stage power conversion semiconductor company, announced a $70-million investment round led by global investment firm KKR. Similarly, when applied to power conversion, GaN components enable significantly more efficient, compact, and cost-effective products.

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Ford to offer SYNC 3 connectivity on entire US MY2017 lineup

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Ford is expanding its SYNC 3 connectivity platform—allowing compatibility of Apple CarPlay and Android Auto—throughout its entire 2017 US vehicle lineup of cars, SUVs, light trucks and electrified vehicles. Future, over-the-air updates via Wi-Fi will help ensure it keeps up with the latest technology.

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Car News: 2024 Consumer Electronics Show

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Generative AI for the Intelligent Personal Assistant uses artificial intelligence for speech processing which enable human-like conversations that allow drivers to keep their hands on the wheel and their eyes on the road. Polestar and Google All Polestar vehicles have Google Built-In , but now the technology will have enhanced features.

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Kawasaki’s Robot Ibex: Can It Be Tamed?

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The conversation was conducted in Japanese. What follows (in italics) are Google Translate's best attempts at rendering Soube's observations into workable English: Through the development of Kaleido, we felt the difficulty of biped robots. , and it can carry up to 100 kilograms. The other application is inspection.

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Hyundai to debuts a number of new automotive connectivity and assistance technologies at CES, including Siri and Eyes Free mode

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To further minimize distraction, Siri takes hands-free functionality even further with an Eyes Free mode which enables drivers to interact with their iPhone using nothing more than their voice while keeping the device’s screen from lighting up. Drivers can dictate messages, search for music, find real-time weather and ask directions.

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When AI Unplugs, All Bets Are Off

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The next great chatbot will run at lighting speed on your laptop PC—no Internet connection required. Meanwhile, Google has scrambled to deliver its own chatbot, Bard, which launched in March; Amazon announced a $4 billion investment in Anthropic , creator of ChatGPT competitor Claude, in September.

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How the Huawei Fight is Changing the Face of 5G

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Data is going to travel along that edge at the speed of light," said a former US official involved with the issue. Also last year, a decade-old confidential report from Dutch telecommunications company KPN, leaked to the press, claimed that China could eavesdrop on the conversations of anyone using its Huawei-built network. So the U.S.

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