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Porsche presents 3D-printing technology for bucket seats

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Porsche has presented an innovative alternative to conventional bucket seat upholstery with the concept study “3D-printed bodyform full-bucket seat”. That’s why personalized seat shells customised for the driver have been standard in race cars for a long time now. Here, the central section of the seat—i.e., Source: Porsche.

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Tesla exec Tom Zhu triggers promotion speculation after China names new legal rep

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Tesla global vice president and CEO of the Greater China region Tom Zhu has triggered speculations of a potential promotion after the electric vehicle maker’s operating entity in China changed its legal representative. The legal entity of Tesla (Shanghai) Co., Wang Hao, the general manager of Tesla China, now fills the position.

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How the IBM PC Won, Then Lost, the Personal Computer Market

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On 12 August 1981, at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in midtown Manhattan, IBM unveiled the company's entrant into the nascent personal computer market: the IBM PC. The personal computer vastly expanded the number of people and organizations that used computers. With that, the preeminent U.S. Press coverage of the announcement was lukewarm.

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Musk: Tesla Roadster Will Use SpaceX Tech and Have Rocket Boosters

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Tesla presented the “new” Roadster back in 2017, but the car isn’t expected to officially launch until next year. Musk made the claims in an interview with former CNN personality Don Lemon, saying that a flying Roadster is “not out of the question.” So, a flying, rocket-powered EV that is somehow street-legal.

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“Tesla files” leak being eyed by authorities for potential data privacy violations: report

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When Handelsblatt reportedly contacted Tesla about the leak, the electric vehicle maker’s legal team issued a response. 5/ „For 6 months, a twelve-person team of editors evaluated presumably internal documents. 5/ „For 6 months, a twelve-person team of editors evaluated presumably internal documents.

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Honda begins joint research with Boston University in information security for AI; secure MPC

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In order to enable AI to cooperate with people, personal information about the users must be collected and analyzed. Currently, personalized services have become common in our daily lives. These systems typically share personal data of users, often without their knowledge and control. This information must be protected.

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The Creepy New Digital Afterlife Industry

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You decide, after some months of interacting with the 4evru’s version of your father, that while you are somewhat glad to learn who your father truly was, you’re mourning the loss of the person you thought you knew. Consider that Microsoft has a patent for creating a conversational chatbot of a specific person using their “social data.”