Like Uber, ride-hailing platform Lyft has sold its self-driving division. Itâs a massive u-turn for the company considering that just last year, it said it was planning to launch its first robotaxi fleet in 2023. Letâs take a closer look at whatâs happened. The deal On Tuesday this week, Lyft announced an acquisition agreement with Toyotaâs Woven Planet Holdings (WPH). The deal sees WPH buy Lyftâs self-driving division, called Level... Read more âș
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Google Assistant is great for knowing weather forecasts, checking scores of my favorite sports teams, or asking it to show nearby restaurants. But one of my huge complaints with it is that when I try to call a contact, it would often fail to recognize their name. I live in India, and because of the diverse nature of the country names, people in my contacts and their pronunciations vary a... Read more âș
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We have to get rid of our past ideas of what a ânormalâ business office looks like. As lockdowns ease in the future, there will be industries that want to bring everyone back into an office location even as other companies remain in a fully-remote system. But there is another option that is poised to become the standard for business operations in the 21st century: the hybrid workplace. In this... Read more âș
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Last night, when most of India was sleeping, Facebook temporarily blocked posts that included the #ResignModi hashtagâ criticizing the Prime Ministerâs handling of the raging Coronavirus pandemic â and restored them hours later. The company said that the blocking was an oversight, and New Delhi didnât order the social networking giant to restrict it: We temporarily blocked this hashtag by mistake, not because the Indian government asked us to, and... Read more âș
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An Amazon lawsuit alleging former President Donald Trump interfered in the selection process for the Department of Defenseâs JEDI project can go forward, a federal judge ruled today. The ruling stems from a 2019 lawsuit where Amazon insisted Trump purposefully snubbed the company in favor of Microsoft for the JEDI account â a $10B program to build AI solutions for the Pentagon. The reasoning for this, according to Amazon, has... Read more âș
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If youâre in the market for a new set of hi-fi speakers or studio monitors, you might have come across the term âwaveguideâ before. You mightâve seen a photo or illustration in marketing materials pointing to a fancy trim ring or horn-looking-thing around a speakerâs tweeter, as in the header image above. Sometimes a waveguide is even directly integrated into the speakerâs cabinet design itself. This is more than just... Read more âș
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The UK government is retooling a National Health Service app as a vaccine passport for international travel, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps announced this morning. The app will provide proof that people have been vaccinated or received a negative test for the virus. Shapps told Sky News that the system is already being developed: In terms of vaccine certification, I can confirm we are working on an NHS application â actually... Read more âș
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A Black man says a passport photo he submitted was rejected by the British government because the AIÂ software couldnât recognize his âmelanated hotness.â Joris LechĂȘne, a model and racial justice activist, said in a TikTok video that his photo met every rule in the application guidelines: But lo and behold, that photo was rejected because the artificial intelligence software wasnât designed with people of my phenotype in mind. LechĂȘne... Read more âș
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A group of researchers from Tel Aviv University recently discovered how shockingly easy it is to identify a person based on a tiny sample of their musical listening preferences. The gist: When companies such as Spotify use your data to train its AI, they remove all the identifying markers such as your name, account number, or anything else a computer or person could use to immediately identify you. Whatâs left... Read more âș
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Apple users across the globe are adopting the latest operating system update, called iOS 14.5, featuring the now-obligatory new batch of emojis. But thereâs another change thatâs arguably less fun but much more significant for many users: the introduction of âapp tracking transparencyâ. This feature promises to usher in a new era of user-oriented privacy, and not everyone is happy â most notably Facebook, which relies on tracking web usersâ... Read more âș
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As EVs and semi-automated vehicles are becoming a bigger part of our lives, cybersecurity concerns are growing. Just a year ago, the Autopilot of the Tesla Model X was hacked, and not just once. In one instance, Israeli researchers at Ben Gurion University tricked the car by flashing âphantomâ images on a road, wall or sign, causing it to unexpectedly brake or steer in the wrong direction. A few months... Read more âș
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TLDR: With a lifetime GA Insights subscription, you can monitor your website analytics at all time and receive alerts the minute thereâs a potential problem. There are currently over 2 billion potential customers for your online business out there right now on the web. The money they spend online accounts for almost 20 percent of the worldâs retail sales totals. And since nearly half of all U.S. small businesses donât... Read more âș
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Commonly known as the Chinese Space Station Telescope (CSST), Xuntian (Heavenly Cruiser) is readying to become Chinaâs first major telescope in space. Unlike previous space telescopes such as Hubble, this orbiting observatory, due for launch in 2024, will be orbiting alongside the Chinese large modular space station, able to dock with the outpost when needed. One of the most-important characteristics of a telescope is its diameter â which limits how... Read more âș
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This article was originally published by Sarah Wray on Cities Today, the leading news platform on urban mobility and innovation, reaching an international audience of city leaders. For the latest updates follow Cities Today on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, and YouTube, or sign up for Cities Today News. New research from Ramboll finds that personal safety concerns about walking, cycling and using public transport have a big influence on how... Read more âș
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The closest star to Earth is Proxima Centauri. It is about 4.25 light-years away, or about 25 trillion miles (40 trillion km). The fastest ever spacecraft, the now- in-space Parker Solar Probe will reach a top speed of 450,000 mph. It would take just 20 seconds to go from Los Angeles to New York City at that speed, but it would take the solar probe about 6,633 years to reach... Read more âș
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Have you ever dreamed of a mobile robot that would independently charge your EV with the tap of a button on your phone? Well, Envision Group has made it happen, and the firm says we will see its new device on the streets in June 2021. Last week, the Chinese green tech company launched what it claims to be the wordâs first mass-produced charging robot, powered by 100% green electricity.... Read more âș
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This article was originally published by Martin Banks on Clean Fleet Report, a publication that gives its readers the information they need to move to cars and trucks with best fuel economy, including electric cars, fuel cells, plug-in hybrids, hybrids and advanced diesel and gasoline engines. The electric vehicle market has seen incredible growth in the past decade. There were 7.2 million EVs on the road in 2019, despite there... Read more âș
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The UK is making self-driving partially legal in the spring, so you should have an easier time in the cockpit. But you shouldnât think of watching a movie or playing games on your phones while driving just yet. A report from BBC noted that the Department for Transport will allow autonomous driving modes that are limited to a single lane with a speed cap of 60km per hour (37mph). The... Read more âș
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In sales, you are only as good as your last deal. Every day, week, month, or quarter is a fresh start where, once again, your team needs to gear up and deliver. Great sales leaders are able to push or pull a team whether they are at 120% or at 50% of their goal, and they are able to recruit and maintain high-performing sales teams over a long period of... Read more âș
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The FBI has the authority right now to access privately owned computers without their ownersâ knowledge or consent, and to delete software. Itâs part of a government effort to contain the continuing attacks on corporate networks running Microsoft Exchange software, and itâs an unprecedented intrusion thatâs raising legal questions about just how far the government can go. On April 9, the United States District Court for the Southern District of... Read more âș
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