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Ford and Google enter 6-year strategic partnership

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Ford and Google announced a strategic partnership to accelerate the transformation of Ford’s customer experience. Ford also named Google Cloud its preferred cloud provider to leverage Google’s expertise in data, artificial intelligence (AI), and machine learning (ML). These apps are optimized and integrated for in-vehicle use.

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Challengers Are Coming for Nvidia’s Crown

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Because otherwise they can’t have fun, even if they have the best model,” says Jennifer Prendki , head of AI data at Google DeepMind. Prendki is less reliant on Nvidia than most, as Google has its own homespun AI infrastructure. Building a rival to CUDA is no small feat, but AMD is certainly trying. trillion transistors.

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Amazon Vies for Nuclear-Powered Data Center

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When Amazon Web Services paid US $650 million in March for another data center to add to its armada, the tech giant thought it was buying a steady supply of nuclear energy to power it, too. Amazon wanted to increase the amount of behind-the-meter power it buys from the plant from 300 MW to 480 MW. Susquehanna agreed to sell it.

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Mercedes launches purpose built operating system for vehicles

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“At Mercedes-Benz, we are dedicated to building the world’s most desirable cars,” says Ola Källenius, Mercedes-Benz CEO. is a partnership with Google. Integrating products like Google Maps and other purpose-built features will hopefully make phone integration better than ever.

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Tesla manufacturing prowess, stock split plans indicate ‘massive position of strength:’ Wedbush

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Ives, who has held a bullish position on Tesla for years, sees parallels in Tesla’s move for another stock split with Amazon, Google, and Apple’s strategies. “You don’t buy it because of a stock split,” Ives added to his commentary during the interview.

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Should Parking Companies Create Their Own EV Charging Networks?

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But when your company already uses digital options for parking management, is it better to build your own EV charging network or join an established network like Blink? Choosing not to partner with an EVSE provider, some parking companies have decided to build their own private EV charging networks. What is an EV charging network?

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Tony Fadell: The Nest Thermostat Disrupted My Life

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For most of the 10 years that I idly thought about thermostats, I had no intention of building one. Adapted from the book BUILD: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making by Tony Fadell. A year later we decided to build a new, superefficient house in Tahoe. Nest Gets Googled. In 2014, Google bought Nest for $3.2

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