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Google’s technology campaign for autonomous driving

Green Car Congress

Search engine giant Google is looking for partners within in the auto industry to help launch one of the most significant applications of artificial technology over the next several years, the self-driving car. Google believes that a future state with having computers drive cars can “ remove a gigantic chunk ” of the US fatalities.

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Google's Electric, Autonomous Test Car Looks Happy, Has No Steering Wheel

Green Car Reports

Which is either a good or bad thing, depending on how much you like cars that look like koala bears on a substance recently legalized in Colorado. But it is Google''s latest, dedicated test vehicle for its autonomous car technology--an electric, steering-wheel and.'

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Blind Man Drives Prius, With A Little Help From Google (Video)

Green Car Reports

Steve Mahan is legally blind. He did it, though, with a little help from Google. Steve Mahan got into a Toyota Prius hybrid, drove to the dry cleaner's, picked up some clothes he'd left to be cleaned, and drove home. The trip was about a mile and a half. He's lost 95 percent of his vision.

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Hyundai upgrading Bluelink connected car services technology; Connected Routing, Last Mile Navigation

Green Car Congress

The user can then choose from either Augmented Reality guidance or Google Maps, and is guided for a range of between 200 metres and two kilometers on their smartphone. The design of the speed camera feature (if legal in a certain country) has received a design overhaul. User Profile. Speed cameras.

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Groupe Renault and Nissan sign exclusive alliance deal with Waymo to explore driverless mobility services in France and Japan

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The agreement is designed to bring together the strengths of each party and expand expertise by assessing market opportunities, working together to research commercial, legal and regulatory issues related to driverless transportation-as-a-service offerings in France and Japan.

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How Police Exploited the Capitol Riot’s Digital Records

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One of these warrants, served on Google and covering the interior of the Capitol, showed that a device associated with the Gmail account in question entered the Senate Wing door at 2:18 p.m. The legal documents suggest that about 35 rioters were identified this way, without first being named by witnesses. on 6 January.

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Brazil crackdown on X continues with up to $8.9k daily fine for VPN users

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In a post on its X Global Government Affairs account , the social media platform explained that when it tried to defend its actions in Brazilian court, Judge de Moraes threatened the company’s legal representative with imprisonment. Even after she resigned, he froze all of her bank accounts.

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