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Waymo raises $5.6bn in driverless car boost
Google spin-out Waymo has raised another $5.6bn for its driverless car technology, bringing the total to over $11bn.The funding will be used expand its Waymo One ride-hailing service in San Francisco, Phoenix, and Los Angeles, and in Austin and Atlanta through Uber...
Intel announces Kelleher’s successor in technology development
Pat Gelsinger, CEO of Intel, has told the company’s manufacturing employees, that senior vice president Navid Shahriari, will replace executive vice president Ann Kelleher as head of the chip company’s technology development, according to local newspaper The Oregonian.Shahriari runs Intel’s design engineering...
Report: Quantum sensors mitigate GPS/PNT shortcomings
A new report from the Quantum Economic Development Consortium (QED-C) found that using quantum sensors could improve the accuracy and reliability of position, navigation, and timing (PNT) devices which offer critical insights on location, orientation, altitude, tilt, directional movement, acceleration, and timing...
Researchers propose novel neural networks for edge IoT devices
Bringing AI to IoT edge devices is challenging. This is because artificial neural networks (ANNs) require substantial computational resources, while IoT edge devices are inherently small, with limited power, processing speed, and circuit space. Developing ANNs that can efficiently learn, deploy, and...
QPT CEO Rupert Baines leaves to pursue other business interests
Rupert Baines, formerly CEO of Quantum Power Transformation Ltd. (Cambridge, England), has left the company to pursue “other business interests.”Baines, an industry veteran had previously served as CEO of UltraSoC and as CMO of Codasip, and joined QPT as CEO on April...
New Smart Charger May Pave the Way for More EVs
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a device to help avoid grid overload: a revolutionary EV smart-charging systemIn 2024, more than one in five cars sold is an electric vehicle (EV). Intergovernmental agencies estimate that by 2035, half of...
Is There a Medical Chatbot in the House?
An NYU study explores AI’s potential to assist health professionals with diagnosing diseases and recommending medicines where resources are scarce.
ESA tests neuromorphic AI for Mars rover
UK startup Opteran is working with Airbus Defence and Space to use neuromorphic AI for a Mars rover project by the European Space Agency (ESA)Airbus is testing the Opteran Mind general purpose neuromorphic software to provide better image systems for a Mars...
Discover the Quantum Secrets of Water
For the first time, EPFL researchers have exclusively observed molecules participating in hydrogen bonds in liquid water, measuring electronic and nuclear quantum effects that were previously accessible only via theoretical simulationsWater is synonymous with life, but the dynamic, multifaceted interaction that brings...
Vorago in edge computing deals for space
Vorago Technologies in the US has expanded partnerships with deals with Infineon and Avalanche Technology on rad hard non-volatile memory for edge computing for space.Vorago will use the Avalanche MRAM magnetic memory boot and AI multi-processing designs with rad-hard and rad-tolerant microcontrollers...
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