When I worked at IBM, we learned the hard way that there are risks associated with pushing a product or a feature that eliminates jobs. We brought out a product that reduced staffing in related areas by 90% and wasn’t selling well. It turned out...
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September 29, 2021 albert
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Long before Amazon acquired the self-driving startup Zoox in June, the Bay Area-based company was prototyping its own custom-designed and built self-driving taxi from the ground up. On Monday, it finally publicly showed off the new car. While still a prototype and with no set...
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December 15, 2020 albert
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Didi Chuxing’s autonomous driving unit is now an independent company, the Chinese ride-sharing and transportation giant said today. Didi’s autonomous driving team was created in 2016 and now has more than 200 employees in China and the United States. Didi’s announcement comes about a month...
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August 5, 2019 albert
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With a few taps, you can now direct Skydio‘s $ 1,999 autonomous drone from your Apple Watch allowing you to fulfill the geeky dream you never knew you had, directing an expensive autonomous drone with your little wrist computer. The very cool R1 self-flying drone will...
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October 17, 2018 albert
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Chinese search engine giant Baidu have partnered with Softbank subsidiary SB Drive and manufacturer King Long to deploy a self-driving mini bus service to Japan early next year. The agreement was announced at Create Baidu, the company’s annual AI developer conference in Beijing. Under the agreement,...
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July 4, 2018 albert
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Of all the changes coming to the data center, perhaps none is as futuristic as autonomy. IT Business Edge | News, Analysis, and Trends
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December 15, 2017 albert
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More than eight years after it began, Waymo, the company spun out of Google X’s self-driving car project, believes its technology is ready to take to public roads as a fully self-driving car — without anyone in the driver’s seat. Waymo’s fleet of autonomous vehicles...
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November 7, 2017 albert
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Without a a well-funded effort to change perceptions before the first autonomous car arrives, the market will start at about 25 percent of potential. IT Business Edge | News, Analysis, and Trends
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August 24, 2017 albert
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Tech firms move fast; for one to catch another from behind organically is nearly impossible. Intel’s Mobileye acquisition has risk, but is promising. IT Business Edge | News, Analysis, and Trends
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March 14, 2017 albert
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Level 5 self-driving tech is the highest variety, which aims for fully autonomous vehicles with no need of human steering mechanisms. AdasWorks, a Budapest-based startup launched in 2015, is charing its name to AImotive and expanding to a new U.S.-based Mountain View office to further...
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November 15, 2016 albert
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