Chinese tech giant Baidu has set out plans to deploy robotaxis in 100 cities by 2030. Baidu’s first target is to cover 65 cities by 2025, followed by a further 35 cities by 2030. The roadmap was unveiled by CEO and Co-Founder Robin Li during Baidu’s Q4 2021 earnings call. Revenues from Baidu Core increased…
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Snowflake helps customers store and manage oodles of data in the cloud without cloud vendor lock-in. Streamlit is a startup that developed a popular open source project for building data-based apps. Seems like a pretty good match, and today Snowflake announced it was acquiring Streamlit for $800 million. Benoît Dageville, co-founder and president of products…
With the Polestar 2 already in production, Polestars 3 and 4 on the horizon and the Precept concept slated to become the Polestar 5 in 2024, Polestar the company has just unveiled its latest electrified vehicle idea: the Polestar O2 convertible concept. Polestar “Polestar O2 is our vision of a new era for sports cars,”…
With the Polestar 2 already in production, Polestars 3 and 4 on the horizon and the Precept concept slated to become the Polestar 5 in 2024, Polestar the company has just unveiled its latest electrified vehicle idea: the Polestar O2 convertible concept. Polestar “Polestar O2 is our vision of a new era for sports cars,”…
Deutsche Telekom said that the results of the proof of concept are convincing as cars are controlled by the system, with “absolute” stability and security Deutsche Telekom performed a proof-of-concept with BMW Group and Valeo in the domain of automated valet parking. The European carrier said in a release that this PoC was enabled…
The best iPad for your needs can be hard to find because Apple has released so many models over the last few years. Once upon a time, if you wanted an Apple tablet you bought the iPad, in whatever color and storage allotment looked good to you. But now Apple sells a cornucopia of iPad…
Wirelessly connecting different devices that you own together, whether it’s for collaboration or to simply transfer files between them, should be quite simple, but often it’s the opposite. Huawei announced its Super Device wireless connection system during Mobile World Congress 2022, which aims to solve the problems many of us have with cross-device syncing, and…
March 1, 2022 8 insightful answers in lessthan 8 minutes Internet of Business’ IoB 8×8 Series is designed to reveal more about the people who have helped shape IoB’s live event and digital content over the years, picking the key industry brains who have dedicated time to educating peers. Mike Ungar, certified FocalPoint Business Coach delves into…
Happy Bandcamp Wednesday. Fortnite-maker Epic Games is treating itself to an entire Bandcamp. The music download site announced the acquisition in a blog post today, adding that it will continue to function as a standalone entity with cofounder and CEO Ethan Diamond at its helm. “We share a vision of building the most open, artist-friendly…
