Apr 2, 2020 | Artificial Intelligence, Work
Jill Watson has been a teaching assistant (TA) at the Georgia Institute of Technology for five years now, helping students day and night with all manner of course-related inquiries. But for all the hard work she has done, she still can’t qualify for outstanding...
Mar 26, 2020 | Detroit, Electric Vehicles, Featured
There is a ripple effect from Ford establishing its EV headquarters in Detroit’s Corktown, and GM dedicating its Detroit-Hamtramck plant for electric vehicles. America’s troubled automotive capital is taking on new importance as a center for EV engineering....
Mar 26, 2020 | Business, Detroit, Featured
Ford has announced it’s working with 3M and General Electric to make the kinds of ventilators and masks that are currently in short supply as the world battles the novel coronavirus pandemic. The company joins other carmakers like Tesla and General Motors in helping...
Mar 26, 2020 | 5G, Business, Featured
The current global climate has forced Apple Inc.to to consider delay of the next-gen 5G iPhone, widely referred to as the iPhone 12. According to Nikkei Asian Review, it was apparently meant to ship in September. The shares of Apple dropped late Wednesday as a report...
Mar 26, 2020 | Aging, Artificial Intelligence, Featured, Healthcare
Voice technologies using AI are being used to help combat loneliness in countries including Sweden and the UK. Should they be used more widely as coronavirus spreads? “I thought at first it was a sign of insanity, speaking to a little thing like that and him talking...
Mar 26, 2020 | Batteries, Business, Electric Vehicles
Battery technology is advancing quickly and Tesla seems to be ahead of all others. Tesla has been hard at work developing new, game-changing batteries and the results will be shown at Tesla Battery Day. Million-mile life? Super cheap? Capable of charging faster than...
Mar 26, 2020 | Business, Electric Vehicles
Ford Motor Co (F.N) and General Motors Co (GM.N), the top two U.S. automakers, have more than two dozen new battery electric vehicles (EVs) in the pipeline, according to their executives and suppliers familiar with the companies’ plans. Their combined production in...
Mar 26, 2020 | Autonomous Vehicles, Robots & Drones
With the current COVID-19 outbreak, social distancing is important to keep the virus at bay. We’ve seen food delivery services such as FoodPanda and GrabFood offering contactless delivery option and now Geely is adopting similar measures when it comes to new car...
Mar 26, 2020 | Business, Investment, Smart Cities
Toyota Motor Corp and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp have agreed to work together on developing smart cities and will invest 200 billion yen ($1.8 billion) in each other to cement the relationship, the two companies said on Tuesday. The two companies will develop...
Mar 26, 2020 | Cyber Security, Internet of Things
Those not used to working from home must be going through several stages of spiritual discomfort. Yes, ZDNet’s more experienced hands can help you acclimatize to the new working style, now that the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted modern working life....
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