If the number of trials for self-driving vehicles in Singapore is anything to go by, the future of driving in the Republic is, it seems, driverless. Recent years have also seen the nation warmly embrace electric vehicles (EVs), with plans to phase out all vehicles with internal combustion engines by …
Read More »‘Covid Can’t Compete.’ In a Place Mired in War, the Virus Is an Afterthought.
In Afghanistan, life goes on as though the coronavirus never existed. “Fake news,” some say, even as a second wave has brought on a surge of new cases and hospitalizations. KABUL, Afghanistan — For Mohammad Wakil, 23, social distancing is an abstract concept. Every working day, he shakes hands with …
Read More »Michael Kanaan: The U.S. needs an AI ‘Sputnik moment’ to compete with China and Russia
Automation and Jobs Read our latest special issue. Open Now In his book, “T-Minus AI,” Michael Kanaan calls attention to the need for the U.S. to wake up to AI in the same way that China and Russia have — as a matter of national importance amid global power shifts. …
Read More »Google upgrades Nest Aware subscriptions to compete with Amazon in home security
Google is rolling out a new subscription pricing structure for its suite of Nest security products, more than six months after first revealing its plans. While the move is partly designed to simplify the pricing, it also goes some way toward enticing customers to purchase more Nest devices by removing …
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