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GM’s new software platform will enable over-the-air updates, in-car subscriptions, and maybe facial recognition

The Verge

General Motors announced a new “end-to-end” software platform for its cars called “Ultifi” — a play on the name Ultium , which is the automaker’s new electric vehicle battery architecture. The Linux-based system will also be available to third-party developers who may want to create apps and other features for GM customers.

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Your car is about to go open source

Galido

Automakers want to standardize on a Linux-based OS that would make vehicle infotainment systems act more like smartphones. Automakers are working to standardize on a Linux-based operating system for in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) systems that would make it easier for cars to act more like smartphones. In Vehicle Infotainment.

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Volvo’s new electric concept car is a ‘manifesto’ for the future

The Verge

The new OS will act as an “umbrella system” for all of the underlying systems that operate within the vehicle, including Android Automotive OS, Blackberry’s QNX, Linux, and AUTOSAR — which Green said he “wouldn’t mind getting rid of.”

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IndiEV reveals electric car with a built-in gaming PC but not much else

The Verge

The company showed off what they said was a working, hand-built prototype of the vehicle that had two 15-inch touchscreens on the dash — one for the separate Linux-based vehicle information system and one for the PC under the hood — and illustrations of people using VR headsets in the back seat while being driven around.

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A Reflection On ForAllSecure's Journey In Bootstrapping Behavior Testing Technology

ForAllSecure

We are focusing on Linux today, as we believe it will be the best user experience out-the-door. As a product, we have to develop easy-to-use ways to ingest new software.we had 7 system calls, which are representative theoretically of real systems. As a product, we have to deal with the complexity of each OS.

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A Reflection On ForAllSecure's Journey In Bootstrapping Behavior Testing Technology

ForAllSecure

We are focusing on Linux today, as we believe it will be the best user experience out-the-door. As a product, we have to develop easy-to-use ways to ingest new software.we had 7 system calls, which are representative theoretically of real systems. As a product, we have to deal with the complexity of each OS.

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A REFLECTION ON FORALLSECURE'S JOURNEY IN BOOTSTRAPPING BEHAVIOR TESTING TECHNOLOGY

ForAllSecure

We are focusing on Linux today, as we believe it will be the best user experience out-the-door. As a product, we have to develop easy-to-use ways to ingest new software.we had 7 system calls, which are representative theoretically of real systems. As a product, we have to deal with the complexity of each OS.