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End of the road for Cabana: Seattle travel startup shuts down camper van rental business

GeekWire

Cabana’s customized Ford Transit cargo vans included beds, storage, bathrooms, and internet. The Ford Transit vans included beds, storage, bathrooms, and internet. Cabana is one of several VC-backed tech startups to shut down in recent months and some experts say more closures could be on the way. million in 2023.

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Tech Moves: Former Expedia leader joins Peerspace; Flexport adds another Amazon exec

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She also was previously director of product at Seattle mobile software development company Medio and spent nine years at Microsoft as a lead program manager. Acertus Photo) — Ross Rachey, formerly head of Amazon’s last mile fleet, was appointed chief operating officer of automotive logistics company Acertus.

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Bloodhound’s 1,000 mph rocket car being sold for $11 million

The Verge

The Bloodhound program has been going for the better part of a decade at this point and has yet to break the 763 mile-per-hour record, let alone scratch at the group’s ultimate stated goal of 1,000 miles per hour. The alternative would be to put the car into long-term storage, with no certainty of being able to restart the project.

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Identifying barriers to data governance

TM Forum

The increasing number of uses for realtime data scored slightly higher, pushed forward by the use of more automation and development of IoT services, particularly ultra-low latency services which are necessary in sectors such as automotive and healthcare. Effect of Covid-19. Increasing quantities of data.

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Q&A with Kelly Smith, startup founder and ex-Starbucks VP leading digital transformation at car company Hagerty

GeekWire

We are one of the largest pay membership programs for automotive enthusiasts. We are one of the largest producers of automotive enthusiast media. We are developing physical spaces that are a combination of storage and entertainment spaces. We own many of the popular automotive events out there. We currently have 1.8

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Demystifying AI: A Guide to Understanding and Leveraging Artificial Intelligence

Eric D. Brown

Unlike traditional programming, where a programmer explicitly defines the rules, ML algorithms learn to identify patterns and make predictions by processing vast amounts of data. This learning process from data allows machines to perform tasks without being explicitly programmed for every possible scenario.

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In it for the long haul: These clean energy trucks are driving toward zero emissions

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Charlie Vogelheim has more than 35 years of automotive industry experience, including as executive editor at both Kelley Blue Book and Motor Trend Auto Group. A smaller roller called the CC1000 e is part of the company’s Z.ERA program aimed at emission-free vehicles for work on projects such as small roads or bike lanes.

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