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Realizing the promise of multi-cloud

CIO Business Intelligence

SGB-SMIT , for example, is a leading independent European producer of transformers used for power generation, industrial manufacturing, transportation, and infrastructure. SGB-SMIT’s multi-cloud ambitions have been made possible using VMware Cloud on AWS and Google Cloud VMware Engine. Multi Cloud

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Cruise gets the green light to give driverless rides to passengers in San Francisco

The Verge

In order to give rides to paying passengers in its fully driverless vehicles, as it does in Arizona, the Google spinoff would need to apply for an additional permit from the California Public Utilities Commission. Waymo was the first company to receive a driverless testing permit in 2018. California is ground zero for AV testing in the US.

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Merlin Labs wants to fill the sky with pilotless planes carrying cargo and passengers

The Verge

Autonomous flight startup Merlin Labs is coming out of stealth mode to announce that it’s raised $25 million in funding from Google Ventures and First Round Capital. Merlin is working to certify its technology with the agency, but it would rather license its technology to preexisting cargo carriers than seek to supplant them.

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- ePark, gooPark, noPark

Chief Seattle Greek Blog

I was startled to learn that up to 50% of any City is paved or tarred over to provide space for transportation – autos, trucks, buses and trains. I certainly know about intelligent transportation systems (ITS). The travel times are calculated through license plate recognition.

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Waymo co-CEO Tekedra Mawakana on how to get self-driving taxis to the mall

The Verge

Eventually we will also focus on personal car ownership, which is when you license the technology. You don’t need a driver’s license. In the early days, I guess 2013, the Google self-driving car project [before it spun out into Waymo] focused on auto assist technology. Would you license the Level 4 system?

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- No More Car Collisions or Speeding Tickets

Chief Seattle Greek Blog

Google Driverless Car. Google has been at the forefront of prototyping that vehicle , to the point where California and Nevada have both passed laws explicitly allowing such vehicles on their roads. future of technology google Law Enforcement Seattle Transportation autonomous car driverless car intelligent transporation system SDOT'

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Gaming in 2023: What to expect from Microsoft, Sony, Amazon, Valve, Nintendo, and others

GeekWire

A similar licensing negotiation was being conducted with Smash World Tour, but it abruptly fell through Nov. The implication was that Panda had pulled strings at Nintendo to get a rival tournament canceled due to licensing, although Nintendo and Panda both deny those allegations. Valve’s Steam Deck. Thomas Wilde Photo).

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