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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.

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Why you should care about Facebook’s big push into the metaverse

Vox

Today, Facebook still has to operate under the parameters set by Apple and Google, which make and control the world’s dominant smartphone operating systems. But in this new world that will likely rely on VR/AR headsets and digital sensors, Facebook is striving to create its own rules and operating platform.

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The exciting new AI transforming search — and maybe everything — explained

Vox

Google, the undisputed king of search for decades now, is planning to release its own version of AI-powered search as well as a chatbot called Bard in the coming weeks, the company said just days after Microsoft announced the new Bing. The new Bing could chip away at Google’s search dominance and its main moneymaker.

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Apple and Google roll out their new exposure notification tool. Interest seems limited.

Vox

The Apple-Google exposure notification tool, announced on April 10 , is one step closer to being launched. They also raise another, more essential question: How will the new Apple-Google tool help the world fight the pandemic ? But now, Apple and Google admit the tool is not meant to be a silver bullet. Yet, there is progress.

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