Arm launches hardware platforms for software-defined cars
Venture Beast
SEPTEMBER 15, 2021
Arm unveiled some new tools for chipmakers and carmakers to develop "software-defined" automobiles of the future. Read More.
From edge to cloud: The critical role of hardware in AI applications
CIO Business Intelligence
JUNE 6, 2023
It is becoming increasingly important in various industries, including healthcare, finance, and transportation. All this has a tremendous impact on the digital value chain and the semiconductor hardware market that cannot be overlooked. Hardware innovations become imperative to sustain this revolution.
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Can Auto CIOs Transform Their Companies Into Software Companies?
The Accidental Successful CIO
MAY 6, 2020
The best auto software will determine who controls the future of cars Image Credit: Mirko Tobias Schäfer. More and more the cars that we drive are being controlled and run by software. More and more the cars that we drive are being controlled and run by software. What they want to do is to sell transportation as a service.
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Former investors from Bill Gates’ investment office launch $135M Seattle-based ‘deep tech’ fund
GeekWire
NOVEMBER 7, 2023
The fund’s focal areas include applying AI and other cutting-edge engineering to biology; food and agriculture; hardware; and transportation and digital connectivity. “Most venture dollars today continue to chase pure software companies,” Hemani said. Unnamed stealth company: developing generative AI.
FAA’s go-ahead for 737 MAX’s return to flight kicks off a massive software upgrade
GeekWire
NOVEMBER 18, 2020
The key fixes involve software rather than hardware — and that part of the job is more like installing a Windows update than installing an actuator. Based on months of investigation, it was software that led to the fatal flaw in the jets that crashed. Other fixes provide more cross-checking between flight control computers.
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GM-backed Cruise begins testing self-driving cars in Seattle to learn from hilly, wet environment
GeekWire
AUGUST 28, 2023
Cruise joins other self-driving vehicle companies currently testing in Seattle, including Zoox and NVIDIA , both of which received permits from the Seattle Department of Transportation under its Autonomous Vehicle Testing Permit program. Cruise was founded in 2013 and has raised $10 billion. Miami; Nashville; and Atlanta. Mohamed Elshenawy.
Microsoft’s accessibility chief on Bing’s chatbot, the disability divide, and more
GeekWire
MARCH 8, 2023
Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, and Microsoft Chief Accessibility Officer Jenny Lay-Flurrie. ” Microsoft will be sharing news of its accessibility work in hardware and software. Whether it’s electric vehicle access or airline transportation, [travel] has been very hard.
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Ray Ozzie’s cellular IoT startup Blues Wireless raises $22M from Bill Gates and others
GeekWire
JULY 12, 2021
He joined Microsoft after the Groove deal, ultimately succeeding Gates as the company’s chief software architect, and helping to lead the launch of Microsoft’s Azure cloud computing platform. It’s a cellular IoT device that can be embedded into almost any hardware and connect to the internet without relying on WiFi.
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LeoStella delivers first Loft Orbital satellite for SpaceX’s jam-packed rideshare mission
GeekWire
JUNE 24, 2021
SpaceX is getting set to launch scores of satellites for its Transporter-2 rideshare mission, and one of those satellites marks a milestone for LeoStella. Inside the satellite factory: How LeoStella uses software to track spacecraft hardware. In the background, clean-room workers use their arms to spell out Y-A-M-3.
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Listen to Google Meet?s impressive new background noise cancellation feature in action
The Verge
JUNE 9, 2020
A video produced by VentureBeat shows the software in action, with G Suite’s director of product management Serge Lachapelle demonstrating how it can pretty seamlessly remove the sound of crackling crisp packets, clicking pens, or glass clinking. It’s coming to the web first, with iOS and Android following later.
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Retro Chic: The IoT Means Hardware Engineers Are Cool Again
The Investing Edge
JANUARY 22, 2015
The top of the entrepreneurial/technology pyramid is now firmly occupied by the Software Engineer. In the same way that mechanization ate the world for 150 years, software is eating our modern world. Of course, the Software guys and gals aren’t going anywhere. New England companies will play a profound role in that revolution.
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Kelp snacks, cargo tracking and electric boat engine startups part of Maritime Blue accelerator
GeekWire
JANUARY 5, 2022
Duplex M (Anacortes, Wash.) – Offering software used to optimize battery performance on vessels. WeavAir (Singapore) – Selling software and hardware for monitoring and improving air quality. Blue Dot Kitchen (Bainbridge Island, Wash.) – Producing kelp-based snack foods.
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Amazon Web Services to offer macOS on-demand in the cloud, in new appeal to Apple developers
GeekWire
DECEMBER 1, 2020
Amazon Web Services will provide software developers with access to macOS on-demand in the cloud for the first time, promising to speed up the process and reduce the cost of making software for Apple’s computers and devices. Dave Brown, Amazon EC2 vice president, announces the new Mac Instances on Monday night.
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Anduril Industries expands to Seattle, seeks engineers to work on AI-centric defense tech
GeekWire
MAY 12, 2020
Founded in 2017, Anduril develops hardware and software centered around Lattice, an AI backbone allowing for real-time information analysis across the company’s range of products. -based Anduril Industries says it’s opening a new office in Seattle and will be hiring engineers to work on defense technologies.
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Seattle launches permit system for companies testing self-driving vehicles on city streets
GeekWire
DECEMBER 2, 2022
The Seattle City Council and Department of Transportation launched the permitting program Nov. 14 in response to safety concerns citizens raised after companies such as Amazon announced plans to test self-driving cars in the city, Council Transportation Committee Chair Alex Pedersen told GeekWire. . “I The regulation landscape.
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UPS will make deliveries using Waymo’s autonomous Class 8 trucks
The Verge
NOVEMBER 17, 2021
Currently, Waymo is testing the fifth generation of its “Driver,” which is the term used to describe its combination of hardware, sensors, and AI software, on its fleet of Class 8 trucks.
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Lexmark International’s Vishal Gupta on next gen tech leadership
CIO Business Intelligence
JULY 19, 2023
As software and data move to the center of a company’s products and services, the background and skills of the executive leadership team must evolve. And when software shifts from enabling the revenue stream to being the revenue stream, the focus of the chief technologist must expand from internal productivity to the external market. “By
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Drone truck startup Einride unveils new driverless vehicles for autonomous freight hauling
The Verge
OCTOBER 8, 2020
The vehicles, dubbed Autonomous Electric Transport (AET), came in four different variations. In terms of tech features, each Pod will be nearly identical, with some different hardware and software configurations depending both on unique customer needs and operational domain demands.
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SpaceX launch gives a big sendoff to Starfish Space’s satellite docking craft
GeekWire
JUNE 12, 2023
Starfish Space’s Otter Pup spacecraft was one of 72 payloads that were deployed into low Earth orbit after the launch of SpaceX’s Transporter-8 satellite rideshare mission from California’s Vandenberg Space Force Base. Liftoff came at 2:35 p.m. The propulsion system was provided by Exotrail.
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Waymo is building a hub for its autonomous trucks in Texas
The Verge
AUGUST 18, 2021
Currently, Waymo is testing the fifth generation of its “Driver,” which is the term used to describe its combination of hardware, sensors, and AI software, on its fleet of Class 8 trucks. The company is also working with JB Hunt Transport Services to haul freight along several interstates in Texas.
Kargo, which powers supply chain visibility with smart loading docks and data, raises $25M
Venture Beast
MARCH 23, 2022
Kargo has developed a hardware-software platform that captures and aggregates data from physical loading docks and enterprise systems. Read More.
Full Steam Ahead: CIO Kopal Raj of WABTEC on staying ‘on-track’ with AI, IoT and sustainability goals
CIO Business Intelligence
AUGUST 4, 2023
With a mission to revolutionize the future of global mobility, WABTEC delivers transformative transportation systems that quite literally propel the world forward. IoT software in the machines connected to the sensors gives information on the strength or durability of the brakes while the locomotive is in use.
Tech Moves: Adriane Brown joins KKR board; AI2 adds HR exec; Ossia and LevelTen hire CFOs; more
GeekWire
JUNE 18, 2021
Brown previously served as president and COO of Intellectual Ventures, and president of Honeywell Transportation Systems. Seattle-based F5 Networks beat expectations for its most recent fiscal quarter as it continues to expand beyond its traditional networking hardware business into software and services. Chris Bright.
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Starfish Space partners with Benchmark Space Systems to support orbital refueling
GeekWire
MAY 18, 2021
to test its Cephalopod docking software with Benchmark’s Halcyon thruster system. The pre-launch logistics for that rideshare mission, known as Transporter-2, are being handled by Seattle-based Spaceflight Inc. ). The Halcyon thrusters use non-toxic hydrogen peroxide as their propellant.
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First Mode opens a clean-tech factory that capitalizes on some extra high-tech twists
GeekWire
FEBRUARY 21, 2024
Jay Inslee to the right and Albert Gore, executive director of the Zero Emission Transportation Association, to the left. “It’s ‘software-defined’ rather than a hard-point-constrained facility. First Mode CEO Julian Soles wields a giant scissors at a factory ribbon-cutting ceremony with Washington Gov.
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Is AI technology the future of travel?
Dataconomy
AUGUST 3, 2023
They’ve long used AI’s little brother Machine Learning (ML) for demand and price management in the airline, hotel, and transport industries. Customer-facing AI : AI-based chatbots can interact with travelers to offer personalized advice about attractions, shopping, restaurants, transport, or hotels. AI is (merely!)
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VW will start testing its Argo AI-powered self-driving vans in Germany this summer
The Verge
MAY 12, 2021
The German automaker’s electric ID Buzz vans will use hardware and software developed by Argo AI, a Pittsburgh-based startup that is backed by Ford and VW. In addition, Argo’s software enables the vehicle to “see” its environment, plan for its next steps, and predict the movements of other vehicles and pedestrians on the road.
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Think you can ignore quantum computing? Think again.
CIO Business Intelligence
MARCH 27, 2024
Everyday examples of problems that might be solved include distributing electricity, finding the best routes in transportation networks, and determining the best mix of allocations in a financial portfolio. That includes development of devices, software for controlling the hardware, cloud services, and application development.
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CIOs Seek GE’s Help In Maximizing How Factory Equipment Is Used
The Accidental Successful CIO
FEBRUARY 28, 2018
Too Much Data Requires Specialized Hardware. The first thing that they’ve done is to create a software platform that has the ability to process the data that has been collected from GE industrial equipment. This product is called the Predix software platform. This hardware will consist of both servers and routers.
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Today I learned that Amazon’s game engine can be used to aid humanity in a zombie apocalypse
The Verge
SEPTEMBER 8, 2021
Things like medical equipment, automated transportation systems, autonomous vehicles, crewed spacecraft, or military use in connection with live combat are all off-limits.
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IonQ shows off its new quantum computer factory — and already has plans to expand
GeekWire
FEBRUARY 15, 2024
who chairs the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee. “Things like being able to do quantum machine learning on sparse data — we just can’t do that using classical hardware. “We know that local software and cloud computing companies have changed the world. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash.,
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Chinese search giant Baidu to make electric cars
The Verge
JANUARY 7, 2021
Making electric vehicles would also represent a broadening of Baidu’s ambition to branch into transportation. Baidu will likely form a new joint venture with Geely for the EV effort, Reuters reports, and will develop software for the vehicle while Geely focuses on the hardware.
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How can telcos keep an edge with MEC?
TM Forum
OCTOBER 13, 2021
announcement promises a “portfolio of solutions consisting of hardware and software that extend our infrastructure to the edge and into your data centers.” and its target customers include digital factories, smart cities, warehouses, and transportation hubs. Google’s recent. Google Distributed Cloud.
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Fraport goes all in on private 5G network
CIO Business Intelligence
MAY 12, 2023
Oswald adds the importance of illumination for operation because when material or equipment have to be transported to an aircraft over long distances, it’s time-consuming for employees since the speed limit on the apron is 30 km/h. Azure for 5G as software Fraport and NTT were also open about the chosen technology approach. in Germany.
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Starfish Space reveals ambitious plan to demonstrate satellite docking in orbit
GeekWire
NOVEMBER 9, 2022
The operation would be part of SpaceX’s Transporter-8 mission , which is currently due to launch an assortment of payloads in the April-May time frame. It could take weeks or even months to fine-tune the software and the procedures for docking.
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Fresh blueberries 8 weeks after harvest? RipeLocker raises $5M to extend life of produce with patented containers
GeekWire
APRIL 21, 2021
Left to right: RipeLocker lead systems engineer Eric Levi, head of software Andy Harrah and CEO and co-founder George Lobisser with a RipeLocker container. TerraClear, another AI-based hardware system, is being created by Smartsheet co-founder Brent Frei to remove pesky rocks from farmers’ fields. RipeLocker photo).
Finally leverage edge by adopting an as-a-service approach
CIO Business Intelligence
DECEMBER 7, 2022
For these companies, an edge-as-a-service (EaaS) solution — which combines hardware, edge connectivity services, and cloud platforms — provides a one-stop solution to accelerate their path to effective edge computing. NTT manages the hardware, application deployment, security and software patching.
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Digital Twin Use Races Ahead at McLaren Group
CIO Business Intelligence
JUNE 1, 2022
Digital twin technology is now more accessible and affordable than ever before for all kinds of manufacturing organizations thanks to advances in edge networks, in-memory processing, software containers, transport technologies like 5G, advanced analytics, and artificial intelligence.
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CES 2024: Here are the Washington state companies taking tech innovation to Las Vegas
GeekWire
JANUARY 5, 2024
based Elektrobit is a global vendor of software products and services for the automotive industry, including infrastructure software, connectivity & security, automated driving and related tools, user experience and more. Elektrobit Bothell, Wash.-based based company’s optical semiconductors enable Lidar 2.0
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Beyond the Office: Securing Home Devices and Networks Against Corporate Breaches
SecureWorld News
OCTOBER 8, 2023
Try not to use free public hotspots or charge devices at public transport stops or other public places. Let devices go into sleep mode to allow for automatic software updates. Use the administrator account only for maintenance, software installation, or firmware updates. Opt for strong, hard-to-crack passwords.
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Unleashing creativity with the programmable telco
TM Forum
AUGUST 25, 2022
A programmable network (or a software-defined network) separates the network architecture from the software that controls network devices and services and exposes network services and capabilities through standards-based APIs. Defining the programmable telco. to build, launch and monetize their own offers, applications & services.
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Self-driving startup Aurora will raise $2 billion in SPAC merger
The Verge
JULY 15, 2021
The deal will give Aurora about $2 billion in new cash when it closes, which will help the startup in its quest to become a provider of self-driving hardware and software to companies in the trucking and ride-hailing industries. In one slide, it compares the self-driving industry to the digital ad duopoly held by Facebook and Google.
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The impact of 5G and cloud on telco capex and opex
TM Forum
JUNE 13, 2022
The same is true of some of the cloud-native software that CSPs now regard as essential for moving to a techco model. Consequently, large up-front capex software deals are becoming less frequent, and vendors are adopting shared success financial models for their solutions. High capex costs. IT spending growth.
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Our natural response to malfunctioning tech is often spot-on
Dataconomy
SEPTEMBER 29, 2023
By turning a device off and then back on, power cycling can resolve persistent glitches, breathe new life into aging hardware, and optimize system performance. By turning off the power and then back on, it can help to reset the device or system and resolve problems caused by temporary glitches or software bugs.
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