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Quick Charge Podcast: March 9, 2021

March 10, 2021
Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee new episodes are delivered as…
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MobileNews

Google Assistant gains open support for smart home doorbells

March 10, 2021
Google has opened the door for more companies to offer a smart home doorbell that can integrate with the Assistant. Google maintains a fairly extensive list of the different types of devices that the Assistant can interact with, as part of their developer documentation.
Cleantech & EV'sNews

Aston Martin promises (some) battery EVs by 2025

March 10, 2021
Luxury automaker Aston Martin has committed to building two battery electric vehicles (BEVs) in the UK, beginning in 2025. The two BEVs in development will be a sports car and an SUV. With hybrid models in the pipeline as well, Aston Martin is inching toward EVs within a…
DefenseNews

GM Defense has a new chief engineer

March 10, 2021
WASHINGTON — GM Defense has brought on Rick Kewley as its new executive chief engineer, who will be in charge of all engineering and program execution at the General Motors subsidiary, according to a March 10 company statement. Kewley has a long history at GM — a 27-year career — and most recently served as GM’s executive director of Global Product Development Quality. Other roles at…
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AI & RoboticsNews

KPMG: AI adoption is accelerating in the pandemic

March 10, 2021
Join Transform 2021 for the most important themes in enterprise AI & Data. Learn more. A survey published by KPMG today suggests that a large number of organizations have increased their investments in AI during the pandemic to the point that executives are now…
AI & RoboticsNews

Ibex raises $38M for AI that diagnoses diseases

March 10, 2021
Join Transform 2021 for the most important themes in enterprise AI & Data. Learn more. Ibex Medical Analytics, a Tel Aviv, Israel-based startup developing a product suite for clinical decision-making and pathology laboratory workflows, today announced that it raised $38 million in funding. The global big data analytics market for health care was valued at $16.87 billion in 2017 and is…
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Zeni raises $13.5M to automate bookkeeping with AI

March 10, 2021
Join Transform 2021 for the most important themes in enterprise AI & Data. Learn more. Zeni, an AI-powered finance concierge for startups, today announced it has raised $13.5 million in a series A round led by Saama Capital. The company says this will bolster the…
MobileNews

Popular iPhone app exposed thousands of call recordings, security researcher finds

March 10, 2021
Security researcher and founder of PingSafe AI, Anand Prakash, discovered a flaw in the popular iPhone app “Automatic Call Recorder.” This bug allowed anyone to access call recordings from other users by knowing their phone number. As reported by TechCrunch, this security vulnerability exposed thousands of users’ recorded conversations. With a proxy tool such as Burp Suite, Prakash could…
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