Cleantech & EV'sNews

VW Chattanooga-built AWD ID.4 adds ample power/traction but best still to come OTA

September 18, 2021
VW invited Electrek to their Chattanooga factory location to check out the new AWD ID.4, which ups the electric SUV from around 200 to 300 horsepower with a front-wheel-drive motor. Even better, next year, North American units of the ID.4 will be built locally at the huge VW factory in Chattanooga, Tennessee, which we got to see first hand… I got a few days to look at the RWD 200 horsepower…
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AI & RoboticsNews

AI Weekly: UN proposes moratorium on ‘risky’ AI while ICLR solicits blog posts

September 18, 2021
The Transform Technology Summits start October 13th with Low-Code/No Code: Enabling Enterprise Agility. Register now! UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet this week called for a moratorium on the sale and use of AI systems that pose “a serious risk to human rights.” Bachelet said adequate safeguards must be put in place before development resumes on such systems and that…
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MobileNews

Should you update to iOS 15 when it’s released on Monday?

September 18, 2021
The Release Candidate version of iOS 15 and iPadOS 15 is here and the updates will be released to the general public on Monday. After three months of previewing Apple’s upcoming operating systems for the iPhone and iPad, here’s whether you should update or not. Table of contents What’s new with iOS 15 and iPadOS 15? Home screen tweaks and Focus mode FaceTime, Safari, Weather, and Apple…
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MobileNews

Comment: The Google Tensor chip doesn’t need to be Android’s fastest

September 18, 2021
Google’s upcoming Tensor chipset may end up lagging behind the current top-tier Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 and even Samsung’s own Exynos 2100 chips and that is absolutely fine. The idea that Tensor needs to rival the best in the business is at best a fallacy. This also hints at a wider problem. Android fans need to worry less about a chipset with performance that rivals the iPhone and more…
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