a couple of laughzillas on a blue diamond background

Waymo might beat Uber in the race to launch a self-driving cab service next month

Nov14
by on November 14, 2018 at 9:53 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Cars


Alphabet has been keen on the self-driving car business for nearly a decade now, having tasked engineers at Google and later its spin-off firm, Waymo, with developing autonomous vehicle technology. According to Bloomberg, it’s now awfully close to taking the next big step in making this a reality: Waymo is set to launch a self-driving cab service in the US as early as next month. What will it look like? For starters, it won’t be open to the general public at launch in December, but will instead cater to a small group of “dozens or hundreds of authorized riders in…

This story continues at The Next Web

Or just read more coverage about: Uber

└ Tags: 
a couple of laughzillas on a blue diamond background

Samsung’s new mobile chip has a dedicated AI unit, supports 8K video recording

Nov14
by on November 14, 2018 at 9:30 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Plugged


Samsung unveiled its newest flagship mobile chip, the Exynos 9820, today. It’s the Korean hardware giant’s first chip with a dedicated Neural Processing Unit (NPU), and also the first processor it’s built using 8nm technology. brings a 15 percent multi-core performance improvement, and a 40 percent bump in power efficiency over the last generation chip – which was used in the Galaxy S9. Apart from performance gain, the Exynos 9820 will bring the ability to shoot 8K video to its devices. It also supports UFS 3.0 storage, which should make for faster app and file loading on upcoming phones with…

This story continues at The Next Web

Or just read more coverage about: Samsung

└ Tags: 
a couple of laughzillas on a blue diamond background

Samsung’s new mobile chip has a dedicated AI unit, supports 8K video recording

Nov14
by on November 14, 2018 at 9:30 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Plugged


Samsung unveiled its newest flagship mobile chip, the Exynos 9820, today. It’s the Korean hardware giant’s first chip with a dedicated Neural Processing Unit (NPU), and also the first processor it’s built using 8nm technology. brings a 15 percent multi-core performance improvement, and a 40 percent bump in power efficiency over the last generation chip – which was used in the Galaxy S9. Apart from performance gain, the Exynos 9820 will bring the ability to shoot 8K video to its devices. It also supports UFS 3.0 storage, which should make for faster app and file loading on upcoming phones with…

This story continues at The Next Web

Or just read more coverage about: Samsung

└ Tags: