Scientific breakthrough sees creation of antibody that attacks 99 per cent of HIV strains
However, the new antibody, designed in collaboration between the US National Institutes of Health and the pharmaceutical company Sanofi, attacks three key parts of the virus. This makes it harder for the virus to resist the antibodies, according to a paper published in the journal, Science.
Tesla will discontinue its most affordable Model S this Sunday
The move to discontinue the Model S 75 was first announced by Tesla in July after it dropped the price by $5,000 a few months earlier. The removal of the model from Tesla’s offerings follows its discontinuation of the Model S 60 and 60D vehicles in April, which at the time were the least expensive Model S options available.
You can now buy a Volvo like an iPhone
Volvo wants to make it as easy to get into a sensible Swedish sedan as Apple has made it to buy an iPhone. Right now, you can apply online (or in-store), let Apple run a quick credit check, and walk out with an iPhone on an installment plan in a matter of minutes.
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These are the 7 countries that want to cut fossil fuel-based cars
In the past couple of years, the clean energy revolution has steadily been gaining ground. Aside from transitioning to cleaner, renewable energy sources, a number of countries are also bent on keeping their roads clean by banning combustion engine vehicles. With the transportation sector contributing roughly 15 percent of man-made carbon emissions worldwide, this is a noteworthy step.
Google, HTC Announce $1 Billion Smartphone Deal
Google announced late Wednesday it has reached a deal valued at more than $1 billion to buy part of the smartphone division of Taiwan’s HTC. Google will pay HTC $1.1 billion and receive a non-exclusive license for HTC intellectual property, while certain HTC employees, “many of whom are already working with Google to develop Pixel smartphones – will join Google,” the companies said in a joint news release.
Tesla and AMD are working on an A.I. chip for self-driving cars, source says
Beck Diefenbach | Reuters Tesla is getting closer to having its own chip for handling autonomous driving tasks in its cars. The carmaker has received back samples of the first implementation of its processor and is now running tests on it, said a source familiar with the matter.
This Self-Driving Car Leader Has Intel Inside
When most tech investors think of the technology that’s powering ( driverless vehicle platforms, they think of NVIDIA NASDAQ:NVDA). There’s good reason for that, as its powerful graphics processing units (GPUs) set the standard for the deep learning/image processing required for autonomous cars to sense and respond to the world around them.
Why did Ford build a ‘fake driverless car’ using a man dressed as a seat?
In early August residents of Arlington, Virginia, spotted an unmarked silver Ford Transit van cruising around town without a human behind the wheel. Local news publication ARLnow caught the ghostly vehicle on camera and speculated that it was part of Virginia Tech’s autonomous driving research.
GM shows hand in autonomous vehicle race
To hear General Motors Co. tell it, Detroit’s No. 1 automaker is leading the race to ready autonomous vehicles for mass production. But that might only be because the automaker is boasting about its progress. Kyle Vogt, CEO of GM’s San Francisco-based Cruise Automation, this week wrote that Cruise and GM now have “the world’s first mass-producible car designed to operate without a driver.”
Alphabet is reportedly considering investing $1 billion in Lyft
Google parent company Alphabet is in talks to invest around $1 billion in Lyft, according to published reports. The talks are being driven by top officials at Alphabet, according to Axios. The potential investment could come from either Google or from CapitalG, Alphabet’s investment division, Bloomberg reported.