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Google has added Gemini-powered features to Waze, including a 'less chatty' mode that reduces voice prompts, motorcycle mode for two-wheeler routes, conversational map editing, and Gemini-powered destination search. The …
Waze is integrating Gemini AI, developed by Alphabet Inc., to revamp its navigation platform with smarter, more intuitive features. The upgrade promises enhanced route planning, personalized travel recommendations, and s…
Google is integrating its Gemini AI assistant into Waze to enhance navigation with predictive insights and real-time data analysis, intensifying competition with Apple Maps. The move aims to deliver smarter, more persona…
Valeo System Architecture and Strategy Manager Frank Moesle told the 2026 Embedded Vision Summit that the automotive industry is transitioning from decentralized ECUs to zonal and central compute architectures, reducing …
US forces used armed sea drones in combat for the first time, striking a submarine and ship maintenance facility at Iran's Bandar Abbas naval base on Sunday, the Pentagon said. US Central Command said it struck the facil…
Apple is accelerating development of its M7 chip series, now expected to arrive in the first half of 2027, with AI enhancements derived from the canceled Apple Car project, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. The M7 wi…
Google's Android Automotive OS (AAOS) SDV platform and Google Cloud, together with partner Valtech's Nexus SDV platform, are enabling automotive OEMs to build AI-defined vehicles with modular service-oriented architectur…
Even Nvidia's head of automotive, Xinzhou Wu, must compete internally for compute resources against the company's booming AI business, he said on The Verge's Decoder podcast. Wu described the challenge of securing capaci…
MIT researchers propose B-spline Policy (BSP), which parameterizes robot actions as continuous curves to speed up manipulation policy inference. The method reduces compute overhead by predicting B-spline parameters inste…
Waze, the Google-owned navigation app, is rolling out new AI-powered features and customization updates, including personalized route suggestions, conversational destination search via Google's Gemini AI assistant, a new…
Conservative commentator Ben Shapiro publicly asked Elon Musk to build an eight-seat Tesla minivan or SUV, arguing that the current lineup cannot accommodate his family of seven after Tesla ended production of the Model …
Archer Aviation has leased approximately 501,300 square feet across five buildings at Cochrane Technology Center in Morgan Hill, California, marking a major expansion for the electric air taxi maker. The San Jose-based c…
VGGT, a 3D reconstruction model, uses its internal layer L17 to differentiate co-visible image pairs without explicit supervision, solving a key challenge in 3D vision. Building on this, Co-VGGT adds a lightweight 7.5M-p…
ByteDance is exploring autonomous driving technology for unmanned logistics through the world model team under its AI research unit Seed, according to Chinese media reports, with the early-stage project tied to Volcengin…
Waze is rolling out a major update powered by Gemini and AI, introducing personalized route recommendations that learn driving preferences, an AI-enhanced Motorcycle mode with bike-specific routes and hazard alerts, and …
Google is integrating its Gemini AI assistant into Waze with two new AI-powered features: conversational voice commands for reporting traffic incidents and suggesting map updates, and Destination Search for finding desti…
Google's Waze navigation app is rolling out new AI-powered features including a Motorcycle mode that considers two-wheeled vehicle needs, a 'Less Chatty' mode that minimizes voice prompts, and expanded Gemini integration…
Saudi Arabia bought a record $47.2 million of drones from Taiwan in June, the most in a month for any nation since data collection began in June 2023, according to Taiwan's Ministry of Finance. The purchase highlights Ta…
Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) claims to have foiled a Ukrainian plot to deploy AI-guided drones against military airfields in Russia, arresting suspects and seizing explosive-laden UAVs. The alleged attack, par…
Xpeng vice-chairman and president Brian Gu Hongdi said the Chinese electric-vehicle maker is confident it can compete head-to-head with Tesla in international markets, leveraging self-driving technology honed in China's …