20 minutes | Friday, 29 November 2024
TECH GIRL ENERGY: The Weekly DebriefEpisode 11 - Has Chrome Got to Go? Sale on Lidar and Squirrel Agent AIHarriet Taylor and Numi Gildert dive into their favourite tech headlines of the week;1) Circling back to last week’s discussion on social media bans… LinkedIn has entered the chat; saying it’s ‘too boring for kids’ to be included in the banLinkedIn Social Media Ban: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2dz2z72y8o2) The Department of Justice in the US has told Google they must sell Chrome to end search engine monopoly; but how will this affect Google’s other products? DOJ Says Google Must Sell Chrome : https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp81ppr3l9go3) Chinese company Hesai is set to halve lidar prices next year, to promote wide adoption in electric cars and to steer towards autonomous carsHesai Lidar Sale: https://www.reuters.com/technology/chinas-hesai-halve-lidar-prices-next-year-sees-wide-adoption-electric-cars-2024-11-27/ 4) An AI that uses image processing to identify squirrels is being tested to protect the UK's endangered red squirrel population. Squirrel Agent AI: https://news.sky.com/story/ai-squirrel-spotter-deployed-to-protect-endangered-red-squirrels-13260066
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