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The blog of Media-Insert Communications – featuring freelance P.R. and journalism links to the work of Graham A. Jarvis.

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Category: Information Communications Technology
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Yahoo Finance reports that “a new self-driving car algorithm developed by researchers at Germany’s Technical University of Munich (TUM) thrives on thinking about the worst thing that could happen at every moment and then figuring out how to get out of it without endangering or obstructing traffic.” Driverless start-up Cruise has developed an artificial intelligence…
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Korea Bizwire said in September 2020 that South Korea’s regulator: “The Financial Supervisory Service announced that the nation’s 12 non-life insurance companies will start selling new insurance products that can cover the risk related to accidents involving commercial self-driving cars from late this month.” Reports suggest that the country has established the legal foundation for…
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KPMG claims that autonomous vehicles are being held back by the need for infrastructure to support them. The consultancy and analyst firm’s Autonomous Vehicle Readiness index (AVRI) ranks the UK as the 9th most advanced connected and autonomous vehicle market in the world. The country is, nevertheless, within the top five countries for cyber-security. The…
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A report reveals that Sky-Go’s researchers had found 19 vulnerabilities in a Mercedes E-Class car. The findings raise the concern that the cyber-security for connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs) is not being taken seriously enough. Jia Jen Low, writing for TechHQ in her 12th August 2020 article, Mercedes-Benz security bug — a sign of connected…
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Poor WAN performance can put service continuity and disaster recovery at risk – leading to an inability to deliver services. Discover how you can increase your bandwidth utilisation, mitigate latency, and improve WAN performance.
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Before the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown struck, the predictions for software-defined wide area networks (SD-WANs) were glowingly positive. A Cato Networks IT survey forecasted strong growth for the technology, as buyers want to replace their multiprotocol label switching (MPLS) with a nimbler and more affordable alternative. However, the survey finds a need to consider the…
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“The world is speeding up and data-driven automation is paramount to staying on top. The pandemic caught many organisations flat-footed,” says Turner. “Those with traditional systems, workflows and analytical modelling weren’t able to respond quick enough.”
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Yes, hybrid vehicles can charge themselves. However, by 2035 in the UK these will, like their gasoline and diesel alternatives, be phased out. Meanwhile, Sebastian Gray, assistant manager for Mobility 2030 at KPMG comments: “I think the term ‘self-charging’ can create some confusion. What is referred to by ‘self-charging hybrid’ is in fact a conventional…
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Hayden Field writes in his article for MIT Technology Review, Self-driving cars are being trained in virtual worlds while the real one is in chaos: “For safety reasons, autonomous vehicles typically have two operators apiece. That’s a no-go in the age of social distancing, and leaders of autonomous-vehicle companies knew they’d have to mothball their…
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Professor Mohammed Quddus of the university, the principal investigator on the project, says: “Although CAVs are designed with existing infrastructure in mind, ensuring they are safe to operate on motorways will require evaluating how road layouts affects their operational boundaries such as their ability to sense lanes and make appropriate decisions.”