Tag: BMW
Tech Digest daily roundup: Snapchat launches custom ‘My AI’ chatbot
Popular social media app Snapchat on Monday launched its own chatbot called "My AI," using the latest version of OpenAI's rapidly growing generative text tool, ChatGPT. My AI is a custom chatbot that for now is only available to Snapchat+ users, who pay $3.99 per month to access "exclusive, experimental, and pre-release features." Snapchat…
Parkopedia powers new BMW in-vehicle parking payments
A new BMW parking payments feature, which uses Parkopedia’s In-vehicle Payment Platform, is now available in Germany and Austria for BMW drivers with a BMW 7 and 8 operating system. The service allows drivers to find and pay for parking from the comfort of their vehicle, via their infotainment systems or the My BMW App. …
Tech Digest daily roundup: Amazon could have to pay UK shoppers £900m compensation
Amazon shoppers in the UK could receive a share of £900m in compensation, once a legal claim is submitted against the technology giant. The proposed claim alleges the company breached competition law and caused customers to pay higher prices. It is being led by consumer-rights champion Julie Hunter, who alleges independent sellers are excluded from…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Jumbo jet to launch UK’s first space rocket
Image: Virgin Orbit The jumbo jet that will launch the UK's first rocket into space has arrived at Cornwall's Newquay airport. Cosmic Girl, a former Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747, has carried more than 2.5 million passengers on almost 8,300 flights. But now the seats have been ripped out, the upper deck…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Netflix partners with Microsoft for cheaper ad-funded streaming
Netflix has partnered with Microsoft to launch a cheaper subscription plan showing adverts in an attempt to appeal to cash-strapped consumers seeking to cut back on costs. The streaming platform first announced plans to launch a cheaper service – giving subscribers the chance to pay less in return for viewing ads – in April after reporting…
Tech Digest daily roundup: BMW announces ‘Chameleon Car’
If you have ever grown bored with the colour of your car, then you might like BMW's idea - to change it on a whim. At CES 2022, it showed off how a car's exterior could effectively become ePaper which, when charged with a small electric current, changes colour or creates a pattern. Its "iX…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Facebook shuts down facial recognition system
Facebook's facial recognition system will be shut down and faceprints will be deleted for over a billion people, the social media giant has announced. The technology automatically identifies users in pictures and videos but Facebook has decided to remove it, citing increased concerns about its use. Jerome Pesenti, vice president of artificial intelligence at Facebook, wrote…
BMW unveils e-trike and e-scooter concepts
BMW Group has unveiled two new concept micromobility solutions, a three while e-trike called the DYNAMIC CARGO and an e-scooter concept called the CLEVER COMMUTE. Both micromobility concepts have been designed to offer a range of over 20 kilometres (12 miles). One particularly important feature for city use is the battery pack, which can be…
Audi drivers have most social media followers, claims survey
Audi drivers are the most successful of any car brand on social media, with 25 percent having in excess of 1,000 followers on their social media platforms. That's according to a new nationwide study from YesAuto UK which surveyed 2,000 British drivers. Perhaps unsurprisingly, BMW motorists are the fastest on the road, with 38 percent…
Plug-in hybrids not as fuel-efficient as they claim, Which? reveals
Manufacturers are advertising unrealistic fuel efficiency figures for plug-in hybrid cars and potentially costing motorists hundreds of pounds more in fuel costs, according to new tests by Which? The consumer watchdog tested 22 popular models and found they all fell well short of car makers’ claims, with the worst being 72 per cent less efficient…
