Tag: Mercedes
OpenAI opens GPT store for customised chatbots, Hyundai unveils Supernal S-A2 compact aircraft
OpenAI on Wednesday launched its GPT Store, a marketplace where paid ChatGPT users can buy and sell specialized chatbot agents based on the company’s language models. The company, whose wildly popular product ChatGPT helped kickstart the boom in AI, already offers customized bots through its paid ChatGPT Plus service. The new store will allow users to…
Tech Digest daily roundup: FTX owes 50 largest creditors nearly $3.1 billion
Cryptocurrency exchange FTX owes its 50 largest creditors almost $3.1bn (£2.6bn), according to a court filing. The embattled firm, which filed for bankruptcy in the US last week, says it owes about $1.45bn to its top 10 creditors, but has not named any. The collapse of the world's second largest crypto exchange shook confidence in…
Mercedes adds fingerprint recognition for in-car payments
From spring 2022, Visa's technology will allow Mercedes-Benz customers in Europe to pay for goods and services by using their fingerprint in the car. Purchases can then be made directly through the car’s head unit, or MBUX. The solution is anticipated to be available in other markets globally at a later stage. In-car commerce has…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Facebook changes name, TikTok users ‘develop tics’
Facebook has changed its corporate brand to Meta Facebook has changed its corporate name to Meta as part of a major rebrand. The company said it would better "encompass" what it does, as it broadens its reach beyond social media into areas like virtual reality (VR). The change does not apply…
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…
CES 2019: The year when smart vehicle technology took centre stage
Martyn Landi/PA Car and other vehicle concepts are transforming CES from a traditional gadget convention into something much more diverse, writes Martyn Landi... The technology on display at CES increasingly involves cars and other vehicles, with the gadget show becoming more diverse in the products showcased as a result. Some vehicle…
Frankfurt Motor Show. Mercedes unveils first compact electric car, the EQA
Mercedes has revealed the new Concept EQA, its first all-electric EQ concept vehicle in the compact segment, at the Frankfurt Motor Show 2017. Set to rival the Tesla Model 3, the Concept EQA has a system output of over 200 kW from two electric motors. What's more two drive programs, "Sport" and "Sport Plus", offer a different front to…
Mario Kart 8 Mercedes DLC coming to the UK on August 27th
Nintendo has announced to bring the bizarre Mercedes DLC to Mario Kart 8 in the UK later this month. The promotional tie-in lets players take to the tracks in three real-life Mercedes: the GLA, the 300 SL Roadster and the Silver Arrow. The karts are customisable too with the ability to change wheels and stuff.…
Mario Kart 8 to get… umm… Mercedes DLC. Did someone confuse it with Gran Turismo?
Nintendo has announced the latest downloadable content for Mario Kart 8 in Japan is going to be a tie-up with car makers Mercedes-Benz to promote its new Mercedes GLA. Check out the bizarre TV advert. The DLC will be free…
F1 team help teenager achieve his bionic arm dream
The Formula One Mercedes GP Petronas team have helped a British teenager improve his quality of life by helping him grab an expensive bionic arm from Touch Bionics. 14-year-old Matthew James was born without a left hand, and had been…
