I don't know if this is still the case but the last time I saw this discussion, someone with experience using the "shared iPad" education feature said it seemed like a massive hack, and switching users was seemingly implemented by "seamlessly" doing a full reset of the iPad to the new user, taking a bunch of time to backup the old user and restore the new one, nothing like a quick user switch on macOS, and nothing you'd want to use as a family handing an iPad back and forth.
Sure, but it still sits in the 'business-grade hardware whose main purpose is AI training or running inference for LLMs" segment parent mentioned, yet have graphics connectors so the only thing I'm saying is that just looking at that won't help you understand what segment the GPU goes into.
I'd Like to point at the first revision AMD MI50/MI60 cards which were at the time the most powerful GPUs on the market at least by memory bandwidth.
Defining GPU as "can output contemporary display connector signal and is more than just a ramdac/framebuffer-to-cable translator, starting with even just some 2D blitting acceleration.
I think the most interesting part is that the article says that Waymo's handing its operations to Moove. It seems like Waymo's trying to become a software provider while having other companies handle the capital-intensive parts.
> having other companies handle the capital-intensive parts.
Waymo definitely wants to outsource the areas where they don't have special expertise (i.e. Waymo is 100x better at driving, but not 100x better at washing and vacuuming cars). I'm not sure how capital-intensive regional operations are. The vehicles are definitely the largest capital expense. This is more like an AirBnB property owner hiring a cleaning service.
Also, contracting out the menial labor makes Waymo's labor practices look much better. They can tell their engineers that all employees make a living wage and get excellent health insurance.
When the actual labor is done by part-timers with no health insurance making not much over minimum wage.
The pivot has already happened. They’re handing over Austin and Atlanta to Uber, and now Phoenix and Miami to Moove. The only places they will continue to own operations for at least the next year are SF and LA.
Capital-intensive, or labour-intensive? If I were a provider of 'special smart sauce' that goes on a common piece of equipment, I'd be trying to focus on making it so I could provide the sauce rather than dealing with all the real-world issues that come with all the real-world people using the saucy equipment.
I design motherboards for industrial computers for living. Last gem: radio module draws 5 amps while transmitting instead of specified 2 amps. Trust nobody!
This makes sense. If they don't outsource, they need to run millions of cars. This will cost Alphabet hundreds of billions capex, which is not cheap even for them. This is not just the money problem, but also has significant implications on their speed of business expansion. Let's say Google decides to pour tens of billions every year on Waymo, it will takes tens of years to expand into all of the major US cities. They probably don't want to give the competitors that much time.
This seems much more scaleable. Car share services (eg. Evo in Vancouver) seem like good partners as they already have the fleet management services and a recognizable (and hopefully trusted) brand.
I'm not sure about other car share services work, but in the case of Evo they have existing relationships with the cities that make up Metro Vancouver. I wonder if this would ease rollout as you'd already know all the required people to talk to within municipal government?
That is very unfortunate. I'm confused why they wouldn't want to get involved in trials and investigate all the benefits. Do you know the rationale behind the decision?
Ugh, don’t remind me of the lost decade or so during which the local taxi lobby captured the regulators and prevented the entry of Uber. It wasn’t until the provincial government was about to be blown away anyhow that they cashed in their chips in a few ridings where the majority of cab owners live…
I have no doubt that BC may be a nice place to live for a variety of reasons, but it will be the last place to have autonomous vehicles.
Not totally related, but I definitely noticed Apple’s laptop speakers tend to sound ever so slightly better than other built-in speakers. I remember hearing about there being a patent causing this, but can’t find a source.
That’s on Mac. PWAs on Mac aren’t a new capability since Chrome et al have had it for a long time. I’d be more interested if they improved iOS PWA capabilities
