Introduction

• Universal Windows Podcast – Episode 107 – Hybrid Episode
  

Word of the Week

• Enjoy a sip of your favourite beverage each time any of us says “Autonomous”
  

Microsoft Moment

• Microsoft is now releasing Windows 10 19H2.
  
• What to expect from Windows 10 November 2019 Update: A pleasant surprise
  

    

Discussion – Cars

• Convergence of Ride Sharing, Electric Vehicles and Autonomous Vehicles
  
• Volvo unveils its first electric car, the XC40 Recharge
  
• Volvo will launch a new electric vehicle every year through 2025
  
• Volvo clarifies electrification plan, aims for 50% of sales to be ‘fully electric’ by 2025
  
• Washington Post: Autonomous shuttles in Northern Virginia suburb show why the future of robot cars might be slow
  
• Washington Post: Backup driver in fatal self-driving Uber crash was streaming Hulu
  
• Washington Post: ‘Raising the bar’: Uber details shortcomings in self-driving car that killed pedestrian
  
• A key internal recommendation cited the need for “improving the overall software system design,” which is akin to saying Uber’s robot car needed a better brain with sharper thinking.
  
• How environmentally friendly are electric cars?
  
• How economical are electric cars
  

GiggleBytes

• Keep the bad off your goods – https://getlambs.com/
  

  
  

Announcements

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Whiskey of the Week

The Aaron Malt Port Cask Finish