GM’S SUPER CRUISE DRIVER-ASSIST SYSTEM GET UPGRADE General Motors is updating its Super Cruise driv- er-assist highway system to feature lane-changing capabilities similar to Tesla’s Autopilot. The lane-changing function as well as other enhancements to Super Cruise will debut on the 2021 Cadillac CT5 and CT4 sedans later this year, followed by the next-generation Cadillac Escalade. GM launched Super Cruise in 2017, two years after Tesla debuted Autopilot. The Detroit automak- er has been extremely conservative in its rollout offering additional safeguards along the way, so the technology has not received as much atten- tion or media scrutiny as Tesla’s Autopilot. Some experts consider Super Cruise to function better than Autopilot in its limited use cases, however Autopilot has offered greater capabili- ties, including the ability to change lanes since its launch in 2015.
ROGERS ACTIVATES CANADA’S FIRST 5G NETWORK Rogers Communications Inc. marked a milestone recently as the telecom provider officially turned on its wireless 5G network in downtown areas of Toronto, Ottawa, Vancouver and Montreal. But while Rogers says the next-generation network is now up and running, customers will not be able to access it for some time because devices have not yet been authorized to connect to it. Officially lighting up the network, however, is a signal to device manufacturers that Rogers is open for business, and ready to work with companies such as Apple and Samsung to ensure 5G devices are compatible with network infrastructure.
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