Plus, Israeli startup Quantum Machines raises $170 million in a Series C round. And Apple says it will fix a transcription glitch that replaces “racist” with “Trump.” Julie Chang hosts.
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[00:00:31] Here's your TNB Tech Minute for Tuesday, February 25th. I'm Julie Chang for The Wall Street Journal. Tesla has released an update to its driving assistance software in China. The US EV maker said in a notification to drivers today that it pushed out a software update for some users that includes features such as autopilot driving assistance for city roads. Tesla's most advanced driver assistance software, which it calls full self-driving supervised, is available in the US,
[00:00:59] but hasn't received final approval from Chinese authorities. The update brings Tesla a step closer to introducing a fuller set of advanced autonomous driving features in China as the tech becomes widespread in the world's largest electric vehicle market. Analysts expect approval for Tesla's FSD offering in China this year. Israeli quantum computing startup Quantum Machines has raised $170 million
[00:01:24] in a Series C round. That brings its total funding to date to $280 million. The latest round marks one of the largest fundraisings to date for a quantum computing company, according to PitchBook Data. It comes in the wake of quantum hardware advancements announced by Microsoft and Google. Quantum Machines said its products are designed to integrate with the varying types of quantum processors in use. It said it works
[00:01:49] with dozens of companies building quantum hardware, including Nvidia. The company declined to comment on its revenue and valuation. And Apple says it's working to fix a glitch occurring on some iPhones that's replacing words like racist with Trump. Users have documented that the phone's dictation tool sometimes replaces certain words with an R consonant with the word Trump. The words rampant and rampage also at times
[00:02:15] appear to be replaced with Trump. An Apple spokeswoman said occasionally the speech recognition models may begin showing words that have phonetic overlap. The spokeswoman didn't respond to questions about what is causing the error. For a deeper dive into what's happening in tech, check out tomorrow's Tech News Briefing podcast.