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Four people were in a car crash. This new car technology helped save their lives

A new car feature has provided life-saving emergency assistance to four people in a car crash outside a popular theme park in Victoria. Four people , including three children, were taken to hospital after the incident occurred near Funfields Themepark at Whittlesea earlier this year. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Car feature assists four people in car crash. For more Motoring related news and videos check out Motoring >> Footage showed the car appeared to have right-of-way but collided with another vehicle that failed to yield, causing a T-bone crash. The crash triggered the new car feature immediately after it occurred and connected the driver with emergency help. A new car feature provided life-saving emergency assistance to four people in a car crash in Victoria. Credit: 7NEWS The car appeared to have right-of-way but collided with another vehicle that failed to yield. Credit: 7NEWS “Starting audio recording,” an automated voice said. “Connecting you to emergency call centre.” A ...

US chip controls threaten China's technology ambitions

China's leaders are seething at U.S. efforts to cut off access to technology to make advanced computer chips BEIJING -- Furious at U.S. efforts that cut off access to technology to make advanced computer chips, China’s leaders appear to be struggling to figure out how to retaliate without hurting their own ambitions in telecoms, artificial intelligence and other industries. President Xi Jinping’s government sees the chips that are used in everything from phones to kitchen appliances to fighter jets as crucial assets in its strategic rivalry with Washington and efforts to gain wealth and global influence. Chips are the center of a “ Technology war,” a Chinese scientist wrote in an official journal in February. China has its own chip foundries, but they supply only low-end processors used in autos and appliances. The U.S. government, starting under then-President Donald Trump, is cutting off access to a growing array of tools to make chips for computer servers, AI and other advanced...