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AMD to invest $400 million in India by 2028: Here’s what we know

US chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices said on Friday it will invest around $400 million in India over the next five years and will build its largest design center in the tech hub of Bengaluru. AMD’s announcement was made by its Chief Technology Officer Mark Papermaster at an annual semiconductor conference that started Friday in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state of Gujarat. Other speakers at the flagship event include Foxconn Chairman Young Liu and Micron CEO Sanjay Mehrotra. Despite being a late entrant, the Modi government has been courting investments into India’s nascent chip sector to establish its credentials as a chipmaking hub. AMD said it will open its new design centre campus in Bengaluru by end of this year and create 3,000 new engineering roles within five years. “Our India teams will continue to play a pivotal role in delivering the high-performance and adaptive solutions that support AMD customers worldwide,” Papermaster said. The new 500,000-square-foot (55,5...

Spotify’s Car Thing gets new features including queueing of songs, responding to calls and more

Spotify recently launched its Car Thing in the US and now, the company is back with new features and controls for the device. For the unversed, Spotify’s Car Thing is a $90 device that is basically an infotainment system for your car. The music streaming platform has now announced that the device can now be used to respond to phone calls, and add tracks and podcasts to the queue.

According to Spotify, “Add to Queue” is one of the most requested features that is now available for its users. You can add your favourite tracks or podcasts to a playlist by tapping on the display, long press on the track or you can just give a voice command saying “Hey Spotify, queue ‘drivers license’”. To view the queued songs and podcasts, you can simply say “Hey Spotify, open my queue” or press and keep holding the dial when in the “Now Playing” view.

As mentioned earlier, Spotify’s Car Thing can now take and dismiss incoming calls. The device can even let you switch between media by presets, or voice, or simply tapping the screen.

According to Spotify, users can now ask the Car Thing to play music as per their mood as well. They can give the command like “Hey Spotify, play cozy Sunday RnB”. Spotify will quickly create the personalised playlist and play it for you

As per a statement by Spotify, “Bringing these highly anticipated new features to Car Thing is part of Spotify’s ongoing commitment to building a truly frictionless experience for users across devices—whether in the car, at home, or on the go. Already a Car Thing user? No worries, updates will roll out for iOS users automatically!”

For the unversed, the Car Thing can work with USB, Bluetooth and Aux as well. It features a knob, a colorful touchscreen, voice control features and more. Notably, it does not come with speakers, hence, it will use car speakers.

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