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MiHC La Puerta Portal Opens the Door to Success for Hispanic Students in Detroit

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Perficient developed the La Puerta portal framework as a way of giving back to the Detroit community and to pave the way for students to benefit from a college education. In Detroit, that number is even lower – 6.1%. MiHC is doing important work to advance education and career placement within Detroit’s Hispanic community.

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Mobileye Expands Self-Driving Vehicle Tests To Detroit, Tokyo, Paris, Shanghai

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Intel subsidiary Mobileye is working on updates for its autonomous vehicle program, planning to launch test fleets in Detroit, Tokyo, Paris and Shanghai, TechCrunch reported. In 2018, the company expanded to include robotaxi operations. That’s why we put our cars in the U.S.

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Tesla To Have Robotaxi Fleet By 2020; Waymo To Build Self-Driving Cars In Detroit

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In other self-driving news, Reuters is reporting that Waymo, a company under the umbrella of Alphabet, which owns Google, has picked a Detroit factory to make self-driving cars.

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Driving STEM Education and Career Opportunities through the Perficient Bright Paths Program

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I sat down with Tom Hogan , chief operating officer, and Andrea Lampert , vice president of people, to discuss the program in more detail. Tom Hogan, Chief Operating Officer, Perficient. More information about the Perficient-sponsored Hackbright Academy in Detroit, including applications, can be found on the program landing page.

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Today In Payments Around The World: Checkout.com Lands $450 Million In Series C; Pakistan Rolls Out Instant Digital Payment System

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Delivery Hero, the German food delivery platform that operates in 50 nations, is rolling out an early-stage VC firm called DX Ventures that will be managed independently to concentrate on furthering upstarts led by founders. Mobileye Expands Self-Driving Vehicle Tests To Detroit, Tokyo, Paris, Shanghai. and the World Bank.

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GM Shutters Struggling Car-Sharing Unit Maven

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We’ve gained extremely valuable insights from operating our own car-sharing business,” Pamela Fletcher, GM’s vice president of global innovation, said in a statement. Maven was offered most recently in Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, Detroit/Ann Arbor, Baltimore, Washington, D.C., and Toronto. “We

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Vroom eCommerce Sales Platform Raises $254M

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Vroom said it will use the capital to invest in expanding its workforce, technology, operations and marketing, as well as products. The company opened an engineering port in Detroit this year. The Detroit office will be pivotal to the company’s future plans.

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