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Volkswagen is taking the next big step towards becoming a software-oriented mobility provider with its ACCELERATE strategy. Effective immediately, all ID. models will receive regular software updates via mobile data transfer. The updates had previously only been available as part of a test phase for customers who had registered with the “ID. First Movers Club”. The “ID. Software 2.3” offers new functions and optimises existing ones. Networking the entire ID. fleet will allow Volkswagen to lay the foundation for new, customer-oriented business models. Thus far, Volkswagen remains the only high-volume manufacturer to provide this technology for its customers.
Los Angeles County, California, will no longer be subjected to air quality regulations limiting the number of cremations that may be performed there. Business Insider reports the South Coast Air Quality Management District said the regulation was lifted so officials could handle a 'backlog' of bodies. Business Insider reports the move comes as a grim reminder of the severity of the COVID-19 pandemic in California. The regulation has been lifted for 10 days, with the option to be extended. As of January 15, there were more than 2,700 bodies being stored at hospitals in LA County and at the Coroner's office. The current rate of death is more than double that of pre-pandemic years, leading to hospitals, funeral homes, and crematoriums exceeding capacity. South Coast Air Quality Management District
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are expected to spend Christmas in California due to the latest U.K. lockdown and the postponement of Duchess Meghan’s privacy trial until fall 2021. ELLE.com has learned from a source close to Prince Harry and Meghan that it is "anticipated they will be at their Montecito home in California and not be in the U.K. for Christmas." The Duke and Duchess had initially planned to return to their Frogmore Cottage home in December on the Windsor Castle grounds for two weeks ahead of Meghan’s privacy trial against the Mail on Sunday and Associated Newspapers, which was due to start January 11 in London.
French Montana has congratulated ex-girlfriend Khloe Kardashian on her rumoured pregnancy and admitted he thinks she'll be a great parent.
California broadens and toughens its rape laws following a furor over the light sentence given to a former Stanford swimmer convicted of assaulting an unconscious woman at the elite university. Diane Hodges reports.
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