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Hi, I'm Karl.

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What do the Ford model a Duesenberg, SJ speedster and a Willie's MB Jeep all have in common?

If you said they're old, you're right.

But there's something else that ties these iconic vehicles together, and it's related to our first topic today on CNN.

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That topic is computer chips.

These cars ain't got them.

Today's cars do dozens of them.

They're not just found in the touch screen infotainment systems that replaced the buttons and switches you played with as a little kid Kill a century engine operation, antilock brakes, automatic transmissions, airbag systems.

All of these are controlled with semiconductors, computer chips, and one of the many strange ripple effects of the coronavirus pandemic is a global shortage of these chips.

About 12% of them go to car makers, and the automotive industry is worth trillions of dollars worldwide.

So if carmakers can't get chips into their vehicles and then can't produce them as quickly as they used to, economic problems could result around the world.

The makers of these semiconductors shut down temporarily because of the pandemic, but they're back up and running now, so you'd think that would have just caused a delay in the production of things that use them.

But with more people spending more time at home.

Last year, demand for computer chips went through the roof as consumers bought new computers, TVs and game consoles.

So now carmakers are having trouble getting the ones they need for new vehicles.

Kristie Lu Stout has more info on why the chips are down.

Mhm.

It's so easy to take them for granted.

The tiny, silicon based semiconductors that fuel our modern lives are smartphones or laptops and our cars.

Now the average car has between 50 to 150 chips that are used to monitor important engine and safety systems, along with GPS navigation or driver assistance when you try to parallel park.

But when the pandemic hammered auto sales last year, top chipmakers shifted capacity away from carmakers to gadget makers, resulting in a critical shortage of car chips that's been called ship again.

One million cars could actually be lost in the coming months, so that's quite a lot if you take the average value of a car, which might be say, what 50,000, maybe dollars it would actually lead to about 20 to 30 billions in lost revenue.

There is a growing list of automakers cutting production because of the chip crunch.

In Japan, you have Subaru, Toyota, Honda and Nissan and in the U.

S, Ford and GM.

In a statement, GM says this quote.

Despite our mitigation efforts, the semiconductor shortage will impact GM production in 2021.

We're currently assessing the overall impact, but our focus is to keep producing are most in demand products.

As the chip crunch disrupts production, analysts say it may delay a global recovery in the auto sector.

U.

S senators are urging the White House to take action.

In a letter sent earlier this month, 15 U.

S.

Senators from auto producing states warned that the shortage threatens our post pandemic economic recovery.

It's also a diplomatic issue to resolve the shortage.

The U.

S is working with Taiwan.

Home of TSMC, the world's largest contract chipmaker at the Taiwan chip giant, says the auto chip shortage is its top priority, saying this quote, TSMC is currently expediting these critical automotive products through our wafer fabs.

Well, our capacity is fully utilized.

Demand from every sector.

TSMC is reallocating our way for capacity to support the worldwide automotive industry unquote.

As Taiwan pledges help a warning from the other chip making giant in Asia, Samsung Electronics says the auto chip shortage could hit smartphones.

And if you're planning a new purchase, consider this.

If you need something, just buy it now if it's on stock.

Otherwise, unfortunately, you'll have to wait another 3 to 6 months.

According to our latest working estimates, huge ripple effects are being felt across tech, auto manufacturing and the global economy, all from a tiny piece of silicon.

Kristie Lu Stout, CNN Hong Kong 12th Trivia.

Which of these islands is the largest?

Bahrain, Sri Lanka, Iceland or Hispaniola?

Of these options, Iceland, which compares in size to the U.

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State of Kentucky, is the largest fun.

Yeah, mhm.

What was surprising was the colours of the orange much, much deeper than what you would expect.

So, uh, yeah, it's absolutely breathtaking.

We are just here to look at the people and see that everything is okay.

And just watch out that people don't go too close to the llama.

The left, both of our Oh, yeah.

Uh, huh?

So it's quite an interesting eruption.

It didn't really begin with a strong bang, but instead we've had this fantastic earthquake swarm with probably 50,000 earthquakes in a month.

And so the magma had been gradually rising towards the surface is now producing a relatively small eruption compared to the last one in Iceland.

Mhm, Yeah, yeah, If you had received last night's newsletter, you would have known already that story was coming up.

But, hey, it's OK.

You can still get that newsletter.

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Dogs can be amazing companions.

The American Kennel Club says they may help reduce people's anxiety and blood pressure that they can help people cope with emotional and physical hardships.

They are often used to help patients in hospital settings, but a medical center in Boston, Massachusetts, has a completely different way of thinking.

When it comes to therapy Dogs.

Dr Spot, please report to the E.

R.

stat.

That's what they did at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston.

Test the robot, actually in the emergency department with a computer tablet for ahead, beaming the faces of ER doctors able to interact with patients from a covid safe distance, not to mention cameras that could then also sense vital signs like heart rate, respiratory rate, oxygen levels.

But they weren't so much testing the robotics.

They were more interested in whether patients would accept.

Dr Spot, The Boston Dynamics robot dog has been humanized through dance videos and even pulling Santa's sleigh in an earlier version, the last time we recall a doctor having a robo dog doctor who did things like Play chess with him.

Your move, master.

I know it's my move.

Don't flush your eyes at me.

Dr.

Spot didn't flash his eyes at anyone, But would you want to see this charging at you when you're sick?

Well, I think that's exactly what we wanted to de risk Mitt Assistant professor Giovanni Traverso says the robot dog was spot on with the 40 patients they sicced him on.

The robot looks like a dog, and you know, I think dogs who are endearing too many.

And so actually the reception was very positive.

Unlike it, a previous press demo, Professor Traverso says there were no accidents in the ER.

Jeannie Moos, CNN, New York Mm.

The hospital is doggedly determined to provide service.

Is it warm and fuzzy?

No.

Will it therapies the patients and give them therapies of mind?

Some will say it's spot on.

Some will say it's just what the doctor ordered.

But critics might want someone to lift their spirits instead of just its leg.

And they may say the whole hospitals going to the dogs.

Hey, speaking of going places, we're going to the capital of Ghana today in West Africa.

The American International School is watching in the city of Akra.

It's great to hear from you on YouTube.

I'm Carla Zeus for CNN.