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Continental calls for market-based adaptation of the legal framework to support autonomous driving

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International automotive supplier Continental is calling for a market-based adaptation of the legal framework for automated driving. Initial success in this regard was seen with the recent modification of the Vienna Convention, which established the legal foundations for partially automated driving. —Christian Senger.

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Canada files to define outer limits of expanded Atlantic continental shelf; preliminary filing on Arctic, targeting North Pole

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Legal context. Article 76 of the Convention sets out a process for states to determine the limits of this “extended” continental shelf and gain international recognition for those limits. Legal certainty and international recognition is vital to developing our potentially immense resources. —Minister Baird.

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An Army of Grain-harvesting Robots Marches Across Russia

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After initially experimenting with large heavy-duty trucks, we realized that the agricultural sector doesn't have the major legal and regulatory constraints that road transport has in Russia and elsewhere. This article appears in the September 2021 print issue as "On Russian Farms , the Robotic Revolution Has Begun.".

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An Army of Grain-harvesting Robots Marches Across Russia

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After initially experimenting with large heavy-duty trucks, we realized that the agricultural sector doesn't have the major legal and regulatory constraints that road transport has in Russia and elsewhere. This article appears in the September 2021 print issue as "On Russian Farms , the Robotic Revolution Has Begun.".

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Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

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2 ] Rasmussen’s “one agreement, two steps” plan was quickly endorsed by US President Obama, as well as Australia’s Prime Minister Rudd and Russia’s President Medvedev, all of whom were present at the APEC summit. April, 2008 : In an article entitled Dangerous Assumptions ( earlier post ), Roger Pielke, Jr.,

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Urban transport | Two wheels good | The Economist

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First Twitter Files of 2023 shows how intelligence community gained influence over the platform

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However, Twitter’s leaders weren’t worried because they were sure there wasn’t a Russia problem. This led Twitter to form a Russia Task Force due to anxiety over its PR problems. This led Twitter to change its thoughts on the smallness of its Russia problem. ” Credit: Matt Taibbi.

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