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This Computer Pioneer’s Invention Made Zoom Possible

Cars That Think

I was interested in computation—how computers can calculate and also by how the languages that the computers are able to process are transformed by random events that can occur for a variety of reasons. I would certainly recommend membership to anyone with a career in our fields, whether the person is an academic or not.”.

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Buffett's Chinese electric car company

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Today, BYD employes 130,000 people in 11 factories, either in China and one each in India, Hungary and Rumania. Innovation appears to be Mr. Wang’s personal passion. That track record—and that potential—is what persuaded Warren Buffett’s company, Berkshire Hathaway, to buy 10% of BYD last fall for $230 million. You are not logged in.

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