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Mercedes-Benz targeting average diesel NOx of ~30mg/km in RDE Stage 2 tests by 2020; approaching 20mg in following years

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We are fully committed to modern diesel engines as part of the drive mix for the future. Organizations such as Dekra, TÜV and auto magazines have confirmed that very good results are achieved in road tests. In the future, a diesel plug-in hybrid will also be added. —Ola Källenius. At low levels of engine load—e.g.,

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This Harvard Law Professor is an Expert on Digital Technology

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Zittrain conducts research on what’s happening across the sweep of digital technology and writes about his findings in blogs, magazines, and books. Providing free access to books and legal decisions Much of Zittrain’s work looks at ways to make information more widely available. His legal work includes working on Eldred v.

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GE VC Firms Announce $200M Open Innovation Challenge to Accelerate Power Grid Technology Through Open Collaboration

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It is open to anyone aged 18 years or older and all legally formed entities. Entries will be evaluated as candidates for both a potential future commercial relationship as well as a $100,000 innovation challenge award acknowledging their entry as an example of outstanding entrepreneurship and innovation.

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The Soviet-Era, Z80-based Galaksija Dared to Be Different

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As delays kept pushing the delivery of the Crowd Supply kit back into an indefinite future, I ran into Vince at the Vintage Computer Festival East last April, and he slipped me a spare Galaksija printed circuit board and a link to his modern bill of materials.

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Why Cyberwarfare Is Overhyped

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David Schneider: Hi, I’m David Schneider for IEEE Spectrum ‘s Fixing the Future podcast. Giving you access to perks, including Spectrum magazine and many education and career resources. My primary appointment is at the law school where I teach legal philosophy. And how does it relate to legal and ethical questions we have?

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One Way to Stop the Social Spread of Disinformation

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An article describing how the platform works was published in the September issue of IEEE Communications Magazine. “If The tokens, along with using smart contracts to reduce legal fees, would make real-time exchange and monetization feasible, he says. Addressing the Internet’s business model.

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A Small Startup Fights Rare Diseases With Big Data

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Hi, this is Steven Cherry for IEEE Spectrum's podcast, Fixing the Future. Steven Cherry: There's a process in legal cases, especially lawsuits, that involves an incredibly tedious process of finding and extracting information from sometimes enormous masses of data that by law, the other side has to provide. In two not unrelated ways.