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Los Angeles launches New Mobility Challenge 2018

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The LA New Mobility Challenge 2018 is a joint initiative of LA CoMotion, the NewCities Foundation and the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI), all of whom are dedicated to finding cutting-edge and sustainable mobility technologies for Southern California. The deadline to submit applications is 17 September 2018.

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Next generation BMW voice assistant to be based on Amazon Alexa technology

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The next-generation BMW voice assistant will be built on Alexa technology, according to Stephan Durach, Senior Vice-President Connected Company and Development Technical Operations BMW Group, and Dave Limp, Senior Vice President of Devices and Services, Amazon, at Amazon’s annual Devices and Services launch event.

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A Novel IEEE Workshop Showcases Jamaica’s Engineering Community

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The event attracted more than 200 participants. Through the power of storytelling and the strength of IEEE’s mission, the One IEEE event connected participants to each other and to IEEE by showcasing the vibrant engineering community in Jamaica. Students from several local schools and universities participated in the event.

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April Fool’s! 6 times Tesla and others were a little too convincing

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2018: Tesla’s fake brush with ‘bankwuptcy’ Perhaps one of the most high-profile of Tesla’s April Fool’s jokes was surrounding the release of Tesla Tequila, then called Teslaquila—before the company was required to change the name by authorities in Mexico. Eight years and 22.2 Happy New Month!

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This IEEE Society’s Secret to Boosting Student Membership

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Since 2018, student membership has grown by more than 50 percent to 5,436. The meetings have always included onsite events for students to network with each other and to mingle with researchers over lunch. The events give the budding engineers an opportunity to talk with leaders they normally wouldn’t meet, Tricomi says.

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California adds more regulation for oil and gas industry; water quality and spill response

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AB 1197 will ensure their spill management teams are adequately trained and prepared in the event of an oil spill. Both bills will become law on 1 January 2018. AB 1328 gives California water agencies access to information on potentially hazardous chemicals used in oil and gas operations.

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Elon Musk tried to merge Tesla and OpenAI, emails reveal

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In 2018, Musk left OpenAI’s board and cited a potential conflict with Tesla’s own AI effort as the reason for severing ties with the company at the time. OpenAI released an email from Musk to prove this chronology of events. Musk forwarded an email from a person whose name has been redacted. It just isn’t zero”.

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