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Elon Musk clashes with NPR over Twitter policy

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Elon Musk and National Public Radio (NPR) have clashed on Twitter after the news organization received a new tag on its account. Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) has received a similar tag on its account, though it remains unclear if the organization intends to stay on the platform. What do you think of the article?

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Poll: Would You Want to Work a Shorter Week?

Cars That Think

Many organizations around the world are running pilot programs. Iceland ran a pilot between 2015 and 2019, and this year it said the program was an overwhelming success, the BBC reported. The Institute plans to publish an article on the findings. Does your company offer a four-day workweek?

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Rule of the Robots: Warning Signs

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In November of that year, a front-page New York Times article was instrumental in bringing awareness of deep learning technology to the broader public sphere. The article, written by reporter John Markoff, ends with a quote from Geoff Hinton: "The point about this approach is that it scales beautifully. There's no looking back now.".

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

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April, 2008 : In an article entitled Dangerous Assumptions ( earlier post ), Roger Pielke, Jr., Environmental organizations have countered, however, that the slowing rate of deforestation is due in part to reduced demand for products as a result of the global economic downturn.

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Electric-Car Fans Rally Around the Volt - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Even this article keeps showing the old futuristic version model which GM said can’t be done. April 17, 2009 11:38 am Link Goodbye GM. Why pay $40K for a GM volt… which will look nothing more than a Malibu anyway and only get 40 miles before the gasoline engine kicks in. — Goodbye 2. — Tony 11.

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Content Credentials Will Fight Deepfakes in the 2024 Elections

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This article is part of our special report Top Tech 2024. Jenks is chair of the Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity (C2PA), an organization that’s developing technical methods to document the origin and history of digital-media files, both real and fake. And the U.S. presidential election, he says.

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Sven Thesen, the communication and technology director for Better Place , a start-up that is gaining traction (see this recent New York Times article ) in its effort to create a network for electric cars in various countries, likened the concept of electric cars to cellphones. Fifteen years ago, how many people had a cellphone?”

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