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F1 Drama After Whistleblower Accuses FIA President of Shenanigans

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According to BBC Sport , Ben Sulayem was said to have intervened to overturn a time penalty issued to Fernando Alonso during the race. From BBC Sport : The report, by compliance officer Paolo Basarri, says the whistleblower reported that Ben Sulayem "pretended the stewards to overturn their decision to issue" the penalty to Alonso.

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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

February 17, 2009 2:31 pm Link CGC (#18 and #21), You make an error in not delving into the efficiency of the internal combustion engine (ICE) and that of power generation. I personally wouldn’t count on the “Big Three&# actually implementing any of these new technologies in the near future. — CGC 22.

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Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

And, if you consider lifetime costs of owning an EV versus owning a traditional internal combustion car, even if the initial purchase price of the EV is much more than your combustion car and you have to replace a battery for $4,000 after 7-10 years, the EV still costs less to operate. For more information, please see our Comments FAQ.

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Content Credentials Will Fight Deepfakes in the 2024 Elections

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If the person altering the file uses a tool that supports content credentialing, information about the changes is added to the manifest that travels with the image. At the BBC, Ellis says they’ve already done trials of adding content-credential metadata to still images, but “where we need this to work is on the [social media] platforms.”

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