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Alberta publishes report assessing non-combustion uses for bitumen, opens $2M call for projects

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Alberta Innovates, in partnership with industry, government and other organizations, recently released the results of a study that investigates the best opportunities for “Bitumen Beyond Combustion” (BBC). Commercial-scale manufacture of high value-added products not intended for combustion is a sound strategy.

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President Obama announces nearly $4B public-private investment in energy upgrades to buildings; $2B government commitment

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The $4-billion investment announced today includes a $2-billion commitment, made through the issuance of a Presidential Memorandum, to energy upgrades of federal buildings using long term energy savings to pay for up-front costs. Last year, commercial buildings consumed roughly 20% of all the energy used by the US economy.

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Q&A With Co-Creator of the 6502 Processor

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The processors and their variants are used as microcontrollers in commercial products, and they remain popular among hobbyists who build home-brewed computers. And lower cost was key. on the weekend of 8 October. BM: Rod Orgill and I had completed the designs of a few microprocessors before the 6501/6502.

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Rule of the Robots: Warning Signs

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If you look at top experiments, each year the cost [is] going up 10-fold. In a January 2020 interview with the BBC, Yoshua Bengio said that "AI's abilities were somewhat overhyped. So, there's an advantage to scaling. But clearly the rate of progress is not sustainable. by certain companies with an interest in doing so.".

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Volvo joins Tesla in halting EV production due to Red Sea attacks

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Volvo has joined Tesla in stopping its EV production in Europe due to the threat of violence from Iran-backed Houthi fighters attacking commercial ships traveling in the Red Sea. The group has stated its intentions to attack any commercial ships traveling through the strait into the Red Sea.

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Bezos Bucks? Get Ready for Corporate Digital Currency

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Such an approach, incurring extra costs to the customers, would be unlikely to succeed. While doing so might not be profitable for existing banks and financial-services companies, a company like Amazon could easily absorb the cost as a kind of loss leader. This would increase the likelihood of a private digital currency taking hold.

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10 Gifts For Retrocomputing Fans

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All Aboard the Altair-Duino The Altair 8800 wasn't the first personal computer (that honor likely goes to the Kenbak-1 ), but it was the first commercially successful one, inspiring many, including a young Bill Gates and Paul Allen to found a little startup called Microsoft. Chris Davis makes a terrific replica kit, the Altair-Duino.

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