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Mack Trucks introduces medium-duty Mack MD Electric; 2nd BEV in lineup

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Mack Trucks revealed its Mack MD Electric, the company’s first electric vehicle in the medium-duty segment of the trucking industry. The MD Electric is the second electric vehicle introduced by Mack Trucks to the industry. The MD Series cab design features a short bumper-to-back-of-cab (BBC) measurement of 103 inches, an industry best.

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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). This study provides insights into high-value products that can be made by, or in partnership with Alberta’s oil sands industry.

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

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billion square feet of office, industrial, municipal, hospital, university, community college and school buildings. Last year, commercial buildings consumed roughly 20% of all the energy used by the US economy. —President Obama.

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Rule of the Robots: Warning Signs

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In a January 2020 interview with the BBC, Yoshua Bengio said that "AI's abilities were somewhat overhyped. Likewise, nearly every technology startup is now, to some degree, investing in AI, and companies large and small in other industries are beginning to deploy the technology. by certain companies with an interest in doing so.".

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10 Gifts For Retrocomputing Fans

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But while the industry continues to look forward, more and more people are looking backward over those 45 years, and further, to the systems of the past. Chris Davis makes a terrific replica kit, the Altair-Duino.

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

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Electric car supporters are rising to defend General Motors’ development of the Chevy Volt after the Obama Administration’s automotive task force proclaimed that the car was probably too expensive to be commercially successful in the near future. Supporters of the car say that’s shortsighted. and Chrysler. Whatever B.C.G.’s

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