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Bahrain’s Mumtalakat buys out McLaren, secures full ownership over supercar brand: Report | Autocar Professional

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Bahrain’s sovereign wealth fund, Mumtalakat, has assumed full control of McLaren Group, manufacturer of high-end sportscars and majority owner of the McLaren F1 team, BBC reported. The company faced financial challenges during the Covid-19 pandemic, leading to production halts and job losses.

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U.K. based battery producer Britishvolt collapses ahead of production

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As many companies and governments alike have rushed to establish battery production locations, many in the United Kingdom had hoped that its domestic Britishvolt battery producer would be their answer to Tesla in the United States, Northvolt in Sweden, LG in South Korea, Power Co. This comes before the company could establish its 3.8

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Content Credentials Will Fight Deepfakes in the 2024 Elections

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The C2PA group brings together the Adobe-led Content Authenticity Initiative and a media provenance effort called Project Origin ; in 2021 it released its initial standards for attaching cryptographically secure metadata to image and video files. CBC), and The New York Times are all C2PA members. The detectors also aren’t very good.

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ARB fines 12 ocean-going shippers $476,750 for violating low-sulfur fuel regulation

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The California Air Resources Board has fined 12 shipping companies a combined $476,750 for failure to switch from high-sulfur diesel “bunker” fuel to cleaner, low-sulfur marine distillate fuel upon entering Regulated California Waters, as required by state law. Cyprus) c/o XT Shipping Group - $68,000 Vessel name: Blue Diamond.

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Elon Musk clashes with NPR over Twitter policy

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It’s no secret that Elon Musk has quickly implemented new policies around Twitter after he invested billions into purchasing the company late last year. For instance, while the BBC is correctly labeled as “publically funded ,” none of its affiliate accounts have received the same tag.

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

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Tesla and Volvo are among several companies having to direct ships away from the Red Sea amid the threat of attacks, Automotive News Europe reports. The group has stated its intentions to attack any commercial ships traveling through the strait into the Red Sea.

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Blink Charging Celebrates Women in the Electric Vehicle Industry

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an EV charger repair company, are passionate advocates for diversity and inclusion in the EV field. The group’s membership includes individuals from the U.S., We’re certain Clara would be proud to see the resurgence of EVs in the modern age. Japan, Canada, Costa Rica, Denmark, and various other countries.