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Renault’s new 2017-2022 plan: 8 EVs, 12 electrified models, 15 autonomous models

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million units2 sold in 2016, as the company expands its product range, including in LCV and new electric vehicles and builds on success of its global access range. Growing market opportunities in Brazil, India, Iran. Connected – 100% vehicles connected in key markets. billion in Monozukuri savings over the plan.

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Tomorrow’s AI Will Reason Like Humans, IBM Watson Developer Predicts

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When David Nahamoo was a high school student in Iran, he wanted to pursue a career in mathematics or physics. But after talking over career options with his friends, he says, he was "pointed in the direction of a good career in Iran" and instead decided to become an electrical engineer. SWITCHING GEARS. IEEE APPRECIATION.

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One Way to Stop the Social Spread of Disinformation

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When you encourage people to spread falsities to get advertising and make money, then this thing kind of builds on itself. He worked in bookstores and then started a fashion business with his friends while planning his escape from Iran through Pakistan in 1982. It’s a very dangerous situation,” Alamouti warns. Wireless innovator.

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How the Huawei Fight is Changing the Face of 5G

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By the mid-1990s, China was promoting it as a 'national champion' in the country's effort to build up industrial giants that could compete on the world stage. 5G devices, meanwhile, can connect directly to each other through radio networks forming an " edge cloud " of their own.

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