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Ford to sell 8M Rivian shares after $3.1B net loss

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The lockup period refers to when early investors cannot sell their shares after a company’s IPO. The EV manufacturer also stated that the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine has impacted its business and operations. Ford plans to sell 8 million of its Rivian shares. The lockup period for Rivian’s IPO will expire on Sunday, May 8.

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Tesla’s Musk says FSD 10 will blow minds, details expanding test group

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” The build I’m driving right now is almost there. RELATED: Hacked Tesla FSD Beta demo from Ukraine validates Elon Musk’s Autopilot vision. The “ button ,” as it was commonly referred to in recent times by Tesla enthusiasts, has been in the works for several months. was “not great.”

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Opinion: The End Of An Era: Is The US Petrodollar Under Threat?

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The reasons for the cozier relationship between the two giant powers are, of course, rooted in the Ukraine crisis and subsequent Western sanctions against Russia, combined with China’s need to secure long-term energy supplies. The company was also seeking financing for a gas project in Russia despite Western sanctions. “It Source: [link].

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Documenting the EV battery material supply chain: Traceability challenges, Part One

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The term refers to a process for documenting the source of a product, along with all the links in the supply chain, and it has long been important in various industries. And, like in pharma, it is not the mandate that each company will build their own validity system, it has to be outside of the wall, so it’s an independent party.

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Covert Actions Heighten Ukraine’s Nuclear Peril

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analyzed video and photos from the attack and showed, among other too-close calls, that ordnance landed some 75 meters away from a reactor building. It’s an unstable situation that—like Russia’s military actions—increases the risk of accidents that could spread radiation across Europe and threatens Ukraine’s ability to defend itself.

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What If Europe Loses Russian Natural Gas?

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And the recent revelation of atrocities committed by the Russian military in Ukraine have renewed calls to boycott Russian gas, an action European countries are struggling to figure out how to implement. Powered by electricity, they can “pump” heat from the environment at a colder temperature into a building at a warmer temperature.

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IEEE Spectrum’s Top Telecom Stories of 2023

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On the one hand, stories about Russia’s satellite jamming operations in Ukraine and stumbling 5G performance around the world attracted a lot of attention from our visitors in 2023. Cerf recounted to IEEE Spectrum three of the mistakes he made while developing the Internet Protocol Suite (more commonly referred to as TCP/IP).

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