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Can We Identify a Person From Their Voice?

Cars That Think

Broadcasting a false distress signal over maritime radio is a violation of international code and, in the United States, a federal Class D felony. Secret Service claims to be able to identify an unknown person in a voice-only lineup, comparing a recording of an unknown voice with a recording of a known speaker, as a reference.

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Tesla’s Elon Musk seeks TX venue in class action lawsuit over Bay Area juror concerns

Teslarati

Elon Musk has requested that a shareholder class action lawsuit be transferred from San Francisco, California, to West Texas. “The recent local media coverage has created an environment that encourages the District’s jury pool to hold negative biases against Mr. Musk’s use of Twitter.

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A World-Class Tech MBA on Your Own Schedule

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in person, hybrid, or online) match the student’s needs? Diversity (student class profile). Those collaborations are feasible in an online and a hybrid environment.” Leadership, Negotiation and Change Management, with classes in leadership, negotiations, change-management, and human capital consulting. Curriculum.

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UAW to Vote on Strike at the Stellantis Warren Stamping Plant

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At issue are complaints surrounding plant ventilation fans, personal protective equipment, and ergonomic floor mats. We have to fight for every single pair of work gloves, while we handle metal and materials to build world class vehicles for Stellantis. The list goes on, and we’re putting an end to it.”

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Vicinity Motors releases specs for new medium-duty electric truck

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formerly Grande West Transportation Group), a supplier of electric, CNG, gasoline and diesel vehicles, released specifications for the new VMC 1200, a fully electric Class 3 medium-duty commercial truck. Canada-based Vicinity Motor Corp.

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PSI team develops web tool for consumers to compare environmental impact of passenger cars in detail

Green Car Congress

The program determines the environmental balance of vehicles with different size classes and powertrains, and presents the results in comparative graphics. Eutrophication of non-marine aquatic environments [kg N-eq.]. Eutrophication of non-marine aquatic environments [kg P-eq.]. Noise emissions [Person-Pascal/second].

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Mercedes-Benz S-Class INTELLIGENT DRIVE drives autonomously over 100km interurban and urban route with near-production technology

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The self-driving S-Class had to deal autonomously with a number of highly complex situations such as traffic lights, roundabouts, pedestrians, cyclists and trams. The successful drive was achieved with the aid of near-production-standard technology, very similar to that already found in the new E and S-Class. Click to enlarge.

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