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Driving Dystopia: Judge Dismisses Automotive Privacy Lawsuit

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But the appellate judge ruled that the Washington Privacy Act requires plaintiffs to prove that “his or her business, his or her person, or his or her reputation” has been threatened. The plaintiffs in the four other cases had appealed a prior judge’s dismissal. It’s not clear what it’s going to take to move the needle on the privacy issue.

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Berkeley Lab researchers develop Bchain protocol to make blockchain more robust

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Several banks, corporations, governments and scientists have already implemented some form of blockchain to inexpensively, securely and expediently store and share information. A blockchain is essentially a fault-tolerant, decentralized collection of records, or blocks, that are connected and secured by cryptography.

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InDEED, a success

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A wide range of EVs were displayed online, from electric farm equipment in rural areas to EV school buses in Montgomery County , Maryland. We connected with a lot of people.” Other meet-ups around the country took place at ranches, wineries, farm stores, and farmers markets. DEED event on St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands.

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The Vacuum Tube’s Forgotten Rival

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Naval Ordnance Laboratory , in Maryland, had figured out how to manufacture this alloy, which was soon marketed by an outfit called Arnold Engineering Co. In the late 1940s, researchers immediately recognized the ability of the new magnetic materials to store data. ATX standard for personal computers required a carefully regulated 3.3-volt

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A Smart Artificial Pancreas Could Conquer Diabetes

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A person who requires insulin must walk a tightrope. If it falls too low, the person may faint; if it rises too high and stays elevated for too long, the person may go into a coma. A thin electrode is inserted under the skin with a needle and then connected to the monitor, which is. However, in people with.

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DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

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production of oil, which is stored in seeds and is convertible to. is one of the most energy dense forms of stored energy in. engineer sugarcane and sorghum to produce and store oil, a. Research Center, University of Maryland, University of Texas at. system to pump, heat, store, and discharge the molten glass.

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