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

Cars That Think

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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Alamouti first noticed the potential for the spread of disinformation on the Internet in 2010, when he began working as group R&D director for Vodafone in London. He worked in bookstores and then started a fashion business with his friends while planning his escape from Iran through Pakistan in 1982.

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Nissan Qashqai+2 1.5dCi n-tec road test

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Like VW’s Touareg, the Qashqai is named after desert-dwelling nomadic tribe, but unlike the Saharan Touaregs, the Qashqais hail from South Western Iran. What you may not know is that the new Qashqai n-tec comes with the full Nissan Connect infotainment system and, in this case, a new 1.5dCi engine. urban), 56.5 extra urban) and 52.3

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