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Rise of the dashcam culture in automotive ecosystem | Autocar Professional

Baua Electric

When insurance fraud is becoming widespread and vague claims arise, they become a safe source of evidence that is crucial in settling legal disputes. Enhancing personal and vehicle security They not only help with accident documentation, but also ensure personal and vehicle security.

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How Can We Talk About Autonomous Weapons?

Cars That Think

In order to address the legal and ethical issues that an autonomous weapons system (AWS) can raise, it’s important to look at the many technical challenges that arise along the full spectrum of autonomy. Some autonomous capabilities are less controversial, while others trigger intense debate over the legality and ethics of the capability.

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Lewis H. Latimer: A Life of Lightbulb Moments

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Emblematic of the hope, faith, perseverance, and drive to overcome systemic legal and social barriers the song encapsulates is the life of self-taught technical genius Lewis H. Before failing eyesight forced him into retirement in 1922 at age 74, he had proved himself the definition of a renaissance man.

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Driving Dystopia: Automakers Are Selling Your Driving Data to Insurance Companies

The Truth About Cars

LexisNexis analyzed that driving data to create a risk score “for insurers to use as one factor of many to create more personalized insurance coverage,” according to a LexisNexis spokesman, Dean Carney. I don’t know the definition of hard brake. When he asked an agent why, she advised him to pull his LexisNexis report.

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The Cheesy Charm of the Clapper

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In the 1990s, he became known for his long-running legal battle against Universal Manufacturing Corp. Often a person must walk across a room to retrieve the remote control unit, and frequently it may be misplaced, which, at best, requires extra time and effort to find.” Eventually, they filed for a U.S.

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After Tesla trademarked ‘CYBERBACKPACK,’ the product’s inventor sits at a crossroads

Teslarati

I attended the unveiling of the Cybertruck where I got to meet Elon Musk, a person I have admired and respected for many years. It’s definitely not equal to one. Tesla could technically argue the same thing, legal experts told us. November 2019. Pop Quiz: How many Africans do you see in this photo?

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Worldwide Campaign for Neurorights Notches Its First Win

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Concepts such as “brain data” need to be clarified, critics say, because a broad definition could include behavioral data that reflects what’s going on in a person’s mind, which many companies already collect. The right to personal identity. The 5 Neurorights. The right to mental privacy. The right to free will.

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