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New analysis suggests Uber adding significantly to pollution and traffic in European cities

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Uber is adding more polluting car trips to already-clogged European cities such as London and Paris, new analysis by European NGOs suggests —contributing to air pollution and climate change and exploding the company’s sustainability claims. Source: “Europe’s giant ‘taxi’ company: is Uber part of the problem or the solution?”.

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Porsche testing blockchain applications in cars

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The car becomes part of the blockchain, making a direct offline connection possible—i.e., This process ensures that all activities are documented in the blockchain in a way that prevents them from being modified, and can be viewed using an app. All activities are documented in the blockchain, making deletions transparent.

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6 Podcasts About the Joys and Perils of the Great Outdoors

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Starter episode: “The Worst Black Bear Attack in History: Part 1” Matt Pycroft, a filmmaker who specializes in documenting far-flung and hostile outdoor locations, delivers interviews with guests who share his thirst for exploration.

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Rosneft and BP sign agreement on development of Domanik tight-oil formations

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In a talk at Imperial College London in October 2013, Dr. Michael C. BP will compensate part of the historical costs to Rosneft for exploration of the Domanik formations and will provide carry financing of up to US$300 million for the pilot program, which will be conducted in two phases at licence blocks in the Orenburg Region.

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

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After graduating from high school at the top of his class, he earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering in 1975 from the University of Tehran , then a master's degree in EE from Imperial College London in 1976. Looking back, he says, he can divide his career at IBM into three parts. IEEE APPRECIATION.

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Aqua Metals is building a more sustainable battery recycling ecosystem

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Q&A with Aqua Metals execs Steve Cotton and David Regan Regardless of the claims made in Facebook memes, Li-ion batteries are eminently recyclable, and current recycling methods cause far less environmental damage than the well-documented depredations of the petroleum industry. David Regan: I think it’s a regulatory issue.

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COVID-19 Forced Us All to Experiment. What Have We Learned?

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A scholarly literature has documented this process in fields as diverse as engineering, risk reduction, management, and urban studies. To find the upside of emergencies, we first looked at the economic effects of a tidy little crisis, a two-day strike that partially disrupted service of the London Underground in 2014.

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