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Alcoa splitting into two companies; expecting 2.4x increase in automotive revenues to $1.8B in 2018

Green Car Congress

It has a low 19 th percentile position on the global bauxite cost curve. With proximity to owned refinery operations, its mining reserves will provide a consistent supply of low-cost bauxite. Alcoa has been building its third-party bauxite business and is well-positioned to meet growing global demand.

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One Way to Stop the Social Spread of Disinformation

Cars That Think

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. Alamouti says tokens, enabled by distributed ledgers, could replace cash as a method of exchange, with low-cost transaction fees.

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How the Graphical User Interface Was Invented

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In 1984, the low-cost Macintosh from Apple Computer Inc., The Mac’s success during the 1980s spurred Apple Computer to pursue legal action over ownership of many features of the graphical user interface. New York City and London, 1980), reprints his 1963 Ph.D. Cupertino, Calif., Santa Monica, Calif.,

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