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Musk: Tesla Roadster Will Use SpaceX Tech and Have Rocket Boosters

The Truth About Cars

Musk made the claims in an interview with former CNN personality Don Lemon, saying that a flying Roadster is “not out of the question.” So, a flying, rocket-powered EV that is somehow street-legal. Though the Cybertruck is having weird rust issues, Musk noted it as Tesla’s best vehicle but said the Roadster will outperform it.

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Weaponized Robots Letter Calls for Policy, Tech Fixes

Cars That Think

There have been a bunch of high-profile examples of robot misuse recently (that we’re not going to link to), and the companies building the robots being misused have taken it personally—as they should, because those misused robots are very easy to identify. It’s not about military robots per se , and that’s made quite clear in the letter.

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Opinion: Will Self-Driving Cars Eventually Repossess Themselves?

Clean Fleet Report

New Technology Raises New Legal Questions. Advances in tech could fix both of these problems. Legal Considerations. Even if the technology existed for autonomous repossession to be possible, there would be a few legal considerations. Story by Martin Banks. It will certainly be possible at some point.

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The Summit On Clean Tech Law & The New Energy Policy

Creative Greenius

CALSEIA’s Executor Director Sue Kateley will be delivering her report on the newest renewable energy legal developments Sacramento. And you know if I was there in person I’d also be bringing up the MORAL obligation that is a part of all of these issues. You can register now at [link]. Early Bird Registration is $195.

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Inventing Postscript, the Tech That Took the Pain out of Printing

Cars That Think

It would have been quite different had Warnock and company not been in the right place at the right time to meet the right person. The time was right because of the imminence of three hardware developments: the first low-cost, bit-mapped personal computer, the first low-cost laser printer, and a decline in price of high-density memory chips.

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The Creepy New Digital Afterlife Industry

Cars That Think

You decide, after some months of interacting with the 4evru’s version of your father, that while you are somewhat glad to learn who your father truly was, you’re mourning the loss of the person you thought you knew. Consider that Microsoft has a patent for creating a conversational chatbot of a specific person using their “social data.”

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Eugene H. Spafford: Malware Nemesis

Cars That Think

Spafford then went to Georgia Tech to pursue a master’s degree in information and computer science. The faculty [at Georgia Tech] had me design and teach a class in hardware support for operating systems,” he recalls. “I Fast forward to today, and looking at any major system in use, no person alive can do the same thing.

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