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Alberta publishes report assessing non-combustion uses for bitumen, opens $2M call for projects

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Alberta Innovates, in partnership with industry, government and other organizations, recently released the results of a study that investigates the best opportunities for “Bitumen Beyond Combustion” (BBC). Commercial-scale manufacture of high value-added products not intended for combustion is a sound strategy.

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President Obama announces nearly $4B public-private investment in energy upgrades to buildings; $2B government commitment

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Last year, commercial buildings consumed roughly 20% of all the energy used by the US economy. Coupled with today’s extraordinary private sector commitments of $2 billion to upgrade businesses, factories, and military housing, America is taking another big step towards the competitive, clean energy economy it will take to win the future.

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Rule of the Robots: Warning Signs

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The following excerpt is a section entitled "Warning Signs," from the chapter "Deep Learning and the Future of Artificial Intelligence.". In a January 2020 interview with the BBC, Yoshua Bengio said that "AI's abilities were somewhat overhyped. Evan Ackerman. by certain companies with an interest in doing so.".

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Bezos Bucks? Get Ready for Corporate Digital Currency

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who said to Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg: “I think you of all people can appreciate using a person’s past behavior in decisions about future behavior. In the ICO, 10 percent of the tokens were sold to investors, so the total valuation of Filecoin’s future revenues was $2.57

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10 Gifts For Retrocomputing Fans

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45 years ago, mass produced computers exploded onto the global stage as a harbinger of the digital future. And they've never really lost that futuristic shine, with every major announcement in hardware or software touting how the latest product will shape the world of tomorrow, albeit most likely in the form of a new phone or cloud service.

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The Automotive Update: Risk of further automotive job cuts

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In the UK, Nissan has cancelled night shifts on one production line at its Sunderland plant, according to the BBC. This is to lower costs and boost future investments. A spokesperson for the company said no jobs would be lost because of the changes. The brand expects to save about 25 million pounds (31.3 million) from the job cuts.

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Electric-Car Fans Rally Around the Volt - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

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Electric car supporters are rising to defend General Motors’ development of the Chevy Volt after the Obama Administration’s automotive task force proclaimed that the car was probably too expensive to be commercially successful in the near future. Supporters of the car say that’s shortsighted. and Chrysler. Whatever B.C.G.’s

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