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Worldwide Campaign for Neurorights Notches Its First Win

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constitutional amendment that was passed by the National Congress of Chile and signed by the president, the people of Chile are the first in the world to be granted a new kind of human rights—“neurorights”—which advocates say are made necessary by rapid advances in neurotechnology. Thanks to a. Neurotech includes. Staff attorney.

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GM Files Voluntary Chapter 11; Agreements with US Treasury and Canada; New GM Expected in 60-90 Days

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These totals reflect GM’s recently announced plans to build a future small car in the US. Under this plan, the New GM will achieve full capacity utilization of its assembly operations in 2011, two years ahead of what was scheduled in its 17 Feb. Cravath, Swaine, & Moore LLP is providing legal advice to the GM Board of Directors.

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Finding The Wisest Ways To Global AI Regulation

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And do you also worry about algorithmic bias and automated decision-making systems that may be used in judicial systems, or legal systems, or medical contexts, things like that? At the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI, we are a grant-making organization internally for our faculty. Wald: Absolutely. What would you do?”

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How the Graphical User Interface Was Invented

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The Mac’s success during the 1980s spurred Apple Computer to pursue legal action over ownership of many features of the graphical user interface. Suits now being litigated could assign those innovations not to the designers and their companies, but to those who first filed for legal protection on them. In March 1989, U.S.

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How Ted Hoff Invented the First Microprocessor

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His passion for the field led him from New York City’s used electronics stores to elite university laboratories, through the intense early years of the microprocessor revolution and the tumult of the video game industry, and ultimately to his job today: high-tech private eye. and New York City. in Rochester, NY.

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When New York City Was a Wiretapper’s Dream

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On February 11, 1955, an anonymous tip led two New York Police Department detectives and two New York Telephone Company investigators to an apartment on the fourth floor of a residential building at 360 East 55th Street in midtown Manhattan. The two firms, Bristol-Myers and. Bettmann/Getty Images.

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Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

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It covers ten Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic states (Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont). These attributes can be expected to help build public trust in the allowance market. nationals and legal residents.

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