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Street network patterns reveal global trend towards increasing urban sprawl

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New research from McGill University and the University of California, Santa Cruz has found that the local streets of the world’s cities are becoming less connected, a global trend that is driving urban sprawl and discouraging the use of public transportation. SNDi for streets added years 2000 to 2014. emissions for a century or more.

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Foton Motor to extend cooperation with Cummins; second stage of the “China Super Truck” program

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Since 2008, when Foton Motor and Cummins established a joint venture, engines produced by Foton Cummins have covered light-duty and heavy-duty engine series, with emission standards meeting the requirements in the globally strictest emission-related laws and regulations.

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Maersk and IBM launch TradeLens blockchain shipping solution; 154+ million shipping events already captured on platform

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Moller–Maersk and IBM announced the creation of TradeLens , jointly developed by the two companies to apply blockchain to the world’s global supply chain. Pacific International Lines (PIL) have joined Maersk Line and Hamburg Süd as global container carriers participating in the solution.

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This Startup Is Using AI to Help Keep Store Shelves Stocked

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The startup, headquartered in San Francisco, won this year’s CCU (Compania Cervecerias Unidas) Chile’s Innpacta Global Open Innovation Challenge. Wisy currently has 16 employees, who work in Costa Rica, Panama, Peru, the Philippines, and the United States. Slow or unavailable Internet connections posed another problem, Chen says. “We

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Where to Get the Most Bang for Your Buck

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tourists,” said Erina Pindar, the chief operating officer and managing partner at SmartFlyer , a global travel agency based in New York City. Colombia South America — including Argentina where inflation has spiraled, and Peru where the sol has softened against the dollar — is another place to look for value.

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Once More: Can Bajaj Auto repeat its CNG success? | Autocar Professional

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The number of household connections are set to rise to 125 million over that period, from around eight million at present. Bajaj Auto’s optimism stems from their dominant position (nearly 80% market share) in the Indian threewheeler segment, itself one of the largest globally.

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Flight Simulator Gave Birth to 3D Video-Game Graphics

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He credited their winged invention as “the World Wide Web of that era,” one that shifted the world into a global perspective. Launched in 2001, Xbox was built to oppose Sony’s PlayStation 2, released in 2000, which had a DVD drive and could (with an accessory) connect to the Internet.

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