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Groupe Renault and Nissan sign exclusive alliance deal with Waymo to explore driverless mobility services in France and Japan

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The agreement is designed to bring together the strengths of each party and expand expertise by assessing market opportunities, working together to research commercial, legal and regulatory issues related to driverless transportation-as-a-service offerings in France and Japan.

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How the Huawei Fight is Changing the Face of 5G

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What's at stake is control of international 5G networks, which are expected to transform global communications. Huawei has said it would not comply with such a request and believes that it cannot be legally forced to do so. Washington embarked on an intense campaign to block Huawei, and Ms. So the U.S.

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Europe Expands Virtual Borders To Thwart Migrants

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The ship’s captain stopped the engines, and the aircraft flashed its lights at the rubber boat. By delivering the migrants there, the masters of the Maltese vessels, and perhaps the European rescue authorities involved, may have violated the international law of the sea, which requires ship masters to return people they rescue to a safe port.

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Shipt’s Algorithm Squeezed Gig Workers. They Fought Back

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It collected details about the worker’s pay from Shipt, any tip from the customer, and the time, date, and location of the job, and it put everything in a Google spreadsheet. But we felt that it was important to shine a light on those 40 percent of workers who had gotten an unannounced pay cut through a black box transition.

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First Drive: 2016 Hyundai Sonata PHEV and HEV

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Sonata PHEV is expected to deliver 93 MPGe combined in EV mode based on internal estimates. l/100 km) combined based on internal testing. The Sonata PHEV is perfectly capable of handling (legal) Interstate speeds on battery pack alone; however, such operation depletes the battery relatively quickly. Click to enlarge.

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Generative AI Has a Visual Plagiarism Problem

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The degree to which large language models (LLMs) might “memorize” some of their training inputs has long been a question, raised by scholars including Google DeepMind’s Nicholas Carlini and the first author of this article (Gary Marcus). legal questions (would these outputs count as copyright infringement?),

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My journey to and on the Mauritanian Iron Ore Train

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Three hours later, I was in the City of Lights, on my way to Gare de Lyon for a layover. Booking train tickets for international trips is not always easy. I took a screenshot and uploaded it to Google Images, and immediately Google knew this place was Ben Amera. It’s legal to ride this train, it’s also free.