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Rolls-Royce and VTT Technical Research Centre partner to develop remote and autonomous ships

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Rolls-Royce has experience in secure data analytics across civil aerospace, defence, nuclear power and marine; coupled with its ship intelligence capabilities, design, propulsion and machinery expertise, this base means it is ideally placed to take the lead in defining the future of shipping, in collaboration with industry, academia and Government.

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Study: expanding Brazilian sugarcane for ethanol could reduce global CO2 emissions by up to 5.6%

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Vastly expanding sugarcane production in Brazil for conversion to ethanol could reduce current global CO 2 emissions by as much as 5.6%, according to a new study by an international team led by researchers from the University of Illinois. The proposed expansion of sugarcane production is within the area that can be legally converted.

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ASML’s threat to leave uncovers deeper concerns in Netherlands Inc – ET Auto

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“Many stock market-listed companies are investigating moving their head office to another country,” Ingrid Thijssen, the head of the country’s largest industry group VNO-NCW told Reuters. ” Chip equipment supplier ASM International recently expanded in the U.S. “You’d need two hands to count them.”

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Daimler establishing “Startup Autobahn” in Stuttgart; focus on future of mobility

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Daimler is establishing Startup Autobahn, a new startup ecosystem in Stuttgart, in partnership with Silicon Valley accelerator Plug and Play, the University of Stuttgart and ARENA2036. We are warmly welcoming international as well as local startups. But our roots are and remain here in the strong industrial region of Baden-Württemberg.

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Europe Expands Virtual Borders To Thwart Migrants

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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. billion) a year internally on managing migration, not counting national-level spending.

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Open-Source AI Is Uniquely Dangerous

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Create liability for “reasonably foreseeable misuse” and negligence: Developers of AI systems should be legally liable for harms caused to both individuals and to society. Unfortunately, given the misaligned incentives in the current AI and information ecosystems, it’s unlikely that industry will take these actions unless forced to do so.

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China bets on open-source chips as US export controls mount – ET Auto

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RISC-V chips made by Chinese firms and research institutes can now power self-driving cars, artificial-intelligence models and data-storage centres, according to two industry figures and the previously unreported documents. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry Security declined to comment. billion to that point.

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