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Mobileye signs driver-assistance deal with Geely, one of China’s largest privately-held auto makers Geely

Mobileye signs driver-assistance deal with Geely, one of China’s largest privately-held auto makers

Mobileye’s computer vision technology will be used in a new premium electric vehicle called Zero Concept from Geely Auto Group, one of China’s largest privately held automobile manufacturers. Mobileye’s owner Intel made the announcement today at the Beijing Auto Show. Zero Concept is produced by Lynk & Co., the brand…
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September 24, 2020
‘Zombie fires’ in Siberian forests stoked by climate change Climate Change

‘Zombie fires’ in Siberian forests stoked by climate change

Water-resistant, underground peatland fires in Russia's Arctic circle are "climate bombs", environmental activists say. SHIPUNOVO, Russia: Equipped with a shovel, Grigory Kuksin lifts and turns smouldering earth in the marshy clearing of a sprawling Siberian forest.Together with a small cohort of volunteer firefighters, he is battling a winter-resistant, underground blaze,…
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September 24, 2020
World on track to overshoot warming limit without massive investments Global Warming

World on track to overshoot warming limit without massive investments

FILE PHOTO: Windmills tower over a field near the city of Waremme, Belgium, March 28, 2016. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File PhotoLONDON (Reuters) - The world must combine COVID-19 recovery packages with massive investments in renewable energy and low-carbon infrastructure or it will fail to meet a global warming limit target, a report…
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September 24, 2020
How Meritocracy Failed Our Kids Meritocracy

How Meritocracy Failed Our Kids

Fredrik deBoer's criticisms of America's counterproductive education system will be familiar to many on the right. The Cult of Smart: How Our Broken Educational System Perpetuates Social Injustice, by Fredrik deBoer, (All Points Books: August 2020), 288 pages, $20.99.Self-described revolutionary socialist Fredrik deBoer will certainly anger many in the progressive educational establishment…
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September 24, 2020
Israel cabinet tightens coronavirus lockdown as infections rise, YNet says Jerusalem Controversy

Israel cabinet tightens coronavirus lockdown as infections rise, YNet says

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet decided on Thursday to tighten Israel’s coronavirus lockdown after he said a surge in infections was pushing the nation to “the edge of the abyss”.Israel went back into lockdown, its second during the pandemic, on Sept. 18. But over the past week,…
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September 24, 2020
Multiculturalism is not decolonization Slavery Abolition

Multiculturalism is not decolonization

This article is the fourth and final installment in a four-part series addressing the myths that conflate multiculturalism and anti-racism. Each article will address different aspects of this debate as follows: part one: Multicultural immigration is not racial benevolence; part two: Multicultural diversity is not racial equality; part three: Multiculturalism does not address xenophobia; part…
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September 24, 2020
Magic Leap salaries revealed: From $80,000 to $220,000, this is what the famously hyped and troubled AR startup pays its workers Palantir

Magic Leap salaries revealed: From $80,000 to $220,000, this is what the famously hyped and troubled AR startup pays its workers

Premium Magic Leap's new CEO Peggy Johnson. Stephen McCarthy / Getty Images This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Magic Leap has had a heck of a 2020. Earlier this year, the much-hyped augmented reality startup had a massive layoff as…
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September 24, 2020