David Bailey, a professor of business economics at the University of Birmingham, said that if Toyota’s claims were founded, it could be a landmark moment for the future of electric cars.
“Often there are breakthroughs at the prototype stage but then scaling it up is difficult,” he said. “If it is a genuine breakthrough it could be a gamechanger, very much the holy grail of battery vehicles.”
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Electric vehicle manufacturer Rivian Automotive says it has produced 13,992 vehicles and delivered 12,640 vehicles during the second quarter, a 59% jump from the previous quarter.
The automaker makes electric R1T pickups and R1S SUVs at its manufacturing facility in Normal, Illinois.
Brazil’s former president, Jair Bolsonaro, has been barred from running for public office until 2030
DW » Brazil’s top court ruled that he abused his power ahead of last year’s elections. Judges found that Bolsonaro had used official government channels to boost his own campaign and spread unfounded doubts about Brazil’s electronic voting system.
Hello everyone, and happy Canada Day.
July 1 is our national holiday!
On July 1, 1867, the British North America Act (today known as the Constitution Act, 1867) creates Canada.
Canada Day is a day to reflect on what it means to be Canadian, to share what makes us proud and to celebrate in our own way.
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Thursday’s report plainly states that foreign states “are attempting to influence and interfere with Canada’s society and democracy” in a number of ways, including espionage and online disinformation.
While the report doesn’t draw a direct line between China and foreign election interference, as has been a central preoccupation for federal politicians in recent months, CSE does call out China for its diaspora intimidation tactics.
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Set to begin as soon as the spring of 2024, congestion pricing will reduce traffic in crowded areas, improve air quality, and provide critical funding for public transit.
A first for the US, this will bringing New York City into line with places like London, Singapore, and Stockholm.
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A left-wing progressive standard-bearer has won Toronto’s mayoral election, triumphing in a historically crowded field of 102 candidates.
Olivia Chow, 66, said she will work to build a city that is “more caring, affordable and safe”.
The race had focused largely on affordability and public safety.
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- A new study challenges the belief that higher intelligence scores are associated with faster information processing.
- It also reveals a link between problem-solving ability and differences in brain connectivity and synchrony between the frontal and parietal lobes.
- The findings suggest that there is a tradeoff between speed and accuracy in cognitive processes, highlighting the importance of slower and more effortful thinking for solving difficult problems and making better decisions.
Vancouver, Calgary and Toronto ranked in the top 10 according to a long-running Economist Intelligence Unit’s (EIU) latest survey, the Global Liveability Index 2023 ranking of 173 metropolises.
For 2023, the world’s 10 most livable cities according to the EIU are:
- Vienna, Austria 🇦🇹
For the second year, the Austrian capital took the title of world’s most liveable city in the world. - Copenhagen, Denmark 🇩🇰
- Melbourne, Australia 🇦🇺
- Sydney, Australia 🇦🇺
- Vancouver, Canada 🇨🇦
- Zurich, Switzerland 🇨🇭
- Calgary, Canada 🇨🇦
- Geneva, Switzerland 🇨🇭
- Toronto, Canada 🇨🇦
- Osaka, Japan 🇯🇵 and Auckland, New Zealand 🇳🇿 (tie)
Least liveable of the cities ranked include Douala, Cameroon; Kyiv, Ukraine; Harare, Zimbabwe; Dhaka, Bangladesh; Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea; Karachi, Pakistan; Lagos, Nigeria; Algiers, Algeria; Tripoli, Libya; Damascus, Syria.
Read the report » Economist Intelligence Unit’s (EIU) Global Liveability Index 2023
News organizations and journalists are essential to our democracy. They play a vital role in providing accurate, fact-based, non-partisan reporting on current events happening in our communities, across the country and around the world, allowing all of us to make informed decisions on important issues such as health, public safety and education.
Bill C-18, the Online News Act will require the largest digital platforms to bargain fairly with Canadian news businesses for the use of their news content on their services.
The Online News Act levels the playing field between news businesses and large digital platforms to create greater fairness to ensure sustainability of the news industry. Through a market-based approach, it encourages voluntary commercial agreements between platforms and news businesses with minimal government intervention, as well as crucial safeguards to preserve the independence of the press.
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) will be responsible for overseeing the Online News Act. It will oversee the bargaining, negotiation and external final-offer arbitration processes between platforms and news businesses. It will also create a code of conduct to support fairness and transparency in bargaining.
Media Release | NY Times | AP |
Facebook’s Reaction » Facebook and Instagram’s parent company Meta says it will end access to news on its platforms in Canada
A US federal judge ruled that Calgary-based Enbridge, a natural gas utility, must pay a Wisconsin-based Indigenous group some $5.1 million and move part of an oil pipeline by 2026 that impinges on the group’s land.
The theme for this year is » MAKE SAFETY SEEN
Women’s Engineering Society
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