Ruby 2.6, the latest version of the venerable dynamic language, is now available as a production release. What’s new in Ruby 2.6 Ruby 2.6 adds an initial implementation of a JIT (just-in-time compiler) to improve performance of program execution. Ruby’s JIT compiler writes C code to disk and produces a C compiler process to generate …
Air Quality Published on January 4th, 2019 | by Kyle Field January 4th, 2019 by Kyle Field New energy powerhouse BYD won a contract to supply 64 of its electric buses to the Colombian city of Medellín. The new contract represents a milestone for Colombia as it establishes what will be the largest fleet of …
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Cars Published on January 4th, 2019 | by Steve Hanley January 4th, 2019 by Steve Hanley The talking heads in the US auto industry like to snicker up their sleeves at electric cars. “Nobody wants to buy an electric car!” they cry. Wrong, octane breath. What people don’t want to buy are conventional sedans with …
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Cars Published on January 4th, 2019 | by Paul Fosse January 4th, 2019 by Paul Fosse Tesla announce this morning that it has opened up the Model 3 configurator to the countries in Europe that drive on the right side of the road. About a month ago, on December 7th, the configuring was opened for …
Cars Published on January 4th, 2019 | by Steve Hanley January 4th, 2019 by Steve Hanley Chinese automaker Great Wall is set to introduce its ORA R1 electric car. The R1 is no Tesla, not by any stretch of the imagination. But it has 4 wheels, a battery, and an electric motor, and can travel …
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A clinical trial, involving new technology which could detect cancer at an earlier stage, has been launched. The Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre is running the trial in collaboration with Owlstone Medical to test their Breath Biopsy technology. Breath samples from around 1,500 people will be collected to see if odorous molecules called volatile organic …
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Air Quality Published on January 4th, 2019 | by Jake Richardson January 4th, 2019 by Jake Richardson Delhi, India, is one of the world’s top cities for air pollution. In fact, a research study found that fine particulate matter air pollution there contributed to almost 15,000 premature deaths in 2016. Particulate matter has been linked …
Cars Published on January 3rd, 2019 | by Zachary Shahan January 3rd, 2019 by Zachary Shahan The big electric vehicles sales stories these days are generally about the Tesla Model 3 walloping the competition. Nonetheless, we like to go back to our roots and explore overall electric vehicle growth at least once a quarter. The …
Cars Published on January 3rd, 2019 | by Zachary Shahan January 3rd, 2019 by Zachary Shahan As I just reported, the Tesla Model 3 was the #11 best selling car in the USA in 2018. As reported earlier today, in December, the Tesla Model 3 was the #1 top selling car in the USA that …
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Cars Published on January 3rd, 2019 | by Zachary Shahan January 3rd, 2019 by Zachary Shahan The Tesla Model 3, adored by millions of Tesla fans from day one (March 31, 2016), was a lighting bolt in the US car market in 2018. The Model 3 has shown why any remaining Tesla critics should really …
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