Hino’s workplace culture resulted in 20 years of carbon emissions lies

Aug04
by on August 4, 2022 at 1:59 pm
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This week an inquiry into the lies of truck and bus maker Hino Motors revealed why the brand doctored emissionsdata on gas-guzzling engines over the last 20 years. Their excuse: company culture.   Hino Motors, a Toyota Motor Corp affiliate, was found in March to have falsified data related to the carbon emissions and fuel performance of four engines – a deception that dates back to at least 2003.  Unfortunately, emissions scandals are nothing new.   The Hino company is 51% owned by Toyota Motor Corp. Image credit: Hino The company joins the ranks of big dirty liars Volkswagen and Stellantis, who…

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Judges could be manipulated by Wikipedia articles, MIT study warns

Aug03
by on August 3, 2022 at 4:24 pm
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Litigants could game Wikipedia to influence legal decisions, according to new research. A study led by Neil Thompson from MIT’s Computer Science and AI Laboratory (CSAIL) discovered that judges were more likely to cite legal cases that have a Wikipedia article. The finding has sparked  concerns that judicial decisions are being shaped by unreliable information. The openness of Wikipedia could also lead legal judgements to be manipulated. “A well-resourced litigant could encourage his legal team to anonymously integrate their own analysis of a relevant precedent into a Wikipedia article at an early stage of litigation, in the hope of later…

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We need to talk about space junk

Aug02
by on August 2, 2022 at 2:52 pm
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This week farmers found big chunks of metal from a SpaceX Crew-1 Trunk in a remote paddock in rural Australia. While it’s not an everyday occurrence, rocket body reentries (parts of space debris returning to Earth) are a trend that’s likely to increase. The body of a Crew-1 trunk before it burned and landed back on earth.  Dr. Brad Tucker, Astrophysicist, and Cosmologist at Mt Stromlo Observatory at the Australian National University, went to check it out. He found that the pieces of rocket debris were 3 meters long and weighed 20-30kg each.  While it sounds like something cool to…

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