If European lawmakers have their way, by next year any American flying from Boston to Paris will have to pay for the plane's carbon emissions over Massachusetts, Nova Scotia, the Atlantic Ocean and France.
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Robin Chase recently launched a new car-sharing service in France, called Buzzcar. Robin Chase recognized early on that there is money to be made by making car travel smarter and more affordable
Read More »Levet wins French Open by stroke
Thomas Levet shot a 1-under 70 in windy conditions to win the French Open, beating Thorbjorn Olesen and Mark Foster by a stroke Sunday.
Read More »Morrison’s 66 leads French Open after 2nd round
James Morrison of England shot a 5-under 66 Friday to take a one-shot lead after the second round of the French Open.
Read More »Jaguar’s Dazzling C-X75 Show Car is Production Bound
It’s not every day that a bona fide concept car —
Read More »Ooze-Down Economics: Will Opening Global Oil Reserves Stimulate the World Economy?
As Libya's civil war continues to disrupt its contribution to the world's oil supply, the Paris-based International Energy Agency (IEA) has taken action. The IEA, which counts the U.S
Read More »Google’s New What Do You Love Page, MySpace Shedding Staff, French Antitrust Case Targets Google, Microsoft Patent Trolling?
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Read More »Facebook VP: "We Get Too Much Credit For The Arab Spring"
Facebook VP David Fischer explicitly downplayed the social network's role in Middle Eastern revolutions to an Israeli conference which included a tech industry who's-who. One of Facebook's highest-ranking international executives told a dignitary-packed Israeli conference that the website played a minimal role in the Arab Spring .
Read More »World’s First Transatlantic Flight… on Biofuels [Video]
This past weekend, the Paris Air Show witnessed two historic firsts: the first transatlantic flight on biofuels , closely followed by the second, which involved a much larger jet (although a smaller percentage of bio-jet fuel).
Read More »The Concorde Of The Future: Paris To Japan In Just 2.5 Hours, Emissions Free
Flying Paris to Tokyo in less time than it takes to watch two movies, with barely a wisp of exhaust?
Read More »Better Lasers Developed to Defend U.S. Choppers from Shoulder-Fired Missiles [Video]
At next week's Paris Air Show , the U.S. military hopes to get a good look at the latest technology designed to protect low-flying aircraft against small arms and shoulder-fired missiles, a persistent threat to our helicopters throughout the Afghanistan and Iraq campaigns
Read More »An Auto-Lover’s Parisian Getaway
Tourists have a new way to see Paris: cruising the streets in an Aston Martin. The luxury carmaker is providing two of its newest models—the Rapide and the Cygnet—for guests of the Dorchester Collection’s H
Read More »Energy Agency Projects ‘Golden Age of Gas’ Tied to Shale Boom
Vast newly discovered natural gas resources and the expectation that demand for the fuel will rise substantially in fast-growing economies are ushering in a "Golden Age of Gas," according to the Paris-based International Energy Agency. Ratcheting up its projections about natural gas consumption, an IEA report yesterday said gas's share of the global energy mix will surpass coal's in the next two decades and by 2035, gas demand will increase by more than 50 percent
Read More »Charlie Sheen, Paris Hilton Among Viddy’s 350K "Viddyographers"–Also, What’s A Viddy?
About 100,000 people have downloaded the social video sharing app in the last few days alone. And cute puppy clips aren't the only draw. With mobile-friendly max clip lengths of 15 seconds, Viddy's part Twitter, part Instagram, all the rage.
Read More »Why Bayes Rules: The History of a Formula That Drives Modern Life
Google has a small fleet of robotic cars that since autumn have driven themselves for thousands of miles on the streets of northern California without once striking a pedestrian, running a stoplight or having to ask directions. The cars’ ability to analyze enormous quantities of data--from cameras, radar sensors, laser-range finders--lies in the 18th-century math theorem known as Bayes’ rule.
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