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BMW Group says it is stepping up its commitment to achieving climate neutrality and expanding its use of secondary material in closed recycling loops. For the first time in China, the BMW Brilliance Automotive joint venture (BBA) has established a closed loop for reuse of the raw materials nickel, lithium and cobalt from high-voltage batteries that are no longer suitable for use in electric vehicles. The batteries come…

How a psychological effect is blocking the progress of MLOver the last few years, I have watched hundreds of students and engineers building machine learning models. I have had many opportunities to be part of the jury in project competitions of Engineering Colleges. Similarly, I have served as a judge in a number of hackathons where I saw the contestants building models and systems in 36 or 48 hours, working day and night. As part of my responsibilities, I have reviewed the work of many interns and also interviewed…

‘If you die, what’s the plan for the next life?” This is the question posed in the opening scene of the recent BBC adaptation of Kate Atkinson’s 2013 novel Life After Life, in which the protagonist, Ursula, repeatedly dies and starts over from birth. It’s a fascinating idea: what would you do differently, and what would remain the same? It is one explored in another hit TV show that has just returned for a second season, Russian Doll, the first season of which saw the main character, Nadia, return endlessly to the night…