It has a relatively decent default rate of under 10%, and rejects 70% of applicants after tapping into thousands of piece of public data on each one as part of its uniquely automated lending process, to make sure it picks people who will pay it back.

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He believes partially automated cars like his will help to make it possible for some impairments to be eliminated as barriers to driving.

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Infoblox CEO Robert Thomas explained in an interview with Forbes this afternoon that the company focuses in an area called automated network control: effectively, the goal is to make it easier to manage complex corporate networks more efficiently.

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When it arrives at Tiangong, the Shenzhou-9 craft is expected to make a fully automated docking, but there is a plan to try a manual docking later in the mission.

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"It is highly automated and extremely technical and it includes a diverse range of fibers, including copper wire, to make a wide range of items of clothing, " she says.

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