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How the IBM PC Won, Then Lost, the Personal Computer Market

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On 12 August 1981, at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in midtown Manhattan, IBM unveiled the company's entrant into the nascent personal computer market: the IBM PC. The personal computer vastly expanded the number of people and organizations that used computers. With that, the preeminent U.S. Press coverage of the announcement was lukewarm.

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MIT analysis finds current EVs could replace ~90% of personal vehicles now on the road based on driver’s energy consumption

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A study by a team at MIT has concluded that roughly 90% of the personal vehicles on the road in the US could be replaced by an electric vehicle available on the market today, even if the cars can only charge overnight. Together, the two datasets encompass millions of trips made by drivers all around the country.

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Video Friday: $2.6 Billion

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NSF-supported researchers from New York University, using first-person video from a head-mounted camera, trained AI models to learn language through the eyes and ears of a child. [ This release helps maintenance teams tap into the power of AI with new software capabilities and Spot enhancements.

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Get to Know the IEEE Board of Directors

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This article features IEEE Board of Directors members Cecilia Metra, Eduardo Palacio, and Enrique Tejera. As a full professor and deputy president of the School of engineering at the University of Bologna in Italy, Metra specializes in design for test and reliability of integrated circuits and systems.

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Feature: The 3 Types of Mechanics

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This article may contain affiliate links. This article will look at three kinds of mechanics, their work profile and the requirement to become these types of mechanics. An auto mechanic is a person who specializes in the field of auto mechanics. You Can Become a Specialist in the Mechanics’ World. The Auto Mechanic.

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Update: 10 Best Car Sharing Programs

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We’ve Entered the Age of Shared Mobility This article may contain affiliate links Car sharing has changed dramatically since C lean Fleet Report first reported on it almost two decades ago. Uber’s value proposition is that it is cheaper than using a taxi and much cheaper than using a personal car.

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EV charging is changing, Part 1: How automakers’ disappointment in Electrify America drove them into Tesla’s arms

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Every person we spoke with wanted to talk—to vent, even—and to share conversations they’d had and anecdotes they’d heard from others in the business. Fury at Electrify America It’s hard to overstate the disgust and anger at Electrify America among virtually every person we interviewed. Power and the University of California, Berkeley.

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