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

Cars That Think

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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E-Waste is a Cybersecurity Problem, Too

Cars That Think

He’s the co-founder and CEO of ERI , one of the largest electronics disposition providers in the world, and the co-author of ERI’s 2021 book The Insecurity of Everything : How Hardware Data Security is Becoming the Most Important Topic in the World. That’s why we wrote the book: The vast majority of our clients still were not listening.

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Just Calm Down About GPT-4 Already

Cars That Think

Brooks, who is now working on his third robotics startup, Robust.AI , has written hundreds of articles and half a dozen books and was featured in the motion picture Fast, Cheap & Out of Control. We see a person do something, and we know what else they can do, and we can make a judgement quickly. He’s also turned it into a book.

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Dipping Into the World’s Most Stunning Hot Springs

Baua Electric

Several years ago, with the dream of making a book, I set out to learn and document how people around the world make use of thermal waters. At 23 locations across 12 countries, I talked with workers, stewards and experts, who taught me about the local history and personality of each place. That’s part of the ritual, too.

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OLA Electric Scooter Ownership Blog - Dark Knight

Plug In India

Solar at home,EV for commute & rain water harvesting at home that’s the best we can contribute to cleaner environment. I had been following Ather from its inception, booked 450 X, even attended the Ather 450X launch in New Delhi 2020. May be a big step or riding a bike or (eBike) for local daily usage.

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I’ve Done The Math – Now I’m Doing Something About It

Creative Greenius

But our friends in the oil, coal and gas industry have 5,795 gigatons of carbon on the books. They can talk all they want about how much cleaner their new plant will burn carbon, but that’s the same thing as talking about how much less of a drug overdose 3/4 of a needle causes compared to 100% full needle.

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Electric Cars and The Volt by Seth Leitman

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

By Seth Leitman Tue, Jan 6, 2009 Electrifying Times gave me the opportunity to attend a General Motors press event showing off the Volt back in late 2008 after just releasing the book Build Your Own Electric Vehicle, 2nd Edition. Since the Volt claimed to be some sort of plug-in hybrid, it is perfect topic of discussion for the book.

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