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Opinon: Lithium Market Set To Explode; All Eyes Are On Nevada

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While other commodities are floundering or completely collapsing in this market, lithium—the critical mineral in the emerging battery gigafactory war—is poised to explode, and going forward Nevada is emerging as the front line in this pending American lithium boom. by James Stafford of Oilprice.com.

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Remembering the Legacy of Trailblazing Technologist Gordon Moore

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His original hypothesis, published in a 1965 Electronics magazine article , was that the number of transistors would double each year. Intel supplied microprocessors to several companies, including IBM , helping it capitalize on the rapidly growing PC market and ushering in a 10-year period of unprecedented growth.

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A Cheapskate in Monterey

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“For the last five years, some of our leading chefs have abandoned fine dining and opened artisanal food businesses,” said Deborah Luhrman, the editor and publisher of the food magazine Edible Monterey Bay , who recommended both bakeries.

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When They Electrified Christmas

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Whether for religious or secular celebrations, the variety and functionality of lights have exploded in recent years, abetted by cheap and colorful LEDs and compact electronics. Meanwhile, manufacturers continued to market new products. advertised "Winking Fairy Lights for Christmas Trees" in Hardware Dealers' Magazine.

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Just Calm Down About GPT-4 Already

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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. Will companies marketing large language models every justify the enormous valuations some of these companies are now enjoying?

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Volvo S40 takes Green Car of the Year title

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According to the magazine’s editor Steve Fowler, the S40 is a “great example of a car maker cleverly refining existing technologies to make a seriously green car&#. At contrasting ends of the market, the Fiat 500 Stop&Start picked up the award for the best green supermini, while the Audi A8 2.8

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Inventing Postscript, the Tech That Took the Pain out of Printing

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The Macintosh was well into development, but without a letter-quality printer would go nowhere in the business market. But because of marketing and manufacturing concerns, the LaserWriter itself was to be introduced in January of 1985. As noted earlier, one was a cheap laser printer. Jobs had been facing a similar problem.

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