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Who Really Invented the Thumb Drive?

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That device, now known by a variety of names—including memory stick, USB stick, flash drive, as well as thumb drive—changed the way computer files are stored and transferred. Good-bye, floppy disk Before the invention of the thumb drive, computer users stored and transported their files using floppy disks. It was called the ThumbDrive.

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Car News: 2024 Consumer Electronics Show

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The Digital Premium package through the BMW Operating System 9 will include access to its ConnectedDrive store with third-party apps. Timing: PVB production is in South Korea with the North America on-sale date to be announced. The platforms can be mounted with a pickup or van body, and even a passenger design for a taxi.

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Whatever Happened to the Population Bomb?

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This group of countries now includes many states in Central and Eastern Europe and also such populous countries as Japan, Germany, Italy and South Korea. TFRs below 1.5 lead to demographically uncharted territory. That's because so many future mothers are already with us, and because TFRs do not quickly double.

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Satellite Imagery for Everyone

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DigitalGlobe (which Maxar acquired in 2017) recently announced that it had managed to send data from a satellite down to a ground station and then store it in the cloud in less than a minute. There are also a few large Asian providers, such as SI Imaging Services in South Korea and Twenty First Century Aerospace Technology in Singapore.