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Starlink’s ease of use and speed impresses cybersecurity analyst

Teslarati

Nicholas Underwood , a 25-year-old cybersecurity analyst, is well-versed in tech, but before getting his Starlink kit, he was facing a rather tricky situation. Underwood’s Starlink kit was able to record speeds of around 80 Mbps on the first day. “I would definitely say it’s non-tech-person ready.

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You can power your home for 21 days with a Chevy Silverado EV and GM’s new bidirectional charger

Baua Electric

It’s initially rolling out in five states – California, Florida, Michigan, New York, and Texas – with plans to expand over time. It consists of the GM Energy Powershift Charger at $1,699, and GM Energy V2H Enablement Kit at $5,600. At $7,299, the bundle doesn’t come cheap. Get started here. –

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Video Friday: Resilient Bugbots

Cars That Think

With the RPD 35, a two-person crew can install pile more productivity than traditional methods. With the RPD 35, a two-person crew can install pile more productivity than traditional methods. MIT ] This robot gripper is called DragonClaw, and do you really need to know anything else? ARL ] Thanks, Kostas! ARL ] Thanks, Kostas!

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Who Really Invented the Thumb Drive?

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Personal computers in the late 1980s began incorporating CD-ROM drives, but initially these could read only from prerecorded disks and could not store user-generated data. The dot-com boom of 1995 to 2000 further increased demand for personal computing gear. MB of data. Tan diligently saved money to pay for driving lessons.

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Xerox Parc’s Engineers on How They Invented the Future—and How Xerox Lost It

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Networks that link personal computers in offices. A later version of that tester, based on an Alto personal computer, also developed at PARC, ended up being used by Intel itself on its production line. If it was a personal computer, you had to be able to build 100.” Colorful weather maps on TV news programs. Laser printers.

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Solar Powered Greenius Producing Massive South Bay Energy

Creative Greenius

To put that in perspective for you, if Los Angeles County were a state, it would rank ninth in population behind the states of California, New York, Texas, Florida, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Ohio, and Michigan. Oil that is, black gold, Texas tea. County the national leader in solar energy it has the power to make that happen.

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How Ted Hoff Invented the First Microprocessor

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By the age of 12 he had moved on to electronics, building things with parts ordered from an Allied Radio Catalog, a shortwave radio kit, and surplus relays and motors salvaged from the garbage at his father’s employer, General Railway Signal Co., San Antonio, Texas, which, architected by Computer Terminals, was named the 8008.

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