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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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The L.A. Roller Rink Where the Years Glide By

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As a companion to T’s 212 series about New York institutions, the 213 column highlights beloved landmarks in and around Los Angeles. When he’s not there in person, he watches the action from live-cam monitors in his home. Cangelosi started a Rainbow Night, one of the first L.G.B.T.Q.-themed

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A Waymo robotaxi hit a cyclist in San Francisco – here’s what happened

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This all falls as Waymo is looking to expand its full driverless robotaxi service in Los Angeles , where it is currently testing rides. The company already has a large fleet of robotaxis in San Francisco, which can be ordered and paid for via its app, and hopes to procure a license in Los Angeles to operate and expand its service.

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Can We Identify a Person From Their Voice?

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As such, there are many reasons to be concerned about its use in the criminal legal system. Secret Service claims to be able to identify an unknown person in a voice-only lineup, comparing a recording of an unknown voice with a recording of a known speaker, as a reference. A 2020 U.S.

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Worldwide Campaign for Neurorights Notches Its First Win

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The right to personal identity. The next two rights protect against the misuse of neurotech that stimulates the brain and alters its activity: People should have the right to maintain their personal identity and to exercise free will. The 5 Neurorights. The right to mental privacy. The right to free will. The foundation has delineated.

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A First: An AI System Has Been Named An Inventor

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He also is an adjunct assistant professor at the Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, and he wrote The Reasonable Robot: Artificial Intelligence and the Law. Some patent applicants have been instructed by their attorney to use a person’s name on the patent even if a machine came up with the invention.

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How the FCC Settles Radio-Spectrum Turf Wars

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As an attorney, I represented a microwave-industry group in the ensuing legal dispute.). This radio tower, located near downtown Los Angeles, is bedecked with 6-GHz fixed-microwave antennas that serve area police and fire departments. Usually, though, opposing parties’ technical analyses give different results.

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