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Perspective: The UN Approval Process for Carbon Offsets

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According to the market-analysis firm Point Carbon, if a cap-and-trade system is instituted in the United States, the demand for carbon credits could explode into a $2 to $3 trillion market. One is to operate successfully as a market, with a steady supply of carbon offsets and varying prices to ensure that profits can be made.

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

Cars That Think

from the University of Utah , joined the center in 1978, he immediately began work on a new printer protocol. from the University of Utah , joined the center in 1978, he immediately began work on a new printer protocol. But because of marketing and manufacturing concerns, the LaserWriter itself was to be introduced in January of 1985.

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Finding The Wisest Ways To Global AI Regulation

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Before we launch into this episode, I’d like to let listeners know that the cost of membership in the IEEE is currently 50 percent off for the rest of the year, giving you access to perks, including Spectrum Magazine and lots of education and career resources. So go to IEEE.org/join to get started. Wald: Absolutely. Wald: Yeah. Absolutely.

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How the Graphical User Interface Was Invented

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It took some 30 years of effort by engineers and computer scientists in universities, government laboratories, and corporate research groups, piggybacking on each other’s work, trying new ideas, repeating each other’s mistakes. At almost $10,000, buyers deemed the Lisa too expensive for the office market. Menus list choices of action.

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How Ted Hoff Invented the First Microprocessor

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This is the monthly flea market at Foothill College, and he rarely misses it. He wanted to broaden his perspective, both intellectually and geographically (he had never been more than a few miles west of Niagara Falls), so chose California’s Stanford University for graduate school. Ted) Hoff Jr. While a research manager at Intel Corp.,

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This Harvard Law Professor is an Expert on Digital Technology

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He’s also curious about what role public interest plays in tech’s evolution, which these days is largely a product of market forces. Zittrain conducts research on what’s happening across the sweep of digital technology and writes about his findings in blogs, magazines, and books. His legal work includes working on Eldred v.

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When New York City Was a Wiretapper’s Dream

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Squibb, were at the time locked in a nasty legal battle over the commercial rights to the antibiotic tetracycline. Excerpted from The Listeners: A History of Wiretapping in the United States by Brian Hochman , published by Harvard University Press (2022). It was also entirely legal to hire someone else to do it for you.