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US Senator Elizabeth Warren calls for tax code changes so Elon Musk would stop “freeloading off everyone else”

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Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren has posted some strong criticism of Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and his recent title as TIME Magazine’s 2021 Person of the Year. She later posted a follow-up tweet featuring an edited TIME Magazine cover with Elon Musk and the words “Tax Me.”

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The Essential Vannevar Bush

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Born in 1890 in Massachusetts, he came to prominence as the nation’s top designer of computers while at MIT In the 1930s. During World War II, as personal science and engineering adviser to President Roosevelt, he led all research by civilians for the military and organized the Manhattan Project.

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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. There was a rivalry in Datamation [magazine] advertisements between Xerox’s SDS and DEC,” recalled Alan Kay, who came to PARC as a researcher from Stanford University ‘s Artificial Intelligence Laboratory in late 1970. If it was a personal computer, you had to be able to build 100.”

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Technology Review: First Plug-in Hybrid to Be Sold in the United States

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JD Power estimates that Tesla will sell 500 to 800 cars next year, while Fisker Automotive is expected to sell more than 10,000. [1] Register » ) Current Issue The 10 Emerging Technologies of 2009 Technology Review presents its annual list of 10 technologies that could change the way we live.

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The SurplusCenter : {Returnto top of page} Used EVs For Sale EV Finder The EV TradinPost : EVs & parts wanted and for sale TriangleEAA List {Returnto top of page} EV Magazines andNewsletters AlternativeFuel Vehicle Group ElectricCars.Com :Net-zine ElectrifyingTimes: Cool magazine!

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How the Graphical User Interface Was Invented

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brought the friendly interface to thousands of personal computer users. Massachusetts Institute of Technology student Ivan E. The combination of windowing displays, menus, icons, and a mouse that is increasingly used on personal computers and workstations. In 1984, the low-cost Macintosh from Apple Computer Inc., Smith et al.,

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Chrysler unveils new electric minivan for the US Postal Service

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