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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. and Poughkeepsie, N.Y., IBM CEO Frank T.

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SEC charges Volkswagen AG, former CEO Winterkorn with defrauding bond investors during emissions fraud

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The US Securities and Exchange Commission charged Volkswagen AG, two of its subsidiaries, and its former CEO, Martin Winterkorn, for defrauding US investors, raising billions of dollars through the corporate bond and fixed income markets while making a series of deceptive claims about the environmental impact of the company’s “clean diesel” fleet.

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There is “reasonable evidence” Tesla and Musk knew about Autopilot defect: FL Judge

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In a ruling last week, Judge Scott noted that the plaintiff in a lawsuit over a fatal crash in 2019 could proceed to trial. As per the Florida Judge, there is evidence that Tesla “engaged in a marketing strategy that painted the products as autonomous,” as noted in a Reuters report. A new date has not been announced.

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Bridgestone to acquire TomTom’s telematics business for $1B in cash

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The transaction is anticipated to be completed latest in the second quarter of 2019, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions such as regulatory approvals. TomTom is the number one provider of digital fleet solutions in Europe, a marketplace with very diverse in legal, commercial and cultural requirements.

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After Tesla trademarked ‘CYBERBACKPACK,’ the product’s inventor sits at a crossroads

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Riz Nwosu was inspired when he went to the Tesla Cybertruck unveiling in 2019. After snagging some pictures with the newly-revealed Cybertruck and company CEO Elon Musk, Riz developed a backpack inspired by the futuristic pickup he saw in Hawthorne, California, in late 2019. November 2019. It’s definitely not equal to one.

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Pedestrian Trapped Under Cruise Vehicle in San Francisco

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The incident took place in San Francisco (Fifth Avenue just south of Market Street) and has already become the subject of some rampant speculation as the company hopes to avoid another public relations nightmare. But the courts decided it couldn’t be held liable after Arizona prosecutors decided not to go after the company in 2019.

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Big Data Could Accelerate Drug Approvals

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The technology could have been used during COVID-19 shutdowns, when auditors were unable to make in-person visits to clinical-trial locations, Ménard says. They take place after the clinical trials are completed but before a drug is released to the market. Another benefit of analytics is the ability for audits to be conducted remotely.