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Exclusive: FAA Investigates If It's Safer to Leave Cellphones On

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The series of tests, which occurred this summer in the skies over Virginia, used commercial smartphones connecting to standard 4G and 5G wireless networks operated by AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon, according to documents filed with the Federal Communications Commissions (FCC).

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Huawei’s smart car tech offers automakers route to China sales – ET Auto

Baua Electric

BOOSTING COMPETITIVENESS Huawei’s market entry has been smoothed by the sheer pace of development in the industry, with legacy automakers struggling to keep up with EV manufacturers such as BYD who are packing one-time premium features into cars as cheap as USD 20,000. ” said Evangelos Simoudis, an investor and corporate adviser.

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Bezos Bucks? Get Ready for Corporate Digital Currency

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Corporate Cash The idea of private digital currencies goes back to at least 1994, when the late Edward de Bono wrote of the “IBM dollar.” In de Bono’s vision, “large manufacturing corporations” should create their own currencies, which could be used to buy their products.

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Report from the REFF-Wall Street; Themes in Renewable Energy Finance

Green Car Congress

As another panelist pointed out, “ The New York Times is well-equipped to write the article about how Stimulus Funds have been wasted ”. Renewable energy projects are frequently financed with project rather than corporate finance. China continues to defy easy classification. What is the PTC and why does it matter?

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?How a Design Battle Between Chip Engineers Led to Polaroid’s Revolutionary SX-70 Camera

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This article was first published as "The battle for the SX-70." Coincidentally, both companies soon after underwent a corporate restructuring, but whereas the changes at Fairchild benefited its SX-70 team, those at TI nearly cost it everything. At the final count, some 400 transistors were used. At Fairchild, too, enthusiasm flagged.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Millions will plug-in their electric vehicles (EV), plug-in hybrids (PHEV) and fuel cell vehicles (FCV) at night when electricity is cheap, then plug-in during the day when energy is expensive and sell those extra electrons at a profit. Clean Fleet Article It would be a financial win-win for all. Remember its PURE D.C.

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When New York City Was a Wiretapper’s Dream

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The connections blanketed an area of Manhattan running from East 38th Street to East 96th Street, a swath of the city’s most expensive real estate. Contrary to the popular image of the phone tap as either a technology of state surveillance or a tool of corporate espionage, the vast majority of the lines ensnared in the. Queens Library.