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Lewis H. Latimer: A Life of Lightbulb Moments

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Meanwhile, he wrote poetry, played the flute, became a renowned public intellectual writing about the confluence of art and science, and even taught himself to speak French well enough to supervise an electrical lighting installation working with francophones in Montreal. According to historians at the Latimer House Museum in Queens, N.Y.,

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Your Questions Answered: How Much Does It Cost to Charge an EV?

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Automotive journalist John Voelcker told Kelley Blue Book , “A conservative rule of thumb is that an electric car gets 3 to 4 miles per kWh… So divide the total miles you drive each month by 3 to get the kWh you would use monthly. Multiply that number by your cost per kWh. Blink has you covered with our HQ150 and HQ200 home EV chargers.

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Xerox Parc’s Engineers on How They Invented the Future—and How Xerox Lost It

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began buying used copiers from Xerox’s copier division and installing laser heads in them. Xerox executives made all sorts of promises: we’ll buy 20,000, just talk to this executive in Virginia, then talk to this executive in Connecticut. Not just one sheet, but whole books,” said Conway. Mountain View, Calif.—began

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Twitter Files part 14 sheds light on “Russian bots” and #ReleaseTheMemo

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Taibbi, who was given access to the internal documents at Twitter by Elon Musk, released a new installment on Thursday. Connecticut Senator Richard Blumenthal also wrote a letter. The Twitter Files part 14, written by independent journalist, Matt Taibbi, shed light on a false narrative of Russian bots and the hashtag #ReleaseTheMemo.

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