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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. Press coverage of the announcement was lukewarm.

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E Paper License Plates Now Street-Legal in California

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2022 : The “Kindle” of license plates— Reviver ’s connected, digital RPlate —is now legal for use by any California car-owner, following a 10,000-car pilot that started in 2018. Identifying cars as legal for travel in high-occupancy vehicle lanes. Update 14 Oct. That’s so last year. Not a bad list.

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Tesla seeking government affairs specialist in Sweden amid union protest

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It appears that Tesla is looking to strengthen its legal team in Sweden, with the company posting a job opening for a government affairs specialist for the Nordic region. ” The person selected for the position would have a number of responsibilities. Tesla describes them as follows.

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What Are Your Rights After a DUI Arrest?

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This article aims to shed light on what your rights are after a DUI arrest in the Decatur area and how a defense lawyer can help uphold these rights and guide you through the legal process. Building a DUI Defense Strategy Once you have your defense lawyer on board, they will begin formulating your defense strategy.

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Tesla can rebound with these 10 turnaround ideas: Wedbush

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Dan Ives, an analyst at Wedbush who has been routinely bullish on the stock, was one of the most vocal personalities on Wall Street yesterday as varying ideas surrounding the narrative of the Earnings Call circulated. Ives called the call a “train wreck,” and talked about the lack of information Tesla reported during Earnings.

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Tesla registers insurance company at Giga Berlin’s address

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Last week, Elon Musk shared that Tesla was building up its collision repair capabilities. In Q2 2020, Elon Musk and Zachary Kirkhorn stated that the company intended to expand Tesla Insurance. Outside the United States, Tesla has already introduced its insurance program to China.

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The Creepy New Digital Afterlife Industry

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You decide, after some months of interacting with the 4evru’s version of your father, that while you are somewhat glad to learn who your father truly was, you’re mourning the loss of the person you thought you knew. Consider that Microsoft has a patent for creating a conversational chatbot of a specific person using their “social data.”