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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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BMW M introduces its first high-performance car with electrified drive system: BMW XM PHEV

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The intelligently managed interplay between engine and motor delivers an immense build-up of power that begins instantaneously and is sustained throughout the rev range. It is also the first BMW M model to feature Integral Active Steering, also part of standard specification. Parking Assistant Plus is also included as standard.

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Digital Currency and Trade Systems Are Tearing up the Rules

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These platforms—which combine open alliance legal agreements (like Visa or Mastercard's legal agreements), distributed ledger technology (for example, blockchains like IBM's hyperledger ), and end-to-end encryption—can handle not only payments but also finance, trade, tax, and audits in a uniform manner. or EU standards.

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Heat Pumps—The Well-Tempered Future of A/Cs

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“Within the HVAC world, innovations tend to be small and progressive: there’s not some silver bullet,” says Wade Conlan , an engineer in Maitland, Florida, and vice president of ASHRAE , a heating and air-conditioning standards-setting organization. Whereas, replacing residential furnaces stands to make a bigger impact. This year, the U.S.

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How Can We Talk About Autonomous Weapons?

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In order to address the legal and ethical issues that an autonomous weapons system (AWS) can raise, it’s important to look at the many technical challenges that arise along the full spectrum of autonomy. the IEEE Standards Association is working on this, but they need your help. Determining legal obligations. Assessing risk.

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Open-Source AI Is Good for Us

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However our governments choose to regulate AI, we need to promote a diverse AI ecosystem: from large companies building proprietary superintelligence to everyday tinkerers experimenting with open technology. We’re unable to inspect these systems or build competitive alternatives. However, the E.U.

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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.”