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Build Your Own Hi-fi Ear Defenders

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There are industrial solutions that pass through sounds in specific frequency ranges, but these are targeted at speech. For years, I have been trying to improve my personal audio-monitoring situation without going to the expense of the systems used by professional touring bands, which include custom-molded earpieces.

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Who Really Invented the Thumb Drive?

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The gadget, roughly the size of a pack of chewing gum, held 8 megabytes of data and required no external power source, drawing power directly from a computer when connected. Computer users badly needed a cheap, high-capacity, reliable, portable storage device. Flash memory became cheap and robust enough for consumer use by 1995.

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

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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.

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Remembering the Legacy of Trailblazing Technologist Gordon Moore

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The IEEE Fellow was awarded the 2008 IEEE Medal of Honor for “pioneering technical roles in integrated-circuit processing, and leadership in the development of MOS memory, the microprocessor computer, and the semiconductor industry.” Intel microprocessors now power personal computers made by major manufacturers including Dell , HP , and IBM.

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Porsche Whistleblower: “60% of all delivered Taycan have battery issues that caused replacements, damages and fires”

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Vehicles standing longer than two weeks not connected to a charger. While 160,000 km is an average battery warranty in the industry, Porsche confirmed to me the 100,000 km lower, 60,000 km warranty and its restrictions. The supplier has a reputable name, but a cheap charger was chosen to keep costs down. Credit: Teslarati).

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Facebook Steps Toward Cryptocurrencies

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F2's Marcus has said the company plans is instead to use free person-to-person transfers to build up its user base, before branching out to become a more general payment provider and making money on merchant fees. Even with Facebook's massive user base that will take a long time, says Maynard.

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Discover Le Havre, Where Impressionism Was Born

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As the fog of dawn lifted one morning in mid-November 1872, Claude Monet looked out the window of his hotel room in the French city of Le Havre and furiously painted his vision of its industrial harbor. But a three-mile pedestrian and biking trail along the waterfront connects the town and the center of Le Havre. That all changed.