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The Boring Company to purchase land from UNLV for Vegas Loop station

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acres of land near the Thomas & Mack Center from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). Located on the corner of Tropicana Avenue and University Center Drive, the property, which currently serves as a parking lot, is expected to host a Vegas Loop station. to $12.00,” the document read.

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The Boring Company’s LVCC Loop ramps to 70 cars as CES 2022 kicks off

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The Boring Company’s (TBC) Las Vegas Convention Center (LVCC) Loop in Sin City recently increased its Tesla fleet to 70 vehicles as part of its efforts to cater to the influx of visitors attending CES 2022. . In November 2021, public documents revealed that the LVCC Loop had not hit some of its transportation targets yet.

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The Boring Company’s UNLV purchase gets approval from NSHE Board of Regents

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In a March 10 meeting, the Nevada System of Higher Education’s (NSHE) Board of Regents gave the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) permission to finalize the sale of a parcel of land to The Boring Company (TBC). Vegas Loop fare is estimated to cost between $6-12 per person. The purchase involves 1.3

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Ford, GM rolling out third-party developer programs for in-vehicle apps

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Reflecting the rapid evolution of the automobile as an application development platform, both Ford and GM announced programs to support third-party development of in-vehicle applications at CES in Las Vegas. Ford Developer Program.

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How USB Came to Be

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USB ports now are standard on personal computers and are built into many other electronic devices such as smartphones, eBook readers, and game consoles. released in 1996, did not become popular until 1998, after it was showcased at the COMDEX trade show in Las Vegas. We had a whole stage full of different printers!”

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Creating the Commodore 64: The Engineers’ Story

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In January 1982, a home computer incorporating those chips was introduced at the Winter Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nev. Instead, he decided, the chips would go into a 64-kilobyte home computer to be introduced at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas the second week of January 1982.

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