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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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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. If, like 60 percent of the U.S. What are the pros and cons of a heat pump?

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Lucid Motors, fresh off $LCID listing, opens first southwest U.S. retail store

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Lucid has opened retail locations in Manhattan, New York, and West Palm Beach, Florida, so far this year. Along with Lucid, KORE Power has pledged to build a massive 1 million-square-foot lithium-ion battery production facility just 40 miles away from Phoenix. Arizona is a hot spot for many EV-related entities. Lucid Studio Experience.

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LIVE BLOG: Tesla 2023 Cyber Roundup (Annual Shareholder Meeting)

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16:24 CT – A shareholder asks about Tesla insurance on more states like Florida. Zachary Kirkhorn confirms off camera that Tesla Insurance in Florida is coming this year. The Tesla Megapack is now more competitive than a gas-powered peaker plant,” he said. This is, of course, extremely speculative.

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From Intel Intern to Inventor of the Year

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That one tweak can cut a chip's power consumption and increase its performance by a whopping 20%. He grew up in the Bahamas, then moved to Florida for high school and college. Intel scooped up Kavalieros as he completed his doctorate in electrical engineering at the University of Florida.

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Local Motors debuts first self-driving vehicle using IBM Watson Internet of Things for Automotive

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The vehicle, dubbed “Olli,” will be used on public roads locally in Washington DC, and late in 2016 in Miami-Dade County, Florida and Las Vegas, Nevada. Passengers can also ask for recommendations on local destinations such as popular restaurants or historical sites based on analysis of personal preferences. km/kWh (2.16

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6 Beaches for Budding Swimmers, Surfers and Castle Builders

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In his two-to-three-hour sessions (starting at $160 for two people, $20 for each additional person), Mr. Estrela works with families to build elaborate five-foot-tall castles. Mr. Kuperman, a Florida master naturalist , operates Sand Dollar Shelling Tours. Tomky to let her daughters explore on their own.