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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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Heath has great job security: half of Phoenix residents are at risk of an emergency room visit or worse if their electricity fails during a future heat wave, according to a recent study. Air conditioning is what keeps people there comfortable—and alive—a growing fraction of the year.

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Porsche presents 3D-printing technology for bucket seats

Green Car Congress

Customers will be able to choose between three firmness levels (hard, medium, soft) for the comfort layer in the future. That’s why personalized seat shells customised for the driver have been standard in race cars for a long time now. Source: Porsche. Feedback from customers will be incorporated into the development process.

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IEEE President’s Note: Investing in IEEE’s Financial Future

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My personal mission as an IEEE volunteer has been to work to make the institute the premier organization for technical professionals to engage with. As a strong investment in IEEE's future, NextGen upgrades our financial systems and advances the way we manage our business activities.

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Electric jet company Lilium partners with Palantir

Teslarati

An electric jet startup company, Lilium, has partnered with software giant Palantir to introduce what they think is the future of mobility. Over the past ten years, there has been an explosion in the number of companies looking to offer personal electric aircraft to the masses.

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Opinion: Will Self-Driving Cars Eventually Repossess Themselves?

Clean Fleet Report

New Technology Raises New Legal Questions. Legal Considerations. Even if the technology existed for autonomous repossession to be possible, there would be a few legal considerations. Controls would likely be in place so the commands would override any action from the driver, but that also means the car will come with a person.

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The Creepy New Digital Afterlife Industry

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It’s sometime in the near future. 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. The chatbot would then talk “as” that person. It’s as if he died all over again.