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Who Really Invented the Thumb Drive?

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In 2000, at a trade fair in Germany, an obscure Singapore company called Trek 2000 unveiled a solid-state memory chip encased in plastic and attached to a Universal Serial Bus (USB) connector. Even in his home of Singapore, few people know of Tan or Trek. Today it is familiar worldwide. Why aren’t they more famous?

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Cellulosic biogasoline company Cool Planet completes second close of D Round, raises another $19.4M; $60M total

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This work will be supported by leading international engineering firm, URS Corporation, as the company recently announced. This brings the total amount raised and committed to more than $60 million, including the remaining commitments from existing investors.

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EV gameplan: Strategic tie-ups, fund raising, the way forward | Autocar Professional

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For the global head of an international automaker to devote so much time to one market may seem unusual, but for the Czech brand — that has been around in India for 20 years — the stakes in this country have never been higher. Klaus Zellmer, the global CEO of Skoda Auto, has visited India thrice in the past 18 months.

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Satellite Imagery for Everyone

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Satellite imagery has also helped identify illegal fishing activities , fight human trafficking, monitor oil spills , get accurate reporting on COVID-19 deaths, and even investigate Uyghur internment camps in China —all situations where the primary actors couldn’t be trusted to accurately report what’s going on.