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U.K. Dealer Sells 'Death Trap' Twice, Faces Jail Time

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The United States doesn't have a monopoly on shady car dealerships. There's a dealer -- 62-year-old Steven Hickman -- in the West Midlands, United Kingdom, who was convicted of selling an "unroadworthy" Subaru Forester (the model year is unclear) to a customer last March. He sold the car through his store, Shelby's of Netherton.

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IKEA US plans to sell solar panels starting Fall 2022

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With the initiative, members of the IKEA Family customers loyalty program have the opportunity to purchase home solar solutions through IKEA’s retail stores. The move would make solar solutions more accessible to homeowners since IKEA is a popular store for their house needs. billion in 2020, reported Grand View Research.

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Toyota Rumored to Debut Performance Automatic Transmission for GR Models Next Month

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Meanwhile, Americans want to know when it will be adapted for the GR Corolla and prospective performance products Toyota may actually sell in the United States. This may just be more publicized speculation from Japan’s Magazine X. That said, we still like the sentiment and are eager to see what the company has in store.

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The Rise and Fall of 3M’s Floppy Disk

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Begun, who was likely something of a competitor to Pfleumer: Also a German, he had moved to the United States and developed a steel-based magnetic tape. I bought them from a junk store, and maybe paid $2 for them. That firm, the Brush Development Co., The invention was used by the U.S.

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AI Is Helping to Stop Animal Poaching and Food Insecurity

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For Fang’s work in the field, she was named one of IEEE Intelligent Systems magazine ’s “ AI’s 10 to Watch in 2020.”. She graduated in 2011 with a bachelor’s degree, then went to the United States to pursue a doctorate at the University of Southern California , in Los Angeles. IEEE MEMBERSHIP.

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Technology Review: First Plug-in Hybrid to Be Sold in the United States

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Credit: Kevin Bullis The first plug-in hybrid to be sold in the United States will likely be the Fisker Karma, which is due out in November. Drivers will need to select the "stealth" mode to rely exclusively on electricity stored in the battery. Price: $87,000.

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One Way to Stop the Social Spread of Disinformation

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A decentralized cloud would minimize the need to use third-party services to manage and store data on people and business enterprises. The HEC can allow consumers to better control how their data is stored, shared, and monetized, Alamouti says. Alamouti, cofounder and executive board chairman of Mimik , in Oakland, Calif.,