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Tesla Model Y-backed ride service start operations in Downtown Tampa

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Customers can book low-cost rides in Tesla SUVS for $2 per person. As we continue to grow and all the seven neighborhoods of Downtown evolve, we need other ways to move within the core of Downtown—and this is a really exciting way to make that happen,” said Shaun Drinkard, Interim President of the Tampa Downtown Partnership.

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Engineers Say “Nyet” to Doing Business in Russia, Survey Says

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The survey also asked whether respondents had taken personal action in support of Ukraine, such as making a donation or participating in a demonstration. A number of respondents also indicated that they participated in demonstrations, provided direct support to Ukrainians, or booked Airbnbs in the Ukraine.

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We Don’t Need a Jetsons Future, Just a Sustainable One

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Where everyone had access to preventative health care that was both personalized and less invasive? Bill Gates wrote an entire book, How to Avoid a Climate Disaster : The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need. Where we could manage and then reduce the amount of carbon in our atmosphere?

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In 1926, TV Was Mechanical

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On 26 January 1926, select members of the Royal Institution gathered at Baird’s lab in London’s Soho neighborhood to witness the broadcast of a small but clearly defined image of a ventriloquist dummy’s face, sent from the televisor’s electromechanical transmitter to its receiver. But Baird earned his spot in history with the televisor.

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How to Choose the Right Tour Group

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For example, G Adventures has a 10-day hiking trip in Switzerland from $1,799 a person and a 10-day hiking trip in Portugal for $4,499. Before booking, read the itineraries carefully to find out if the schedule is tight or loose. But not all tours are built the same. To compare them, consider what they include.

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Univ of Utah studies find up to 27 seconds of mental distraction for drivers after using new hands-free technologies

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One of the studies showed that it is highly distracting to use hands-free voice commands to dial phone numbers, call contacts, change music and send texts with Microsoft Cortana, Apple Siri and Google Now smartphone personal assistants, though Google Now was a bit less distracting than the others. The smartphone assistants’ scores were 0.3

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BMW’s ReachNow car sharing expands to Brooklyn, launches pilot programs for new mobility services

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ReachNow Fleet Solutions for residential buildings will begin at The Solaire, a LEED Gold Certified building, in Manhattan’s Battery Park City neighborhood on 8 Dec. ReachNow members can locate and book the closest available car in the ReachNow app or find a ReachNow car on the street.

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