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Who Really Invented the Thumb Drive?

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IBM has its own claim to the invention of an aspect of the device, based on a year-2000 confidential internal report written by one of its employees, Shimon Shmueli. Yen Meng Jiin/Singapore Press/AP Tan, the third of six brothers, was born and raised in a kampung (village) in the neighborhood of Geylang, Singapore.

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Can We Identify a Person From Their Voice?

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Broadcasting a false distress signal over maritime radio is a violation of international code and, in the United States, a federal Class D felony. According to a 2022 paper , there have been more than 740 judgements in Chinese courts involving voiceprints. The alarm was more than just a prank call.

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